i had this exact conversation with marit last night. i told her i feel bad for having two big dogs ain a not so big apartment (at least its an upgrade from the other one right). i told her i feel guilt for not having a yard for them to run around and play in and dig holes in and such. but the truth is, cody had a yard for the first 2 years of his life, we would put him out to go potty, and he would literally stand at the door and cry as soon as he was done cuz he wanted to be inside. and dont thats cuz we were there, lol, if we went outside, he would still rather be inside watching from the glass door.
the good thing about apartments or not having yards, AS MARIT POINTED OUT, is that they get to go on walks every day and meet new people and smell new things. its easy to have a yard and throw them out there with out walks every day, heck, i did that with cody cuz i was lazy lazy lazy. but when you are in an apartment, you feel the need to walk them and take them to dog parks and such, so i think that is a nice pay off.
and no, big dogs dont necessarily need big yards. even if i had a yard, i would bet my life both my dogs would want to be inside on my couch (thanks jaime)...not in some dirty yard. lol.
youve got good food, a good vet, 2 dogs to PLAY WITH EACHOTHER WHICH I THINK MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD, lotsa love....what more could they ask for?