[Emmdenn]

I raised two puppies in an apartment. Now I have an acre fenced yard, and let me tell you they got way more individual off leash, training and enrichment living in an apartment. Simply because they had to be supervised at all times outside and we HAD to take them on long walks because we had no yard. Explain to breeders your plans for excercise, enrichment, training etc. and you’ll find a lot of breeders have no issues with apartment dwellers. I’d rather sell a puppy to motivated and active people in an apartment than a busy, lazy person in a house with a fenced yard.

 

[unpublishable]

Agreed.

Absolute or broad prohibitions or assumptions without getting a holistic understanding of how someone lives is problematic and counterproductive.

 

[DanaRuns]

Decided I didn't add to the conversation so deleted.

 

[Hildae]

The grass isn't always greener on the other side either. Friends of ours were trying to buy a dog from a breeder (it wasn't a golden, but I don't remember what kind it was because they didn't get it.) and got rejected because they live on acreage. THAT surprised me. They have a nice home on a farmette type situation which would offer a lot of room for a dog to exercise etc. The breeder told them "I don't sell to farm people." They reassured the breeder that the dog would not be living outdoors at any time, nor did they have large animals that would be dangerous etc but they were still rejected. I couldn't understand that, to me, that is an ideal home. Their house is twice the size of mine!

So it's not always just anti-apartment attitudes. I guess it just depends on the breeder.