how to convince my parents into letting me have a puppy?

Question

im almost 11 years old and i want a puppy. my parents wont let me have my own puppy because they think i wont take care of it but i will. they think im to young and i will forget about it and wont take care of it . i really want one !!

Answer 1

Tell your parents you will pretend to have a puppy for a certain amount of time to prove you can handle it. For example, set your alarm early in the morning (puppies usually have to get up to go the bathroom), take a walk everyday of the route you would take with the puppy, put food and water out everyday for the puppy, etc. After a certain amount of time your parents will see if you can handle the responsibility directly related to getting a puppy. Also this will give you a chance to be 100% sure you really want to go through everything before you actually get the dog.

Answer 2

You don't. It's as simple as that. Puppies are a lot of work, and since your parents will be caring and paying for it and it's care-what they say is final, there is no need to convince them to get something they don't want. Get a job and save money. When you're old enough, move out and get into a place that allows dogs. Then you can get a puppy or dog. Owning a dog is expensive, owning a puppy is even more expensive and requires a lot of time. Something a minor that is going to school cannot give. Not trying to be rude, but it would be best to hold off to get a dog. Wait until you're really ready, there will always be puppies/dogs in need of homes-no need to rush into it. If you want contact with dogs-volunteer at your local shelter and/or walk neighborhood dogs.

Answer 3

Why don't you pretend that you have a dog? Wake up early in the morning & take your dog out to potty (cold or rainy weather)...feed it before you go to school & then take it out again before you leave.

Walk it the very moment you get home before you do anything else. Feed it again.

so on & so on....... then you will see if you REALLY want a puppy!

But make sure you let your parents know this is what you are doing - pretending that you have a dog so you can see the time & responsibility it takes to own & care for one!

You might even change your mind until later because the puppy will come before anything else - it is a LIVING BEING!

Answer 4

You are eleven and that means people expect you to not be responsible. Show them you are by taking initiative (doing something before you are told) in areas around your house that you can improve. If you suddenly take on responsibilities and don't draw their immediate attention to it, they will notice and slowly their view of what they can expect out of you will change. With that will come a more flexible attitude toward caring for a dog. It isn't that they don't want you to have a dog they just don't want to make more work for themselves. Demonstrate that you are responsible and the dog is more likely to become yours.

It does take time to change your habits and the perceptions of others. If your dog is worth it you will take that time and make the effort.

So, ask yourself; is my room clean? Are the dishes clean? Does the floor need sweeping? Is the car in need of a wash? etc...Look for problems to solve and solve them before anyone else thinks to. Nothing faster can be done at 11 to show you are ready for a dog then making work around the house your job.
If you have a garage or storage closets that can be cleaned and organized, do that. If the driveway and yard has leaves, rake them up and bag them. Ask about mowing. 11 is young for that but asking will go toward showing how serious you are to take on more responsibility.

Then when you do have a dog, spend that same amount of time thinking and working to take care of the dog. That should be about half the effort it takes to care for it. Half the care for a dog is fair for an 11 year old.

Be careful though. I worked hard to get a cat when I was young and then lost interest in it because other things became more important to me then making sure the box was clean and his teeth were brushed. My mom told me twice I needed to take better care of it. The third time she said anything was when I asked where my cat was. She told me it had run away. About ten years later she admited she had taken it down to the animal shelter where it was probably put down.

Careful what you ask for. You might get it. Do all that and if it works then you should be ready. Understand that if you do get a dog, it will likely still be around when you go off to college. Dorm rooms don't let you bring dogs. Apartments charge more for deposits and rent when you have a dog. It may wind up being your parents dog in 7 years. Take that into consideration when you hear them continue to say no. They might not like dogs and are both looking forward to having a time when then can relax and be responsible for just themselves for awhile.

Answer 5

Here is an answer to an identical q asked yesterday{that I PUT}-i hope it helps-and you can also search your Q in the search box-there are many of the same Q's and those answers might help!Good luck!



