I want a puupy but my mom wont lets us get one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

theres 4 peeps in our family and 3 want one....but my mom wont let us....its either cuz she works at home and cant take care of one, or shes just plain lazy!! so what r some reasons to get a puppy for ur children....i need 2 proove her wrong!!! golden retrievers are sweet enuf...right????

Answer 1

Poor child, theres no reason why she should not let you clean up dog pee and poop and throw up! Or give you the priviledge of spending megga bucks at the vet..Walking a dog before school in a snowstorm can be fun! She must be plain rotten to you!

Answer 2

Okay, I had the same problem with my dad..... First, I would NOT suggest getting a puppy, but more of a young adult puppy. Puppies tear up everything and require more attention, vet visits, and so on. I would also suggest getting a yelllow labrador retriever or a golden retriever, they are the best dogs!!!!Yellow labs you also won't have to brush as much too. I have had them all my life and I would suggest getting one of the two. Okay, now for mom. Make sure she knows that she won't be in charge of everything dealing with the dog. Tell her that the kids can take turns feeding the dog, and picking up the dog poop(ewww... i know but once you have a dog, the good and the bad even out), and so on. Reson 1: Companionship---Dogs will always be at your side no matter what. They are kind and loving, and alway listen. Reason2: Responsibility--- Dogs teach children responsibility. Reason3: Guard--- Dogs will guard your house. Reason4: Fun---A dog fits into any lifestyle. They console you when your sad and keep you company. They are great for kids because it keeps them active. Dogs are a great part of any family. Just to let you know, Dogs are very easy to train too.



Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

You need to be a little more considerate... your mother works at home? would YOU want a puppy jumping all over the place, chewing on your stuff... in the middle of your workday? Maybe your mother thinks that the puppy will become HER responsibility, along with chores, work, and raising a family. You should try to show her how responsible you can be- take out the garbage, do the dishes, help with the laundry- without her asking you to do it. Maybe if you impress her with how mature you are, she will let you get your puppy. Also, remember that some people really can't have puppies because of allergies... my children want a puppy very badly (and so do i) but I am severly allergic to them... good luck. Maybe when you are old enough to move out you can get a puppy for yourself

Answer 4

Dogs are a lot of work, ad your mom may not want the extra responsibility. The puppy will need to be house trained, and there are ALWAYS accidents, in the beginning. I don't think that your mom not wanting to clean up dog mess is lazy, at all.

Dogs live quite a while, and you have to ask yourself, Who will feed the dog? Who will clean up after it? Who will walk the dog, bathe him. And who is going to pay his vet bills for shots, spay/neuter, or if he gets injured.

If you are not able to do these things, your mom is right to not get the dog. Many people take on pets not knowing the responsibility and commitment of time and money. These dogs end up as strays or on death row at animal control. Your mother is simply being responsibly by not taking on more than she feels she can handle.

Answer 5

As far as I'm concerned, you blew it when you suggested that your mom might be just plain lazy. Being a mom is a full-time job and she also works at home! That is NOT lazy. You need to be more considerate of your mom. Perhaps, when you act more mature, and prove to your mom that you can be a responsible dog owner, she will allow you to get a dog. However, you will have to promise to take care of the dog while you are at home and not put the care off on your mom. Good luck!

Answer 6

As a rescuer of animals, I understand them saying know to you. Most of the animals that come into our rescue are owner turn in, the number one reason is child lost interest in the pet, followed closely by I got it for my child and they where not taking care of it, and I did not want to take care of it either.

If you really want a pet, you need to show that you are becoming responsible. Do things with out having to be asked, also ask if you can help out, cooking cleaning dishes or mow the lawn or rake leaves, for a week or so. If you have a low grade in a subject work to bring it, up. Do not bring up wanting a pet. Then after that ask if there are ways you can help out around the home, trash, dished sweep or mop, ask for chores. If you show that, you are becoming more responsible you may not be over looked the next time you ask.

Another reason she may be saying no to you, is the sad fact is once a puppy or kitten is past its cuteness; or a pet displays behaviors we do not know how to deal with, many pets are discarded like old newspapers. On average 100,000 cats and dogs and puppies are listed on www.petfinder.com, daily. The National Council reports it on Pet Population Study and Policy, from the 5000 or so US agencies who responded to the survey, that over 2 million dogs enter shelters annually. Of those 27% are relinquished by owners, 42% are turned in by animal control, 31 by other sources, of these dogs, 56% are euthanized.


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Answer 7

I hear in your statement - someone who doesn t seem like a responsible person. You have just made a far from mature judgment against her. On top of that one that shows me that in you calling her "lazy" you are expecting her to take care of it because YOU want it. You have just proved that you are not ready to be responsible for it yourself. I see Why she may have reasons for not getting a puppy for her you. She doesn t need another responsibility on her hands and one that will add more conflict to your family.

