high rises with dogs - please share your experience

[C. Maurio]

Originally Posted by ChicagoMeO

Hi - I cant think of any expressly-no-dogs building, however, if you are that skittish about dogs, and I can understand your point coz they bug me too - but like in the neighborhood you are probably going to pass by people walking their dogs on the sidewalk, cant quite totally get away from them

Imma cat person

Cats are a better animal for a high rise but you gotta watch them cause they will jump/fall.

[tiata]

Originally Posted by C. Maurio

Dogs and high rises are a bad mix. People don't want to step in a pile of dog sheet or have the elevators smelling like dog pee. The worst people are the ones that think they can keep a more active breed of dog like a Terrier in a high rise and expect it to behave and not bark. Terriers are bred to run, jump and dig and not live in small apartments up high.

I know nothing about one dog from another, but I agree, in general dogs aren't made for that kind of life. Maybe the ones people put into their pockets/purses or whatever, but even those have to pee/poop somewhere.

[ChicagoMeO]

Originally Posted by C. Maurio

Cats are a better animal for a high rise but you gotta watch them cause they will jump/fall.

the highrise I stayed in had windows that opened outward but they had thick screens so no way was my cat gonna jump out. I believe other highrises downtown have similar types of widows. now unless you have a patio/balcony, yeah then I can see them wanting to pounce on a bird flying by without realizing its a 200 foot drop.. lol.. so you have to keep them inside.