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how do i convince my mom?
okay i really want a puppy but my mom says no because she doesn't believe me when i say i'll take care of it myself. how do i convince her i'm responsible enough for a puppy and that i will take care of it? i'm 13/f if that helps
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I was recently in this same situation. Mom's think because you are getting older you won't be around enough to take care of them. Well heres what I did. I know this sounds silly but take a dog stuffed animal and treat it like a real one. As in, pretend to fill his food and water bowl and when you get home from school walk it. Show your mom that you can adjust your lifestyle to taking care of a puppy. Yeah it might seem a little odd, but that's how I got my baby, a three year old bassett hound!
**jenny13**
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Well most 13 year olds are responsible just make sure you have the time to groom EVERY DAY, WALK EVERY DAY. and also do extra chores and dont talk about it all the time. Also it might go over better if you get an older dog that is house trained:) ONe say that is about 4 or 5 or older go to a local shelter. I remember when I was little and I was asking my parents for a dog they didnt want a puppy because they werent house trained!
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WELL, DO MORE WORK around the house, clean up after yourself, do more than you should in otherwards impress her with cleaning, and do some research with dogs, instead of getting that dog find another well trained dog, that isent hyper and is easy to take care of, like get a short haired dog, and u can always get a small dog!
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Are you responsible in every other fashion? If you get good grades, always pick up after yourself and keep your room clean that counts for something. Start doing your own laundry and making your own meals (save for dinner).
Show her you are independant and dependable and maybe just maybe she'll reconsider. The other thing you must consider here is knowing what breed of dog will go along well with the size of your place and family.
Start researching and narrow things down and e-mail back and forth with a breeder on your own about facts. Present your parents with what you know. I think you also need to get a job (and keep one) be it babysitting or whatever you can be hired for at 13. Save your money for said dog as that will go a long way in helping your cause.
You can never convince anyone of anything. All you can do is state your case and hope for the best. The best idea is to stop talking about it and start showing your maturity in the ways I listed above and they'll come to you first most likely about the dog idea.
Another thing you need to take into consideration is that if you family doesn't own your house and or condo/apt and is renting that their may be a clause in the lease forbidding pets of any kind that cannot be broken or negotiated with the landlord. If that's the case no matter what you do you won't have a dog until you move or if you move.
Good luck here!
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Oh. Luckyyy! Lol, well you could take on a babysitting job and more jobs at home, like dishes and laundry and stuff like that. Hope I helped ♥ Kathleen.
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well i had the same thing happen to me. what I acually did was i started volunteering at a dog shelter.. not only because i wanted to get a new dog but i needed community service hours too. my whole family started going and eventually we were all convinced we needed to help one of those dogs out and bring them into our lives. (because they are in a really sad state and the whole situation at dog shelters can be really sad). well we started looking around and eventually we found a 6 week old beagle puppy at a shelter who has happily been living with us for almost 2 years. (she will be 2 march 21st)
it took about a year to convince my parents but it was def. worth the wait. I knew getting my parents involved would make their hearts melt too.
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