It has to be a small dog since apartment only allows small dogs, what are some good suggestions?

Pomeranian, Jack Russell Terrier. Those are some of the common small ones people usually get. Can also check this site for other small dog breeds and see which one you like best. http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-breeds/breed_special_1.aspx

Thanks for the link. There's a lot of stuff to read on there

Yup no problem glad to be of service. It tells you alot about every dog breed there is out there.

This post was edited by CvD on Mar 9 2012 12:42pm

Do you have any experience with specific small breeds?

Just Pomeranian's really. My parents use to breed them for about 8 years or so.

How are they?

There pretty good dogs for the most part. They can be barkers but that's for most small breeds. They seem to be extremely easy to potty train. They seem to be really playful even there oldest one that is about 13 or so years old still plays. And not sure if it's with all poms but all of ours seem to play catch so it's pretty easy to teach them that lol. They usually come in 2 different sizes, Tea cup which is small poms and the normal size when is a bit bigger then the tea cup size. Which the tea cup ones are alot more spendy. You can usually find them now days for under $300.

Oh I see. Are they pretty playful and loyal? I'd be worried about losing a teacup one though.

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It dont matter what kind of dog you get, if its the right one that dog will be your best freind!