This kind of reminds me when I was a jr in high school... my cat had died, (of very old age, and passed away in surgery that I was paying for, the vet wrote it off though since the cat didn't survive) anyways, my parents then got me a new kitty... I did everything for the kitty, it slept with me ect, but right after graduation I had moved to another country (germany) and couldn't take the cat with....
so it stayed with my parents for the 2 years I was gone, when I came back, I got a place of my own, where I could have my cat.
My parents said NO WAY... we love the cat and it is staying with us, he has bonded with us... maybe after a few months after you are settled you can take it.... well that cat is STILL living with my parents (it is very old 20yrs)
The point of my story is that, I had no choice but to respect what my parents wanted and thought was best for the cat... animals bond to people, we don't chose they do.... remind her of this, and that if she loves this puppy that she will accept that the best thing for her puppy is to let it be with who it wants to be. You are that puppies pack, and to take you away from her is wrong.
Time to put your foot down and remind her that this is your house, you pay the bills, ect... ALL things in your house are yours, no matter if they were gifts or not, even the clothes on her back.
Like I tell my kids, when you pay ALL the bills of the household then you can be in charge, until then, it is my rules... the dog may have been gifted to her, but it is now part of the household, part of the family. Next time tell her to have her boyfriend buy her a necklass. |