Well.......Parents can bedificult with things like this-i know!ive been trying to get my parents agree to a dog for a while-well should i say another dog!But i dont just go right out and say it so that might be why its not working so well!Most poeple on here are going to say "What your parents say goes" which to some extent is true-except most of these poeple are parents them self and are not begging thier parents for a puppy so they do not know how it truely feels!But dont go compleetly out and ask them-too much because then they might get annoyed!And then the Answer will be and forever stand as NO!Try doing a little research,get a journal and start looking and finding out about what kind of dog you want,then ever now and again simply and causually just say a fact or two!Sooner or later they will start to get the idea!Now if they have a ceartain reason why you cant have a dog,dont try and break them-just gently bend them!When at a store and you pass the petsection comment on how you LOVE that blue bed and that if you ever had a dog that is what you would get it!If your parent comes back with a remark as"you IF" then just drop the subject and do it again tommow!Not all parents are going tofall for this so then you have to go to phase 2!This is the least fun but hay,Start doing more chores around the house,and dont make your parents have to ask you a million times!Also-start saving our allowance or ask them if you can do some chores for money!Try dog walking!This shows them that you are responsible!keep this up for awhile-but dont go over the top the first day so they dont suspect anything yet!and if a month has passed and still nnothinh AT all-time to go into mega mode!this is when you start to bribe,beg,plead,and if at all possible to skip-play dirty!this isnt as hard as it seems!Bribing-Start asking for a puppy for christmas of for a birthday or start waking up in the middle of the night and going into your parents room-tell them your scared-do it for about three nights then bring up how you REALLY should get a gaurd dog!still nothing?Beg/plead!Cry that you have nothing to really take responsibility fo-that you WANT some thing!that you really miss an old dog or catand that it is proven that kids-teens do beter with a pet!!And the last possible step-play dirty-start buying a dog bed or somthing-dog food ext!And if it is still a No-then it will probly stay a NO!if within 2 months nothing at all has happend then you may as well forget about get the pup of your dreams!but it is very unlikely that it will end up at that!Gosh-just reading this makes me feel my plan just might turn out better then i thought!I know very few parents who dont fall for any of these traps!i hope this helps

Answer 6

I persoanlly think children aren't natuarly good with dogs. I'm a Dog trainer, and I also work for the humane society, and most of out dogs come from kids who couldn't handle there puppy. I'm not saying you would be bad at it, but people tend to assume you are, because of your age. if it your first dog, you should probably adopt an older dog(around 1-3) that way, it's already been mildly trained, and it'll make it alot easier on you. You could also go to puppy classes with your parents, alot of shelters offer this service for little or no cost, that way your parents will witness you learning what you need to know to have a dog.

Answer 7

First you need to proove to your parents that you are responsible enough for a dog. They take a lot of care and responsibility and you can't just run off to be with your friends without taking care of the dogs needs first. If you have chores to do around the house..do them without complaint and having to be told constantly by your parents to do the chores. Be sure and keep your room clean and stuff put away. Little things like that and eventually, your parents will see that you will be a responsible dog owner.

Answer 8

Well, you can start by showing that you're responsible. Clean you room, do your chores... etc. Once they see that you're responsible and can keep up with everything you have to do NOW, then you can drop hints.
Have you ever had a puppy? If not, you can use that as an argument. Tell your parents that they could give you a chance... at least one chance.
Best of luck!!

Answer 9

The best thing you can do is to show them that you are responsible. Keep up with all your chores and things like that for a while and then try to ask again. Plus it would help to do a little research to show that you know about the puppy you want to get.

Good luck!

Answer 10

Well start out wih somthing small. Like have your parents give you chores like taking out the trash or doing the dishes. and if you keep up with that for a while then maybe they wil let you Tell them "If I do this for a month thenmay I get a puppy." or maybe even get a goldfish or somthing. Just start small.