I'm sorry but this post has been bothering me from the beginning and I need to give you some things to think about. I don't want to be mean, but I've seen this situation play out badly.
First it's wonderful that you made this post, but I'm not sure you know what you're getting into. It sounds like this would be your first dog.
Are your parents 100% on board with this? Are they willing to help financially and with taking care of it? Are they going to freak if it pees on the floor or ruins things? If you can't take the dog to college are they ok with that?
You probably won't be able to take the dog away to college, at least for your first year. Most places make first years live on campus or at home.
How much time and money are you really going to have for the dog?
Your life is going to get expensive and busy in the next few years. Driving, prom, senior trip, college, etc. I didn't realize how expensive until my friends and I went through it.
Do you do after school activities? Go out with friends a lot? Have a job? Will you be doing these things in the future?
I'm not saying you shouldn't get a dog, but please make sure you know what you're getting into and that the dog would have a good life.
My friend got a dog when she was around your age, her family already had 2 dogs. Her family paid for everything for the dog until she got a job at 18. She doesn't go out much and someone in her family is usually home, so the dog has plenty of attention. She chose to go to a local college so she could stay home with him. She couldn't have afforded to get an apartment to take him.
When she was working and going to school she constantly felt bad about leaving him and she devoted all of her spare time to him. |