When my daughter was your age (and younger!) she told me that she wanted a 'very pale golden labrador girl'!! My reply to her was - "if that's what you really, really want, you're going to have to save up for her". My thoughts were - I don't want this to be just a passing phase, I wanted her to spend plenty of time researching, and I wanted her to be the owner with all the responsibilities that entailed. So in that respect, you're really lucky that your dad's bearing the cost of your puppy!
My daughter saved every birthday + Christmas and goodness knows whenever else she could - and she did it! She cleaned cars, weeded gardens, put ads in shop windows for dog walking and took a paper round - it took her 3 years in all - but she did do it, and I will always admire her for that. Good luck! Sally + Harry x |