Best Apartment Dog Breeds
What decides a flat is rarely just size: it is how much noise a breed makes, how it copes with being left alone, and whether its exercise needs can be met outside the front door. Size matters mainly because it sets how much room a dog needs to stretch out and settle. Every breed here still needs daily walks — a flat is a place to rest, not a substitute for exercise.
38 breeds in our library match
How we picked these: breeds our profiles mark as suited to apartment living. The list is generated from our own breed ratings rather than hand-picked, and refreshes whenever we update a breed profile — so any breed we have not rated yet simply is not shown.
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French Bulldog
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Cocker Spaniel
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Miniature Schnauzer
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Pembroke Welsh Corgi
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Pug
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Staffordshire Bull Terrier
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Whippet
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Greyhound
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Boston Terrier
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Shetland Sheepdog
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West Highland White Terrier
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Maltese
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Bichon Frise
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Shiba Inu
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Havanese
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Bull Terrier
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Basset Hound
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Scottish Terrier
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Papillon
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Lhasa Apso
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Cairn Terrier
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Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
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Italian Greyhound
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Standard Schnauzer
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Portuguese Water Dog
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Pekingese
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Chinese Shar-Pei
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Chow Chow
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Cardigan Welsh Corgi
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Miniature Pinscher
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Keeshond
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Chinese Crested
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American Staffordshire Terrier
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Basenji
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Brussels Griffon
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Japanese Chin
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Schipperke
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Xoloitzcuintli
Browse by another trait
- Low-shedding 36 breeds
- Small & low-shedding 19 breeds
- Good with kids 71 breeds
- Good with cats 30 breeds
- Family dogs 23 breeds
- Easy to train 47 breeds
- Good first dogs 9 breeds
- Quiet breeds 29 breeds
- Low grooming 30 breeds
- High energy 53 breeds
- Calm & low energy 15 breeds
- Small dogs 32 breeds
- Large dogs 28 breeds
- Giant dogs 8 breeds
- Longest-living 39 breeds
Still narrowing it down?
One trait rarely decides it. Answer a few honest questions about your home, time and energy, and get a shortlist that weighs all of them together.
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