I really want a puppybut my parents say in 2 or 3 years. I really want one now! (I'm 11 so I cant get a job)

Question

I've been trying to be responsible for the past 3 years but they still say later! I can't wait any longer. Help!

Answer 1

OK-well here is an answer i have read that i think might work,
Tell your parents you are going to pretend to have a puppy.You can get up early to let your puppy go potty,and take it on a "Walk".Walk in the rout you would take a puppy if you had one!Put food and water out for the puppy, and with extra money or allowances, bye bones and toys!At night,make up a bed by your bed and say its for your pup!This will show that you can be responsible-if you do it until they break!This will also show you what you will have to do,and give you a Chance to back out!It will also start to annoy them,so the might break in easier-Side affects may very!I hope it helps-i just found it and i think i may try!E-mail me if you want :) I'm always available to help!!



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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 nothing 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 isn't 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 2

I was in the same situation about 4 years ago!
Once I was just so pist off that I started crying and telling them how it was my dream and that i hated the way they didn't care about me and my dream. Then one day my sister asked for a cat and they said yes right away! I was sooo sad that I broke and told them that they only cared about my sister and I was nothing to them!
And they said yes:).. now they love my dog and they want to get another one.
Show them you are responsable enough to get one and that it would mean the world to you. Its alot of responsabilyties thought lol.. I would suggest a sheltie! Most intelligent breed and they are really affectionate! My first dog was a sheltie actually and he HAD to come and sleep with me on my bed. The cutest dog ever! And they listen so much!
Its the perfect dog for a girl your age and for your fist dog! beleive me:P
Good Luck!!

Answer 3

Well, if your parents are worried about the financial aspect, I understand wanting to wait until you work, they are very expensive. I have a husky and a black lab, between routine vet visits, food and other dog neccessities, we spend over $1200 dollars a yr on them, and that doesnt include when one of the dogs needed stiches one time. Other than that, show that you are responsible, they may want you to get a smaller, easier to care for animal first like a cat or rabbit.

Answer 4

Well, if your parents said no then I guess you can and will wait longer.

Your parents are likely thinking in terms of cost, cleaning-you know, all that practical stuff that you probably aren't thinking of in your blind desire to have what you want when you want it. Heck, your parents may even be thinking of what is best for any dog they may potentially bring into their household, where they pay the bills.

Answer 5

offer to take care of a fish or a hampster in order to prove your responsibility. That's what I did when I was your age (I wanted a kitten) and after my hampster lived a full life, Wham-I had a kitten. The point is, you have to start small in order for them to trust you. I'm 19 and a puppy was a lot of work (I just got him about 10 months ago) Potty training, keeping him out of things he could chew on or destroy, making sure he won't chew on furniture...its alot of work.

FYI cats are much easier!!!

Answer 6

Show interest by going to your local animal shelter like every single day. Start volunteering, if you're old enough, and show them that you're responsible... Then fall in love with one someday, and show them how great he/she is, and how you absolutely must save his life :) Good luck, and don't shop, adopt :)

Answer 7

puppies are only puppies for a very very short time,, they need tons of training, tons of time and can be quite expensive to buy, to vet, and to feed..... maybe you can get a cat and show them that you are responsible and after you are older you can get a pup.

Answer 8

Why don't you volunteer at a shelter or rescue group in the meantime.

Answer 9

I'm almost your age I have a puppy named Angel.

Answer 10

take them to a shelter and show them all the sad dogs. it really works well*.

*results may vary ever so slighly.