I can relate to this...sounds similiar to my sister and my BIL...they just recently got their 14 year old daughter a puppy..a king charles spaniel....the daughter always gets her own way...well, she's already fed up with it and now mum is having to take care of the pup most of the time..which i knew would happen! my sister already has her hands full with her two other children..an 8 year old boy and a very lively 2 year old girl..she could do without it. The pup is also never going to be left in peace with the two younger children..I feel sorry for the poor little thing.