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Cybergirl · February 2011

My head is pounding. My eyes hurt. And I dont even know how to feel. My dog ran away in December. She was very old and starting to get sick. She never came back, and I hate to say it but she probably wont. Anyways, today as I was out dress shopping with my mom we stopped in the pet store to look at some puppies from the local animal shelter. I fell in love with this puppy, and so did my mom. He was 3 months old, a beagle mix(My mom and I have always wanted one), very sweet, mellow, small, and loveable. He didnt want me to put him down. This dog was PERFECT for me. Well my dad will not let me get a new puppy because he "doesnt want to deal with it." I come home prepared to have a civil adult converestion about this. He says "I dont care Ive told you 1000 times I am not getting another dog. Get one when you move out." Well, I cant quite move out until I graduate college because I cant afford too. Thats quite awhile away. This dog will be MINE not HIS, that I will pay for, I will feed, I will walk, ME. MY dog. MY dog that will move out with ME when I leave. Not HIS. He thinks just because he took care of our last dog that hell have to take care of this one. Excuse me, we ot my last dog when I was FIVE sorry for not taking care of it. I was FIVE for petes sake. And for some reason he thinks Im leaving all my animals here when i move out and I dont know why he thinks this and I cant convince him they are going with me. I am not the only one who wants a new puppy, my mom does to. The only one who doesnt is him. After trying to convince him of all this he just yells at me about how selfish I am. yeah Im the one being selfish. Your the one who wont listen and is only thinking of how this will affect you. YOURE the one being selfish. After continuing to yell at me for some time I burst into tears and had to leave the room. Thanks for helping me talk to him like you said you would mom. And now I have a wonderful headache. Thanks, dad. Really. We should do this again some time.

iluvdogs111 · February 2011

I'm sorry. I know how that feels. I remember when I was about 10 and I desperatly wanted to breed dogs. Now I know that it's a lot of work and money and am not even considering it, but then I didn't know that. I loved dogs, and all animals for that matter. I spent days researching the subject online and out of my dog book, and wrote about a dozen papers and plans. I showed them to my parents, so proud of my hard work, so hopeful that they would at least say "maybe we'll think about it." I acted so adult and responsible, and waited for them to read it. They laughed, told me it was cute, and said we'd never even consider it. I begged, cryed, and when that didn't work, ripped up my plans. I now realize they had a good reason for saying no to that idea. But I still remember how terrible I felt to be let down and told it would never happen. And, its happened a lot, even recently when I research an animal for so long, raise money, and ask to get a new pet but they always say no. It's dissapointing. Hopefully your dad will change his mind? Don't give up...and if that doesn't work then at least you won't have any trouble getting one when you move out. Good luck.

Cybergirl · February 2011

My dad felt bad after yelling at me and let me put in an application for him. I wont know if I get him for about a week because other people wanted him too. I want him so bad it hurts. I already picked him for my baby when he looked me in the eyes and started licking my nose. I hope I get him so bad. On the bright side since my dad said yes to this dog even if I dont get him it may be easier to convince my dad for a different dog when I find one. Keep your fingers crossed for me if you will.

LaLa_Laru · February 2011

ooooooh I hope you get him! I know how you feel with the whole waiting process and other people wanting YOUR dog, lol. The first time I saw my Bordeaux I fell in love with him. I asked and my mom immediately went to pay for him but there was this lady that got to the cashier first and was asking about the dog we were about to buy! They brought him out for her and she said she wanted him. I felt heart broken : ( Luckily she didn't have the money, she only found out that he cost thousands of dollars afterwards. So we got to have him : ) Hopefully the same happens for you! Good luck : )

Mileysmybaby · February 2011

I have the same problem with my dad. Although he finally said yes to the puppy, he says we never take care of it and it always ends up his responsibility and blah blah blah. make a deal with him that if you dont take care of it yourself for like a month or 2 that you will give it away, thats what I had to do.

Cybergirl · February 2011

I guess we didnt get him, because we never got a call from the shelter. But, hopefully we will be going to a different shelter tomorrow or next weekend to look around (:

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