 Thinking About A New Friend - Please Help
Hey everyone,
I posted a hello in the introduction section and now I wanted to ask my main question that I had for joining these boards. First let me give you all a little background though. My name is Mike and I am 16. My parents and I are moving into a small house, a one floor apartment type thing. Anyway, there is a small backyard, about 12' by 13' in the back so I figured any dog I would get would enjoy just sitting out there with us.
Now to the main question. I had to give up my 3 cats since you are only allowed 1 animal of that size in the complex we are moving into. It was hard but I think it was for the best anyway though. I love\ed them but I know that this was better for us and them since we haven't had quite as much time to spend with them since I am a sophomore in high school, almost a junior. I didn't want to have to choose just one either. I am not hardset on a dog but I feel that I might need something in my life to close the gap since I have always had some sort of pet since I was little and almost always more than 1. I always thought about someday getting a dog since currently the only types of animals I haven't had are basically birds and dogs. From my knowledge, a dog is an animal that can go more places and do more things with you and this is better for me now than my cats were. I am active and run track so I wouldn't mind playing fetch or just jogging along with my dog sometimes and there will also be a park fairly close to my house, like I could literally walk to it.
The "apartment" is small, is has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a small kitchen and a fairly nice sized living room and then the backyard. I am sure I could only have a dog of a certain size there and my mom said she would probably want a smaller dog so I was thinking about something 20 lbs or smaller. I was also thinking about a dog with a short to medium coat since I don't want to have to be brushing it and burhsing knots out all of the time. My dad also have had at least 3 dogs when he was younger so he knows quite a few things but I wanted some other feedback as well since I will have to plead my case before they would consider getting another animal, especially something like a dog since that is a large commitment. I don't want a dog that also needs to be running around either, something more towards the middle, he can sit there but also likes a bit of exercise.
Also, I was thinking that I would rather have a dog that is around 1-2 years old and has settled down some and is a bit more trained since I really don't want accidents, especially in our new house. Puppies are cute but I also know that helping dogs, such as ones from pounds are very good alternatives.
So, what are my options and what are your opinions/advice for me. I think those are all of my questions now but thank you very much for reading all of this and I hope you can help me.
Last edited by Animalman; 06-09-2007 at 07:05 PM.
| 
