question about pug in apartment

[puglover22]

it sounds as if you're planning on sneaking a dog in....have they specifically said no dogs, just cats? It seems like it although you're being vague. If they said no dogs, I don't think anyone should be encouraging you.....no dogs means no dogs.....

[johnny]

Wow thank you really so much for the answers guys. Today I am going to pay for the first rent, I will try to ask again and tell them that it will be quiet or something. I plan on training it and spend a lot of time with it, I am in college and I am renting the house to have my own space for studying and have fun... Also I love dogs, atm in my parents house we got a bull terrier which is a non barker :P!

[johnny]

My renter said I dont care if you bring a dog or a cat, its just that the couple living next door dont want much noise and that why the renter told me "youre going to have a problem with them". I dont want to move and have them pissed on me... Thats why Im asking if they bark a lot or not, so I can discuss it with them and promise them my dog wont make much noise ( I know its impossible to say none)

[Snifter]

You can't make any promises about noise, only that you will make every effort to curtail it.

The problem with training a pug not to bark is that you have not the faintest idea whether it barks if you are out of the house (unless the neighbours tell you). I am fairly sure that my pugs don't bark if I am out because they mostly bark to tell me about stuff (the postman is coming, the evil dustmen are emptying our bins, there are enemy blackbirds in the garden) and I have hidden outside in the garden to listen a bit. However doing stuff like training a pug with a squirt bottle *may* only work if you are in the house and the pug knows a squirt will follow a bark.

[puglover22]

My renter said I dont care if you bring a dog or a cat, its just that the couple living next door dont want much noise and that why the renter told me "youre going to have a problem with them". I dont want to move and have them pissed on me... Thats why Im asking if they bark a lot or not, so I can discuss it with them and promise them my dog wont make much noise ( I know its impossible to say none)

you can't make that kind of promise.....well you can make it, but it will be very hard to keep
you already can see problems.....but you seem dead set to go on with your plan.....and I'm sure you will be complaining later about your mean neighbors, etc....
the SMART choice would be to hold off on the dog for now.....but something tells me you're not going to do the smart thing.....
I feel very sorry for the dog because it will get tossed aside in a shelter, maybe put to sleep needlessly, or something else when it comes down to you getting kicked out of your apartment....
I don't think you're being responsible IN THE LEAST.....please grow up a bit before you become responsible for another life......please.....

[gemayer]

Macie is a barker, growler and any other noise she can think of.

[MushusMommy]

Mushu is not much of a barker, but he's not completely silent either. He will bark if someone knocks on the door or if he hears other dogs barking. Thankfully, we live in a dog friendly building and he is definitely one of the quieter ones.

[Wally 'n' Leto]

Our guys are both obedience trained to competition level, and they both bark. Training will not necessarily curtail barking -- and ours are in class 2 hours/week with a lot of work at home and a heck of a lot of exercise. If you're a college student, I can guarantee you that you won't have that kind of time to dedicate to the training. (I'm a professor. If you do have that much time, you're doing the school thing wrong).

The other thing that nobody has mentioned yet is that pugs not only bark, but they also scream, cry, quack, snore, yell "Batmaaaan" and all sorts of other bizarre noises. Look on YouTube for some really weird examples of this. Such as...

Screaming Pug - YouTube
"America's Funniest Home Videos" Animal Clips - YouTube (pug at 1:40)
Screaming Pug Rocket!!! - YouTube
Pug Screaming and Talking - YouTube
Curb Your Dog - Evil Pug* - YouTube

It's not just the barking, but how will the neighbours feel about those noises? They are a LOT louder in person than they are on the video.

[Frankie2009]

We recently moved to and apartment, from a house. Finiancial reasons. We whould have not gone to that place, if they didn't allow dogs. While Frankie is not a huge barker, he is still a dog and will bark at sounds if he is not sure of them. Mind you he not a real barker, but all dogs are diffrent. and the pervious entry said...pug have a wide range of vocalizations. my guys is a Woo wooer! When we first got him he made the stranges sound when we played, you think we were killing him! Just make sure you are getting a Pug for the right reasons. As owning a dog is life commitment, for the dogs entire life. But so worth it. I waited to get a dog as well. I did have another dog, but when I moved from my Parents home, to start my life, she stayed with my parents, and I still made lots of time for her and watched her when my parents went away. As when I moved out as much as I would have loved to have taken her with me, she was gettin up there in age, and I knew it be really stressful for her. But My parents adored her even more than I did, and I would have done anything for her! Then 2 years ago I got my Pug about 6 months before "Dusty" went to the rainbow bridge at the ripe old age of 16. I would stare nyself before I let Frankie "Dusty" and my parents new dog Libby got without ! if I were you I hold off for right now, until you are done with school. I remeber what I was like in college. Then reevaluate in a few years. Then please consider rescuing a dog. I think most of anything has allready been covered.

[freak]

Try fostering a pug for a while. If he or she turns out to be your life long buddy then your already gtg.
If there's issues the rescue will find the pug another foster or forever home.

WoRth a shot