Apartment hunting

Sigh.. time is going by so fast and my to-do list just keeps getting longer and longer..

So I tried to be productive tonight and look for a place to live next year.
Firstly, I had no idea where to even start.
Do I want to live in an apartment? Or rent out a room in a house? By myself? Or flat with other people?  In the city? or in the suburbs where it's cheaper?
But I couldn't even ask myself these questions, cause my only priority was that it allows pets.. LOL

I really really want a puppy next year... I know I sound needy but I think it's the only way to stop me from dying of boredom in Hamilton.
I knew it wouldn't be easy to find a pet-friendly place, but I did not know that most places allow cats but not dogs!! Honestly that is so petcist.. I hate cats.
Well I don't hate cats but they are nowhere near as cute as puppies.
And some of the ads have NO DOGS ALLOWED in capital letters, yet they allow cats and smokers and children.. not like those are any better.. ==

So I went through pretty much every apartment in the city, and even in the suburbs and none of them were pet-friendly. Until I found a site called easyflatmate.co.nz or something like that.. the name is pretty self-explanatory. And some of them actually allowed pets. So I messaged a couple of them.. hopefully they will reply me soon. But the annoying thing is that they are all guys.. sigh I don't really want to flat with a guy.. TT
So now I'm thinking maybe I should just give up on the idea of getting a puppy.. cause I probably won't have that much time to take care of it right? I had this idea in my head that I would go home at lunch to feed it, but that would only be possible if I lived in city close to my workplace.
Arghhhhhh so frustrated!!!