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How did you get your husband into another dog??? Ok. Here's the deal...... My Lucy is home from 8a.m to 3:00 all by herself 4 days a week. (She has run of the kitchen... She's not in a crate) Well my B-day is January 31st. and I want to get another puppy for her to play with. She is 13 weeks yesterday and I think she needs a friend to play with during the day.... My husband says absoultly not!!!! He said maybe we will get another one in a couple years but I think it would be better if they would grow up together... So here's my question!!! Has anyone been through this and won??? How do you talk him into it??? I was thinking about bringing one home and messing up it's hair and saying I found it on the side of the road but I know he won't believe me.. I just got to do something.... Any help??? Crystal |
Talking him into the second one was easy. He thought we should have two together too. Now I want a third one and that has been more difficult. He says maybe in a year or two. |
I didn't have that big of a struggle (not married but live with my BF). I wanted to get my second one when Ruby was still young so they could grow up together too. All i did was say "If i can get another one then you can do ......" and just picked something that he has wanted or wanted to do for awhile. haha make it even. Or just do what my mother did to my dad, get one without him knowing, bring it home, he'll get mad and then put the puppy in his arms and its instant love. ;) |
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Athina Thanks!!!! That's a great idea about the trade off. Now I just have to think what I want to deal with him with. He WANTS alot of stuff... We're on a budget so he can't have everything he wants so it shouldn't be to hard. Thanks Again, I dind't think of a trade |
I have had no luck. My hubby says absolutely no. He feels that kobe is so spoiled that he would not like another one. Also, Kobe is 7 and he thinks that age difference would be too big. But I have not given up yet. :) |
my hubby also says we have to wait a few years- but Maddie too is alone mostly all dat wed and fridays and part day on tuesdays and saturdays. i fell so bad! i go home and check on her and feed her- but she needs a friend too!! |
After we got Ranger I instantly wanted another, but my BF (now DH) said no. Now he's the one who wants another :eek: (only 6 more months before I can start looking!!) |
Try lots of honey, baby, sweeties...fold in hugs and kisses :) |
See my husband grew up around Great Danes all his life. So we have a Great Dane and a Yorkie. Our Lucy 1 which we only had a few week and Lucy Too that we have now are his first experience with small dogs. The thing is if it was possible he probly loves Lucy Too more than I do (Again if it was possible). So I dont know why he doesn't want another one.... |
I don't understand the logic of "waiting a few years." I know there are some people that truly do need to wait for money/time reasons, but if both are available, why wait? I guess it is just me, I live in the now. If I want a puppy now, I'll get a puppy now! If there isn't going to be a huge change "in a few years" then what is the difference? A few years will turn into more few years, which will turn into more and more few years! I know I couldn't wait that long! |
My husband wants a hunting dog (French Brittany), so I told him he could get one of those if I could get another yorkie! And he said yes! Wahoo!! Only about 5 more weeks before I get my little girl! :D |
I want another dog too! I have a chance to get a FREE chihuahua and my husband still says NO!!!!! I don't know how to convince him. He says that one dog is enough! Yikes! |
Mine resisted, too... I just kept tellling my hubby that I was going to get another one. I had found Widget and knew I was getting her for a couple of months without telling him. When I came home with her and put her in his arms that was it! :p Now he's so enamoured with her that there's no going back! |
Well for me it was pretty easy, whenever we had to leave Chloe by herself I would cry because I felt so bad for her to be home by herself. So when my hubby would want to go somewhere either I would say no bc Im not leaving Chloe or I would start to cry because I felt so bad. So then he got tired of sitting at home 24 hours a day 7 days a week and decided to let me get another one for her to play with. |
hle 625 That's a good one.... Ever since we got Lucy we cannont go anywhere b/c if she is home during the day by herself then I refuse to leave the house during the evenings. that could work... Thanks |
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hubby was relentless at first, then I kept asking and asking even combining b-day with xmas gift(bday is Nov.14)... so he finally saw me moping around and said you can get her, might as well I know you want it REALLY bad and he was tired of seeing me mop around! |
