[doggiedo]

I have recently decided to give it a shot living with someone I know rather than keeping my apartment and barely making ends meet. I'm nervous tho. Idk if it will work out or if it'll be a worse move. Ill save a lot of money but idk. I'm nervous about my dog- he's everything to me. The new roommate has a dog. I'm afraid my dog will feel slighted if I make him live with another dog. And what happens when I come home from work and he's in his crate all day- my roommate will get out of his job before me- so what does that mean - that my dog needs to stay in his crate until I can get home? Even if my roomie let's my dog out of the crate, I wouldn't expect him to be outside. But I mean, that's not fair to my dog. Just sitting there waiting for me to come home? Idk what to do...

[doggiedo]

Or when my roommate wakes up before me in he am (which will happen bc he would leave for work earlier than I would). So I know my dog will sit at the door, whining, wanting to go out. Idk if I wanna do that! But it would save me a ton of money!!!!

[roads]

In making plans to share an apartment, haven't you & the new roommate discussed things--e.g., sharing cleaning, and the dogs? Have the two dogs met?
If you two haven't talked about the nitty gritty, you're likely to have problems.

[doggiedo]

The two dogs have met a few times and we talked about letting the dogs out. His dog uses pee pads so he doesn't need to take him out. I did mention this concern to him and he said we could def cover for each other when we need to. Idk. He did say I could turn my bedroom into a room just for my dog. Idk. Am I looking for things to worry about?

We talked about cleaning, furniture, and even where to keep food in the fridge, etc

[AV747]

Perhaps all will be well, just discuss all did your co-residence. Why your dog can't be together?

[kirby777]

Do you have 2 days to do a trial with the dogs? Is there a difference in the size of dogs? When I had two dogs, one would end up mimicking the other's behavior and habits.

[doggiedo]

I guess I could do that. Never thought of that option, really. My dog is a mini schnauzer (20lbs) and his is a Yorkshire terrier (8 lbs) so yea, a small size difference.