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35+ Must Haves For Your New Apartment Puppy
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items My dog Boogie was an apartment puppy for the first year and a half of his life! He grew from a small puppy to a 100lb high energy dog within the walls of a 1 bedroom apartment. These are essential products that helped make apartment life easier.
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Bringing Puppy Home
Potty Training 🚽🐶
Puppy Boundaries 🐶🚪
Security Deposit Protection 💰✅
Walk Time 🦮🐶
Puppy Chew Toys 🐶🦴
Bringing Puppy Home
Bringing your new puppy home is a GREAT day! Whether you planned this day or a spontaneous decision, these products will help ease the transition of bringing your new puppy to their new home!
This snuggle puppy stuffed animal was a MUST HAVE for the first few weeks of taking Boogie away from his Mom. The heat pack and heart beat simulator helped ease him into life as an apartment puppy only child!
Snuggle Puppy Heartbeat Toy for Dogs
Traveling safely home with your new puppy is very important! It also helps get your new puppy used to car rides and trips with their new family!
Dog Car Seat Portable Booster with Safety Leash
This is a great starter kit for any new puppy owner! Very affordable way to make sure you get EVERYTHING your new puppy will need!
50 Piece Puppy Starter Kit
Don’t make the same mistake we made! We bought Boogie an expensive $200 bed to come home to and he ripped it to shreds within a week! This pillowy bed is inexpensive and will be a great first bed for any puppy! Once your puppy is older and trained, t...
Faux Suede Pillow Dog Bed
Every puppy needs their first customized collar with their name and new owner’s contact information JUST IN CASE! Protect your puppy in style!
Personalized Dog Collar with Engraved Metal Buckle
Potty Training 🚽🐶
Many pet owners dread this part of dog ownership, especially living in an apartment BUT these products will help your puppy learn how to be potty trained efficiently!
Having an easy to clean grass pee pad REALLY helped teach our dog potty training! It’s a must have if you have to leave your puppy home alone.
Indoor Dog Potty Grass
One of the best things we did with Boogie was train him how to ring this bell when he was ready to go potty! Never have an accident again!
Dog Doorbells for Potty Training
Use this spray to teach your dog the correct place to go potty!
Go Here Puppy Potty Spray
I wish we had this instead of the cheap throwaway pee pads that never seemed to hold all of the pee! Our friends used this and LOVED it for their puppy!
Washable 5 Layered 72x72 Dog Pee Pad
This is another product we wish we had! Imagine potty training with a self cleaning pee pad!
Self-Cleaning Automatic Indoor Puppy Potty Pad
Puppy Boundaries 🐶🚪
Set good boundaries with your puppy! This is a must have when potty training in an apartment!
Give your puppy access to your backyard/balcony with this easy to install puppy door!
Sliding Glass Pet Door
Give your puppy access to your backyard/balcony with this easy to install magnetic screen door! Boogie was scared of this at first but then fell in love with having access outside without us having to get up to open the door!
Magnetic Screen Door
Perfect for the balcony railing that we had on our balcony! Boogie could still see out and bark at anything he wanted to but he was safe from falling out of the cracks!
Stair Banister Guard
Must have if you want to block off certain parts of your apartment! We used to block off the kitchen until he was potty trained and trusted on the carpet!
Walk Through Pet Gate w/ Door
Help your puppy get on the couch or your bed with these cool folding dog stairs!
Folding Dog Stairs
Security Deposit Protection 💰✅
One of the main concerns for new puppy owners is making sure they don’t destroy their apartment and prevent them from getting their security deposit back! These products should help get that deposit back just like we did!
Boogie was never a big scratcher BUT the dog before us in the apartment definitely was and this would’ve helped the previous occupants from damaging the door!
Heavy Duty Clear Door Scratch Protector
This magical rake will help maintain your apartment as your dog sheds everywhere! This is a must for any dog breeds known for shedding!
Rubber Broom Carpet Rake Pet Hair Remover
This is a MUST HAVE for any apartment puppy owner that will have to leave the house without your furry friend! This allows you to watch, talk to, and even send treats to your puppy without being home!
Furbo Dog Camera
We didn’t get this product until we left the apartment life BUT I wish we had it sooner because this tool helps maintain a healthy coat and eliminate too much shedding!
