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Originally Posted by Mavides My thoughts on the yard thing - my first Rottie lived in my apartment with me for the first 8 months of his life and then we moved into a townhouse. The apartment was actually great - HAVING to walk him was a good bonding experience for us, good socialization, and great for housebreaking...but boy was it nice to move into the townhouse and have the option of having him go out to potty by himself! I had a decent sized "yard", but it was all cement except for a small planter area of dirt on each side - I first had him pottying in those, but it was such a small amount of dirt that it got stinky quick from the urine - as did the cement, even with me rinsing it off daily (plus the HOA wasn't pleased with my daily hosing)...what I finally did was built a LARGE doggie litter box outside - I surrounded an area that was covered (if you don't have a covered area, you'll want to build a cover as well) with bricks to make a square about 3' x 4'....I would then by the super generic cat litter (about 2-3 50lb bags per month) and fill my area with that. I would scoop it out daily and pick up the poop - it stopped the odor and worked great for the 6 years I lived there. Just a suggestion - maybe it will work for you as well!!! In any case, best of luck with your new pup and please keep us posted on his/her arrival and progress!!!
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What a great idea. My ex boyfriends lived in an appartment and he had a male not neutered rott. Potty training was not that easy but once he knew the routine it was not that bad and he did most of the training ( I more or less watched). The 5 years I was with him he never had a house and only lived in apartments. As far as I know it never bothered him and he enjoyed going for walks with him be it rain or shine or snow...
Now that I have my own rottweiler pup I`m so happy I have a house with a yard. I do not know what I would do without it. The zoomies in the house are just too destructive :D It`s nice to have a yard especially at midnight or 5 in the moring when you potty train..