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@estherwillow Can confirm this can happen. When going on our regular scheduled walks a month ago, we realized our puppy would hold his bladder in our apartment but as soon as left our own door he thought it was "outside". We've had 2 incidents of him peeing by the elevator or in the hallway...

@dutchmaster83 We used a play pen for our puppy's first month at home and it was a tremendous help! It attached to his crate and we had the pee pad inside so he only spent time in his specific area. We removed the pen only a few weeks ago so he has full access to the apartment while supervised...

@woolz This is exactly why we stuck with the pad 😭 I'm in Canada so our winters are super cold (we got him in March when it was still freezing) and there was just no way we were going to bundle us and our puppy up to go outside every time haha

@jesusismybestfriend314 No worries at all! Let me know if you have other questions, we really struggled to find apartment related advice at first too. Again I'm not a seasoned dog trainer by any means but happy to share any findings!

@jesusismybestfriend314 Yeah we had the same issue at first too, gaps near the railing. Thankfully our guy is a bit bigger now so can't get through the gaps. I saw in our dog park that the city puts a kind of steel/metal mesh and wraps it around the base of all the fencing. Maybe something...

Also we got a pee pad holder and it was a god send. It looks like a plastic grate and basically you put the pee pad inside it. It's easy to wash and move around, and our puppy has never chewed up his pad. Also easy to move it to the balcony!

@jesusismybestfriend314 Hi there! We have 4 month old puppy and live on the 31st floor of a high rise, in a busy city, surrounded by dogs. I can definitely sympathize! We're first-time dog owners so what we do is probably not 100% effective for everyone but it has worked for us. For potty...