Pro 5-in-1 Dog Cat Grooming Kit with Vacuum
Accidents happen but this spray will make sure those accidental stains and odors don’t linger and cost you your security deposit!
Stain & Odor Eliminator
Walk Time 🦮🐶
One of the biggest keys to having an apartment dog is being intentional with walking your dog! Hopefully these products will help you do that!
This leash holder will give you a great place to put the leash by your door to save you from losing the leash like we used to do
Dog Leash Holder w/ 5 Puppy Hooks & Shelf
Don’t be the dog owner that doesn’t pick up your dogs poop!
150 Biodegradable Dog Poop Bags
MUST HAVE for walking your new puppy especially while attempting to train new good walking habits!
Dog Treat Pouch w/ Clicker
MUST-HAVE FOR PUPPIES AND DOGS THAT PULL! This harness is a GAME-CHANGER for teaching your puppy/dog how not to pull on walks. I put the harness on and put the leash on the front clip, and it was like some magic spell was cast and Boogie forgot how t...
Dog No Pull Padded Harness
We liked this style leash when Boogie was a puppy! It helped us teach him how to use the leash before upgrading him to a leash with more slack!
Rope Leash with Genuine Leather Connection
Puppy Chew Toys 🐶🦴
Puppies need certain types of chew toys to help with their teething! These are some products that really helped Boogie!
Starter kit with multiple shapes that your new puppy will love to chew on!
6 Pack Puppy Chew Toys
We recommend that any chew toys for puppies are Nylabones as they are the best for teething puppies! Must have for teething puppies!
NYLABONE Puppy Pacifier Teething Toy
This is a great way to combine meal time with enrichment! Your puppy will LOVE this!
Freezbone
We recommend that any chew toys for puppies are Nylabones as they are the best for teething puppies! Boogie went through a bunch of these bones! Must have for teething puppies or strong chewers!
NYLABONE Puppy Chew Toy Triple Pack
These Nylabone teething rings are great for teething puppies! Boogie loved these as a puppy!
NYLABONE Teething Rings
Meal Time 🐶🍽️
Meal time can be challenging for new puppies, especially in an apartment! Here’s some ideas that will help make meal time easy!
These lick mats will prevent your puppy from eating too fast! This makes meal time fun and tiring!
Lick Mat for Dogs - Slow Feeder 2 Pack
We loved the no spill aspect of this mat and bowls! Puppy Boogie was always knocking his water bowl over!
Dog Bowls Set with No Spill Silicone Mat
We always struggled finding place for Boogies massive bags of dog food so this container was perfect for us!
Small Dog & Cat Food Storage Container
This slow feeder will prevent your puppy from eating too fast! This makes meal time fun and tiring!
Slow Feeder Bowl
This floating water bowl prevents your dogs from making a mess of the water when you aren’t home!
Floating Water Bowl for Dogs
Play Time 🐶🧸
Play time can be worrisome in an apartment but these toys will help you be a good pet owner and a good neighbor!
This soft ball won’t make noise for your neighbors but your dog will LOVE playing with this ball!
Chuckit! Indoor Fetch Ball Dog Toy
This is a toy that my toddler and dog love to play with together! My toddler hides the squirrels in the tree and my dog goes crazy getting them out and then somehow fits all three squirrels in his mouth 😂
Hide A Squirrel Squeaky Puzzle Plush Toy
It’s a right of passage that every puppy needs their own Lamb Chop toy! Don’t ask me why but all of our dogs love getting a new lamb chop toy!
Lamb Chop Dog Plush Toy
Boogie LOVED his puzzle treat toys when he was a puppy! As a football fan with football season around the corner, I wish we had this!
Treat Dispensing Dog Puzzle Toy
Any time we would love the house without Boogie as a puppy, we would pre-load this with treats and dog safe peanut butter and this would occupy him for a half hour to the point he’d fall asleep until we were back home!
Interactive Exercise Puzzle Ball Treat Dispenser
Playpens/Crates
If you need a playpen or crate, this is the category for you!
If you need a playpen, this would work perfect for your new puppy! This is the one we used in our apartment but we didn’t use all the panels!
Indoor Dog Playpen
This is a cool stylish dog pen that we will get for our next puppy!
Metal Dog Pen with Door
This collapsible dog crate is a versatile solution for pet owners, offering portability and convenience.
Veraste: Collapsible Travel Dog Crate