how to i get my mom to let me have this puppy?

Question

okay heres the deal. I want a great dane puppy sooo bad. i will be 17 in July and i work at an animal hospital. I know this breed very well. i know food intake, medical problems and how to fix them, how difficult they are to train, how big they get, their personality everything. I have the money and i have found the dog. i told her about it and she even helped me name it! then the next day she says i cant get it. wtf? her boyfriend changed her mind. i told her: "whats the big deal you don't have to do anything with it except look at it every now and then." ahhhh!!! she says its to big. well she could have told me that before she said i could get it. i get discount on medical and can add anything to my account, i get FREE dog obedience classes, dog food will be like 65 bucks a month. & i have money for everything else it will need. she has nothing to worry about. but noo. so how do i get her back to the state of mind she was in before she talked to her boyfriend cause im at a total loss

Answer 1

ok, is the boyfriend living with you guys? other wise I dont know why he should care, but if he is and he is the responsible for the house, like repairing or if you rent, to respond for any damage the dog would make (I mean legally with the landlord), well I think you should hear what he has to say, just sit down with both of them and explain you case, but dont lose control or you wont get nothing from them. You have to explain yourself with passion, make them know and feel how much you want this dog, but maybe you should get a smaller dog or foster a dog and show them you can with the responsibilities, shelters are always looking for foster homes for their dogs.

Answer 2

first off, get a chance to talk to the boyfriend. If he is the problem tell him so (even if you don't like him). He will respect you for approching him and remember to be a polite, little, angel. Make your arguement clear that he will have to do nothing except give this adorable little puppy love and attention when he feels like it, but otherwise you are a responsible "almost" adult and will do the rest yourself. Talk to your mom too, let her know that you feel betrayed by her sudden change of heart, and that you would appriciate that if she really didn't want to do this, she should have said so before you got your heart set on this puppy
Good Luck, I feel that a dog is really a girl's best friend.

Answer 3

hmmm, sounds like ur in a rut. I had to talk my parents into getting a dog too recently! We are getting a beagle! Well enough bout me. I'm sorry but the only thing i can think of is pick a smaller breed. :-( Or, you could try talking ur mom's boyfriend into it by telling him you will take care of everything, and that size does not matter! gosh! i thought that was quite weird, how he didnt like the idea cuz the dog was too big...?? You should be able to get the kind of dog you want, especially if you will be freakin payin for it! Show him!

Answer 4

Ask your mom if there's a good time for you to sit down with her. Write out your plan in detail. Explain what food you will feed the animal, how much you'll need as he grows, and how you're going to pay for it. Detail how you will clean up after it, how you plan to handle (and pay for) routine veterinary care (shots, exams, etc.) and less routine care (which can run into hundreds of bucks very quickly). Will you be going to college? Who's going to take care of the dog then? These kinds of things may be what is making your mom waffle on the idea.

And whatever you do, don't argue. Once you've talked it through, accept her answer. Arguing is not going to prove to her that you're mature enough to take on this kind of responsibility.

Answer 5

Tell her everything you just wrote. And also tell her how responsible you are and how this dog could make you even more responsible. Then tell her that she doesnt have to worry about any of the costs or any chores that has to do with the dog.

hope you can get the puppy.

Answer 6

it ought to. additionally do analyze appropriate to the breed you prefer, sort up some pages appropriate to the breed, housetraining, obedience training, and the thank you to guard your domestic dog to teach your mom. additionally evaluate getting some books. (i prefer to propose "finished instruction manual to canine" by the ASPCA) Do all your chores+extra effective. Get good grades. And it ought to artwork. yet in addition think of approximately the place your going to be in 10 years? Will you be waiting to guard the canine? Are you financially waiting? domestic canine require an excellent style of artwork and time! look into your interior of sight shelter and that they could have youthful canine, perhaps a twelve months previous or so, so which you dont ought to handle housebreaking (each and every on occasion) and another domestic dog issues! and you'd be saving a existence. *and you ought to maintain getting good grades and doing chores on a similar time as you have the domestic dog =)*

Answer 7

Great Danes get huge.
she's not lying. :)
if you live under her roof you should probably respect her decision. maybe there was something that her boyfriend brought up that made a lot more sense to her.

I'd love to have a dog too but can't due to the same reason.

Just wait it out, maybe she'll come around.

Answer 8

You must show her if you are really responsible!