Well I didn't have a hard time convincing my bf to let me get a dog because, well, we're not married and not living together. It took a little to get him use to the idea of it though. He was born and lived in India till he was 12 yrs old and in India animals don't stay inside houses and they don't have pets. It's not just dog or cats, its cows and other animals.
So, because he's never lived with pets and his neighbors never had pets, he was scared of animals. He came to meet my parents and meet their mini sschnauzer and was ok with him because, Chipper is very calm. Then my brother came by with his puppy pitbull and that was interesting lol
It was very scared of Tank. lol So, after seeing Tank he was not happy when I mentioned wanting a puppy.
I looked around for breeders for a few weeks and mentioned it to him but didn't talk a lot about it. Then one day I called him at work and said I'm going to get a puppy, will that come inbetween out relationship or are you open to the idea? He's very sweet and knew how happy it'd make me and said to get it. He came over after work and Meeko nestled next to his chest and fell asleep and Ravi fell in love! It's so great to see them together, it makes me so happy! Ravi will call me and ask about Meeko if he doesn't see him everyday, or ask and beg me to come sleep over during the week so he can cuddle with Meeko. lol forget about me, he wants to hug and kiss Meeko.
It's funny though. Before Meeko, Ravi would turn away and get very uncomfortable if a dog approached him. Last weekend he was on his street and he heard a little girl and her dad crying for their dog down the street and noticed the dog was running loose towars him. Ravi went into the street, bent down, and called the dog over and actually PICKED THE DOG UP!
I couldn't believe that he picked up a dog! I was soo happy I wanted to cry. To go from being so scared, even of a little 2lb dog, to picking up a stranger dog and bringing him back to his owner. Meeko has been a miracle in so many ways.