I remember when I was a little older than 12, I wanted a doggy. A beagle to be specific. I just turned eighteen, actually. I went to school, and just like you I was out for the summer. What more to give me companion than a dog, right? I didn't have a lot of closer friends and I didn't go out very often. So, my parents bought me a beagle. They paid for it, they gave her shots, they even bathed her for me.
When you want something, you try to find reasons to justify your cause. You tell yourself that you need it for "this" reason and "that" reason. And then, of course, you make yourself believe that you CAN take care of it. I mean, it seems simple right? You see people on the streets walking the dogs, running with the dogs and playing with the dogs. It all looks SO EASY. I mean, come on right? How hard could it be?
Well, let me tell ya. That's what I thought and I was already eighteen years old. I thought I could handle a beagle puppy, just to play with and sleep with and have around as company. Well as naive as I was, I couldn't handle it. Having a dog takes a lot of care. Unforunately, after a few months we had to give her away because it became too much for me. Especially when school started back up, and when I wanted to go out but couldn't because noone would be home to watch over her.
Three years later, I wanted a Yorkie. And I actually did my research this time. But even now, I need my boyfriend's help. I can't do it alone!
If you get a dog, what are you going to do when you DO make friends and become old enough to go out to the malls by yourself?
I learned that dogs will be there, and they will not disappear if you want to do something besides playing and watching over them.
As for keeping the Yorkie outside with a heat lamp, I think that's so cruel! That sounds like puppy-mill housing.
But whatever you choose, good luck! |