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Originally Posted by thelittleyorkie  Hello!
I just wanted to give everybody an update!
My mom actually agreed to get a dog--one HUGE step forward. She really liked a little maltipoo that came into the rescue (don't worry, this is a legitimate rescue and the pup came from a BYB)....unfortunately, that dream was crushed when someone we know decided to tell my mom all the bad things about dogs!  That someone, who recently just got her own puppy a week ago, told my mom that her puppy was running around the house pooping everywhere and that she had to spend $50 on a crate and that her puppy was gnawing and biting on everything. Unfortunately, we are now 10 steps back to where we started now. |
Thank you for updating us - I was wondering....
The thing is - I personally think it's best that your mother knows all the down-sides beforehand...I don't think they were 'bad things'....just, often, the reality!!
She's GOT to know that puppies poop, and bite, and gnaw on stuff....that they wake up in the night and cry and get stressed when their 'family' leave...that sometimes they won't eat and often cost a fortune when things go wrong....and it's just wrong for your mother to know, and think of, only the cuddly, snuggly, baby bit of it all....
I personally think it's good that she's been made aware of all of this, before taking on your new little baby - at least she's been made aware of the down-sides as well as your up-sides (waaaaay too many pups in Rescues over here, because of exactly this kind of scenario
).
I really, really wish you luck