Having a dog is a lot of extra work and responsibility and a Long term Commitment and with the sz of your family she has plenty. She wanted You and Your family and she IS showing much Love with the Extra Work and Responibility with this Lifetime Commitment. You Could Start showing Responsbility by Respecting Her and Appreciate all that she Does do for you and Now start Acting like it.

Actions speak Louder then words. Show how responsible you are - all three of you. Show it in your Everyday life and keep it up and maybe someday this will get thru - the best of all. And Know that it Has to be you - not your Mother who will be making the commitment for the Joys and Hardships of this. She isn t the one who Wants one-it isn t Her Desire - its Yours.

P.s. I finally gave in after all these years with my daughter who is 18. It seemed she was being more responsible and she got a doggie - We made up a Contract on the Rules and that it was her full Responsibility , she payed for it and the whole 9 Yards. After doing so - she started to backtrack and not do what she had promised. She somehow thought that walking it once in the morning and once when she came home was enough. When I reminded her that it would want her social attention and a playtime with playing fetch at least once a day. (We went thru this before she got the dog - that she would have less time with friends and such) She complained between part time school and work that she didn t have as much free time. I reminded her that SHE made that choice when choosing this. She obviously thought that I would or should take up the slack-which I never agreed to. She left out the respectuful- and started labeling me with such terms as you mentioned above. We even went thru possibly having to give the dog up - but I thought against that - because this - to me - would teach her the opposite of being responsibe That if it doesn t work out - dispose of it. The problem wasn t the dog - it was the iresponible person who made such a choice. So in order for her to learn responsiblity she had to continue on the path that she chose and work it thru like she promised to do and she is learning from it and I think IS feeling good about how she is.

We have turned it around a bit and she is back on track again. I Love her and my other 3 kids very much and one way of showing them that is - that to have a good life is one that they have to make for themselves and this comes thru maturing which involves them taking responsibilty for their choices and not by manupulating others into it --If You Loved Me....... If you Earn what you want - you will be so much more happy with Yourself and the things that you have achieved thru this method.

Good Luck and I Do Wish you Well and for you to have your Pet when the time is Right.

Answer 8

My mom wont let me get a dog either and I dont know why becouse I am homeschooled and home all day to take care of it besides there are thousands of dogs that a good loving home and only a few of them get homes and the rest are uthinized so she would be doing a great thing to adopt a dog! If you do convince her into getting a dog try the humane sociaty or go to www.petfinder.com they have so many animals that need good homes!
Tori

Answer 9

don't call your mother lazy. She just does not want to deal with a puppy. That is her perogative.

As others have said, usually it is the mother who ends up taking care of pets. And dogs are more work than most pets. Usually puppies are a novelty, and when grown, the children lose interest. One of the reasons there are so many dogs in shelters.

Personally, I could not live without dogs. In Jr High School I took our family mixed breed to obedience classes. She graduated first in her class. Was I proud! We continued training, and graduated first again. I took her to a couple of obedience fun matches and at her 2nd competition she got a perfect score! I talked my parents into getting me a Sheltie puppy so I could continue training and actually compete in trials. I had already showed my "responsibility" of training and taking care of a dog. I continued training and showing through High School; it kept me busy with a hobby, and my Sheltie was my best friend who I could share all my feelings with.

Do your homework on how much work and time is needed to take care of and train a dog. Make a "time sheet". What do you need to do before you go to school? When you come home? Before you go to bed? When the pup cries at night because it has to go out? Where will the pup stay during the day when you are gone? Check into local dog training clubs. You should take a puppy to classes to learn how to train it.

As others mentioned, do your household chores without being asked. To a mother, this is a track record of a child's responsibility. If you can talk her into a pup later, ask for more "chores" to "pay" for the puppy's foof and vet bills.

Best time to get a pup is when you are on summer vacation so you can take care of it 24/7

We had a rescue puppy a couple of years ago who went to a 12 year old boy. He had convinced his parents to get him a puppy by taking care of a neighbor's dog; picking up dog doo in the yard, taking it for walks, teaching it tricks.

A puppy is a living, breathing being. It is a family member who comes with a life long commitment. It is not a disposable toy.

A puppy grows into what you mold it to be. You only get out what you are willing to put in....time and training. They are a reflection of their owner.

Dogs are truly man's best friend. They are amazing, and limited only by what we do not train.

Answer 10

hi amy even i want a puppy but my mom also does not allow to get one the reason she gave me was that we children are in school for most of the time and behind us she has to take care of it and she doesn't have time at all for it although she is a homemaker and she'll have to clean its shet also which is a very yucky job and when we'll come home we'll get busy with it will not study and one thing more when after 10-15 years it will die we'll feel very upset and will always feel sad for it