Computer laundry basket tv shower shoes you ve crossed off everything on your dorm checklist everything except the perfect pet.
Best dog for dorm room.
By and large small breeds are best for college students and the shih tzu is clearly one of the most endearing small breeds around.
Additionally it would be very hard to find room for an appropriate crate for a medium to large dog in any dorm room i ve ever seen especially on top of the other.
If you have the ability to build your dog s room anywhere in the house the best idea is to build it in the vicinity of where the family spends most of their time.
This is usually adjacent to a kitchen or living room.
Any animal no matter how peaceful might get stir crazy lash out and be destructive and should there be any damage done to the room it will be the owner that s you who will be stuck with the bill.
Dogs don t like to be left alone for long periods and dorm rooms can be very confining.
In fact shih tzus are really good dogs for those living in the types of small apartments many college students live in.
There are plenty of breeds of dogs that have a work hard nap hard attitude and tend to be calm indoors but many of them could almost literally not move around in a dorm room.
One of the other cool things about shih tzus.
They have pretty modest energy levels so daily walks will usually satisfy their exercise needs.
The question of whether dogs can live in college dorms comes down to dorm policy more than whether or not a dog can survive in the confined space of a college dorm.