My husband has always wanted 2 dogs because he said it wasn't fair to just have one, I was the one too afraid. One I got over the fear and got Cali we both said we would never have only 1 dog at a time. Because Maya is 9 and cali is 7 months she still needs another puppy to play with. We were thinking of waiting a couple of years and get two puppies. I told him yesterday that with Cali being sick the other night I wanted to get another one soon. He said fine. I fell this way I take care of the dogs and if I want 10 so be it. Fortunately he feels the same way. |
I didn't get him into it... he got ME! We have always had 2 yorkies until recently. We lost both our old kids this past summer. And then we got Wosie. Due to the fact that I had to carry Wosie around for 3 months because we needed her broken leg to set properly, she has glommed on to me as her PERSON, and loves me to pieces. She does love Dave too, but she cries and freaks out when I leave the room and he is still in there! So he was feeling a bit deprived of yorkie love. When I happened upon a person who wanted to adopt her yorkie out, I took her info figuring I could post it here on YT and find a home for her pup. When I got home I told Dave about Dreama, and he said, "Why don't we go look at her"? SURPRISED the stuffing right out of ME!! So now we have her, he has his dog, I have mine, and hopefully as soon as she gets her bearings, we will all live happily ever after! :D |
Jaspermom Yea, I remember your story with Dreama. I was actually in that situation about two weeks ago and my husband said no way when it came to adopting the dog. They ended up changing their minds anyway about giving the dog away but the point was he said no way..... I think I'm going to have to try something like bargening... Hope it works |
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Good luck with your bargaining!! Hope it works!! :) |
I had two dogs already, one was 13 years and the other 7 years. I wanted a small dog though really bad and I always loved the yorkie. I gave him the option, I wanted a puppy for our ten year anniversary or I was picking out a really expensive ring. Alot of begging helped too until he finally gave in. First he was all like I will pay for it but I am not having anything to do with taking care of it. Well that part was easy, I take care of the other two. Now he does not want to go anywhere without taking Nelly with us, she has him wrapped around her finger. He does not like the other dogs on the bed but Nelly has free reign, his excuse is that she is small and does not take up much room, but I know it is because he loves her just as much as we do. Getting pictures and having them come up on the computer everytime he logged on helped as well. |
That's EASY! I just left work one day and went and got Gracie. Was my husband pi$$ed? Sure he was, but he got over it! :D |
I forgot to say (your husband might not believe it) having 2 of them is so much easier than having one. When we just had Chloe I couldn't get anything done around the house because I was always having to keep her company. Now that we have Daisy too they keep each other company and they are always playing together and we dont have to give them as much attention. Dont get me wrong sometimes they want to be held and have their bellies rubbed but they play with each other so much that its so much easier to get things done around the house!!! |
Our breeder said it was a great idea to have 2, and that we should wait with no 2 till no 1 was fully trained and housebroken. After we had Kali for 3 months there was no doubt, we were absolutely getting a second when she turned 1 year - and we did and they LOVE each other. So stop mentioning it and let him get to know your first dog. He will love it and see that a number 2 is quite ok... |
Three letters. S E X Always works! :eek: |
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You all are cracking me up! |
My daughter bought our Westie for my husband for fathers day in June. I had been wanting a Yorkie, but my husband thought one dog in the house was enough. We've been married 44 years and if I want something bad enough he always gives in. One of the teachers that I work with raises Yorkies. She had a beautiful little girl ( my Jasmine), from a Champion sire that the vet didn't give a clean bill of health as one of her back knees was a little weak. He said it may not ever bother her, but then again it might. She said I could have her at a very reduced price. However, when I started talking about her, my husband said, if you are going to get one, go ahead and pay full price and get one without problems. The minute I saw Jasmine however, I fell in love. I had to have her. It wasn't the money, I just knew it was meant to be. Funny thing is, he loves her as much as I do. She has won his heart. Her knee has never bothered her at all, but if it does, I will do whatever I have to do. The breeder is just so happy she has a wonderful home, and she was honest and didn't try to sell her without disclosing a potential problem |
Oh, and the SEX thing. It used to work for me. Just a couple of nights without and he was ready to give me anything I wanted. It doesn't work that way anymore after 44 years. At our age, if I hold out, it's a couple of weeks before he notices. |
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