How do you make your parents let you get a puppy?

Question

I keep telling them that I'll take it for a walk everyday and that I'll feed it and pick up its "litter" every time it goes. I am responsible. I get straight A's and I do chores. Someone please help me.

Answer 1

Tell them that kids with dogs grow up to be more compassionate adults. They were just talking about pets for kids on The View the other day. Studies have shown that kids are more compassionate adults if they have a dog when they are kids!! Tell them studies don't lie!

Answer 2

Please don't *make* your parents get you a puppy. One of the most common reasons dogs wind up in shelters is because the kids made the parents get them a puppy but then the parents realized they really REALLY don't want a dog, so the dog goes to the pound. That's how we got one of our dogs. The kids begged and pleaded and promised they'd care for the puppy, but then the puppy wasn't cute anymore and grew to be pretty big (he's 95 lbs. now!) and they had trouble housetraining him and he was being a big inconvenience. The parents never wanted him anyway, so they took him to the pound, where we found him 1 day before he was going to be put to sleep.

Dogs require more than just walks and feeing and picking up poop (though those are major things). They require training and often being taken to at least one round of obedience classes. They have to go to the vet at least once a year and as puppies there's a series of shots they need that means they have to be taken every couple of weeks. They can get sick just like us and need to be taken to emergency veterinarians, sometimes in the middle of the night. If not properly trained, they can develop behavior problems, destroy property, chew through doors and walls, howl, ruin carpets and even bite other dogs and people. When getting a dog, you have to be prepared for literally anything and when you're young, you really can't be. You don't have a car and you don't have your own money (at least probably not the hundreds of dollars it takes to feed and care for a dog). Your parents don't want to get you a dog because they know all the other stuff aside from walking and feeding that goes along with it and for whatever reason they can't deal with that right now. And that's fine.

You've got your whole life ahead of you and when you get older and have your own house, you can get a dog. I had to wait until I was 25 and married to get my first dog, but that still means I'll have 40 years to live with dogs. It just means you have the next 10 years to research dogs and become an expert so that when the time comes, you'll be the perfect dog-owner.

Answer 3

First how old are you, and are you willing to be 150% comitted to the dog? What if it needs to go out at 2:30AM when you have a very important test the next day?

What if it gets very sick on the Saturday you had a big date?

One way to help out is to compromise. Why don't your parents want you to get a dog? Maybe they don't think you're old enough or responsible enough to care for it.

Who's going to buy the food, toys, pay for vet bills? Who will take care of it if you're away for several days?

Answer 4

bring home the puppy and say that you found him by the road and that you didnt want him to get hit by a car. theeen, be like.. but what a coincidence.. Don't I want a puppy?? then go on a long speech about how responsible you are and how nice it would be to have a dog around

do you have alittle brother?? cause if so then say ' oh! and (name) would LOVE to have a puppy to play with.. you know that all little boys need puppies!' totally totally worked for me.. only my situation was that my boyfriend got me a rottweiler and i wanted to bring him home for xmas lol

Answer 5

Look up dogs on the internet and keep sending dogs that were niglacted or abused to ur parents and maby they will let you get one and feel sorry for them or look up dogs and try to write something on them or write a paper on how you will take care of it and love it and mabey even raise a little money for the dog like for food or shots or something like that. Good Luck

Answer 6

This is by far one of the most asked questions. Here's my standard answer.
No means No
Whining and Pleading will get you absolutely nowhere
Promises will get you nowhere
Your parents know what is best for them, for you, for their household. A pet is expensive, time consuming, and a big responsibility. When you are grown and have your own house you can get what you want and as many as you want.

Answer 7

Take them on a little trip to a big place called The Pound... They will see how bad some dogs are being treated and might let you take one the unfortunate dogs home with you.

Answer 8

Well, if you want a dog then convince your parents you're old enough and capable enough to make a decision at your age to handle at 12-14 year commitment. The reason they are probably not getting you one is that you probably are not ready to make a commitment that lasts that long.

Answer 9

Sorry, but when I was 10 I begged my parents for a kittten. I moved out at 19 and never did get that cat.

When I got my own place, I got my own pets. Your parents might not budge.

Maybe if you offer to pay for it and the vet bills they might be a little more understanding.

Answer 10

Food, toys, vets, vomit, pee, poop, shedding, grooming, chewed up shoes,training, escape, dog fights...............that is why your parents do not want to get you a puppy.....are you ready to take on that responsibility? Try for a small breed, they are a little more manageable.
My little dog got in a dog fight with the neighbors dog and cost me $500 to stitch her up......good luck.