Hello everyone! We have a beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog (absolutely HUGE for Japan) and we are looking for assistance on where we can live with her. We already know most apartments would be out of question, and that it would be challenging in the cities, not just for housing, but because of the summer heat and humidity for a double-coated dog. However, we have seen that there are people who do have Berners in Japan. We have pretty much resigned ourselves to the fact that our housing will revolve entirely on this because these options are so limited. We will likely have to buy a house outright.
Does anyone here know of any specially popular locations for large dog owners to live? Housing aside, supporting a dog this large requires:
- capable veterinarians – ones used to working on large dogs
- grooming facilities
- food sources (we get her food from Costco, but we can slowly shift her to other food if needed)
- pet-friendly hotels and pet-taxis (in case of emergency like our AC in our house stops working)
and more! So I imagine once large dog owners find a location that has all of these, they tend to congregate. So where are these locations? Large dog owners in Japan, where do you make yourself at home?
We would also especially like to know if there are neighborhoods with houses in Tokyo, Osaka, any cities etc. that also have large dogs. Since we would buy, not rent, I imagine we can still have a dog there — unless there is anything like American HOAs?
Also if you know of any resources where large dog owners connect — subreddits, Discord servers, Facebook groups. Thanks in advance, all!
by TravelingBerner