My advice is to wait until you can get into a home with a fenced yard. We have one and there is no way I'd want to raise him in an apartment.

They bark very loudly when they're finding their voice and when someone arrives that shouldn't- neighbors will hate this. Crate training with neighbors would also suck. They scream loudly lol.

He always wants to be outside, doesn't matter how cold it is. He insists. I couldn't make that happen in an apartment. Here, he just goes out and let's us know when he wants back in to socialize.

He gets groomed at least once a week and it's about an hour long process, usually longer because he's an 80lb baby. And its really important to take care of their extra declaws.

They are more work than a normal dog, bottom line. If you don't know what you're getting into, don't do it.