0 City Dogs: How All Dogs can be 'Apartment-Sized' Dogs

Before I was looking to adopt our pups, I really believed that since we all lived in mini-spaces we could only own mini-sized dogs.
Though we all know how that turned out.

We really believe it's not the size of your space, but any pup has the potential to be an 'apartment-sized' pooch. While we use our blog to show how we've been able to live with our big dogs in the city, we were recently asked our thoughts on the top ways work with dogs in a smaller space.

Develop Walking and Bathroom Routines:

Since none of us have backyards, we know a lot of people think smaller dogs can use pee pads and balconies in an emergency. We have never had any issues because we created routines to help the pups get on a bathroom routine. We wrote more about it here.
We've also realized, the benefit of going on so many walks together has allowed us to work on daily training. We can practice our communication, which also works in our home.

Physical Exercise Outside and Mental Exercise Inside

Just because a dog is a large dog, it doesn't mean they need to spend every minute of their life running. We go on a few daily walks each day, and we even wrote here how to fully exercise our pups with shorter walks. 
We are always conscious of the noise-levels with shared wall neighbors, so when we're inside we work on games and mental exercises that which can be just as exhausting for the pups.
We wrote more about it here.

Eliminate Dog Stuff By Using Human Products

I think the biggest issue is that many people think that they don't have room in a smaller space to store all the dogs' stuff. We've learned the art of disguising human products for the pups: they lounge on floor pillows and rugs as dog beds, create dog-friendly rugs, and disguise their crates.

These are just our experiences, though we would love to hear how others are working with larger pups.

Also:
How we save money by using human products for our pups!
Why we don't need backyards. Though we do have this instead!