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Anonymous
Probably the easiest to care for, the least noisy, and cleanest pet I have in my apartment is my tarantula.
That being said, a smaller dog isn't necessarily a better pet for a small place. No matter how big the dog is, you're going to need to take it for walks daily (possibly multiple times each day, depending on how energetic the dog is). Yes, there are people who have dogs in their apartments which they don't take for daily walks. Those are not good pet owners.
Any small dog can end up being yippy and annoying depending on their training. Whatever dog you get, you need to take it to training classes as early as possible, and keep going to them through the dogs life, until you have an animal that both you and any other people who may have to interact with it can be happy with.
I like pugs, and if you get a dog that came from a reputable breeder and take care of it properly, then the health problems aren't as bad as some people think. But, I think the ideal thing to do is go to rescue agencies to get a dog. You can go to local shelters (which can be risky, you really don't know anything about the dog) or there are a lot of purebred dog rescue organizations out there. Those groups usually have people who have fostered their dogs for a while first, and know a bit more about their personality and often their history.
(ran out of space, got more to say)
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