Is my lifestyle/home good for a dog?
Hey y'all ! So, I'm looking for advises on my situation, because I never had a dog and I want to be as sure as possible to be able to offer a good home for a new friend.
About my situation: I'm 28, in a solid relationship with my partner since 2017 and we live together in a 55m2 appartement. I initiated the idea to adopt a rescued dog (I have a huge crush on a bully that's been staying a our local shelter for 4 years :'( ), and my partner is enthusiastic about it.
We live in a small city, the appartement is a little bit noisy (we can hear our neighbor's dog barking 3-4 times a day). There's a huge park 3minutes from our home. I am currently unemployed, and I plan to find a part time job as a nurse (pretty flexible schedule) by the end of summer '25. I want it to be part time. My partner works from 8 to 17:30 every day of the week. I am often doing things outside, meeting friends, going to the lake nearby, but we both enjoy our quite time at home as well. We don't want to have kids.
I have a lot of friends and family living in this city, and most of them will be ok to look after our dog if needed.
The dog I want to adopt is a 7yo male bully from a shelter. We plan to have some education lessons with a professional and the dog. I read a lot about dogs in general and bully in particular to have an idea of the needs he might have.
But there are few things I am not sure about:
can I expect to leave my dog alone in my appartement for a short amount of time (3-4 hours 2 times a week)? If not, how do you deal with that? Is regular pet sitting an option?
won't the dog be bothered/stressed about the relatively noisy (bad sound isolation) appartement?
I am being cautious because in my opinion I ve informed myself as much as I can and I think we can offer him a nice home, but also I am a little bit afraid to want him so bad that I am not seeing the issues I should see. So any advices for a potential new dog owner?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for your insights, they will be appreciated