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Talia Henze, the owner of a Dutch Shepherd and German Shepherd, tells PEOPLE she has “controversial” rules for her pups, who live with her in a New York City apartment

Henze shares her life as a dog owner and trainer to hundreds of thousands of followers on social media

“They're fantastic dogs. They're the most stable, sturdy dogs I've come across,” says Henze of her dogs

Talia Henze is the first to admit that her two pups — a Dutch and German Shepherd — are “terrible apartment dogs.”

“People are like, ‘How could she have a dog like that in the city?’ ” Henze, who has lived in New York City for over a decade, recounts in an interview with PEOPLE. And she doesn’t disagree.

Growing up, her family traveled too frequently for it to make sense to adopt a dog, even though she

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