I will be 16 years old next week. We have 14 dogs (mostly outside. we breed dogs) that I help out with. I really want a puppy of my own for my 16th birthday. I want a Yorkie so it won't be a large dog. I have a steady job to pay for vet bills and puppy needs. I want to convince my parents that I can handle a dog of my own. Any ideas?
2007-02-05 10:44:51 · 14 answers · asked by blferguson134 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
i think you should tell them exactly what u have told us!! tell them that u feel responsible enough to take care of them. work extra hard in the next week helping out with the other 14 dogs outside. volunteer to clean up their mess, feed them or walk them. make an extra point of going outside to play with them. ask ur mum if there is anything u can do to help out with the dogs and let her know that u r really enjoying the extra responsibility of looking after the dogs. tell her that u will take fantastic care of the yorkie, train it, bathe it, walk it and pay for its food etc. tell her she doesnt need to do anything because it will be ur dog.
do ur homework as soon as u get in from school every day, help with the dishes at night time. show her in all ways u can that u r growing up and are able to help out and handle a little extra responsibility.
above all, make sure u r really ready for the responsibility urself. im sure u know puppies r hard work! but i'm sure u will be fine!! good luck!
hope i could help! =)
2007-02-05 10:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit down with them and have a friendly, open chat, with no tears or tantrums. That would be the first thing to remember.
Make a list of the chores you help out with your folk's dogs, what you have learned from doing this, how you intend to pay for and take care of a dog of your own and what provisions you will make for your dog when you go spend the night somewhere or go visit some family. You know the drill. You know your parents better than anyone and you know what they will ask you so be prepared, be mature about it, conduct it like you would any other business proposition and accept their answer.
Now, if their answer is no, don't be discouraged. Next week, sit them down again and have the same conversation again. And do this every week until they understand that you are serious,
2007-02-05 18:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by Liligirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them exactly what you said. If you want a dog and you feel that you are responsible enough to handle it, sit them down and explain to them that you help out with other dogs, that you have a steady job to pay for the vet bills, etc and that you strongly think that you are ready for a dog of your own
2007-02-05 18:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by K T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What will your puppy do when you are at school? What about when you want to go out on the weekends? How will it learn good manners and to be social? Where will it sleep, with you or all the other dogs? If you have things planned out really well and show your parents that you have thought about all the responsibilities perhaps they will consider it. If however, your answers include being gone often and having your parents watch it then its really not your call is it?
2007-02-05 18:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by lisa c 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not a good idea to breed. Breeding contributes to pet overpopulation which results in millions of animals dying. It seems like u have plenty of dogs though. And if you do convince your parents, get puppy or even a dog from a shelter. Dogs can be just as energetic as pups. Look on petfinder.com and get your animal spayed or neutered.
2007-02-05 19:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by kpteen1030 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them what you just wrote here. Let them know how much you really want it. Help out more with the other dogs to prove you are responsible.
2007-02-05 18:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mommy to Boys 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to take care of all the dogs for like 5 days before they do .
2007-02-05 18:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by Kate Q 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Compile your research of the breed to show them you know what you're getting into. Otherwise, tell them what you just told us. The fact you've already planned how to pay for the pup past initial costs, in my opinion, will help you out greatly.
Good luck!
2007-02-05 18:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by throughtwoeyes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
help out more with the animals you breed and if they will let you have your own puppy please get one from the spca or pound those dogs are some of the sweetest and because of breeders (partly) and unresponsible owners (mostly) they could be put down because of the fact they were born from a stray or such
2007-02-05 18:50:28 · answer #9 · answered by Avaria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
say why can't i get a dog if we already have 14 also say you know how to take care of them then you might get a dog for your 16 th b-day
2007-02-05 18:50:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