You see, I'm having an issue with trying to convince my family to allow me to adopt a dog.
You see, my friend's brother found this dog on the interstate. They took her to the vet, and they helped her out a little. The vet thinks that she's a ChihuahuaxBeagle mix. On one side, her ribs stick slightly out of her side, making it appear she has a big lump, where she had been kicked on the other side. Her back legs were broken, and the way they healed, they make her have a limp/waddle-like run and walk. But my friend's family just keeps her outside in the cold most of the time because they don't know what to do with her. Keep in mind, she isn't a puppy, she's an adult from what I was told.
Over a sleep over, a couple of friends and I named her Honey because of her coat color.
Honey seriously needs an actual home, and an actual family. She needs someone to take care of her, because my friend's family can't do it themselves with all of their dogs. We [the people at the sleep-over] all decided it would be best if I could convince my family to allow her to stay with me, seeing I have the most experience dealing with abused and lost dogs.
The issue isn't my mother or brother though, they want Honey with us. The problem is my dad and my grandparents. My grandparents don't want their furniture dirty, which is why they don't really want the dogs we have now upstairs. Honey tends to shed a lot, and because of her reckless past owners, she was never potty trained. My dad doesn't want to get close to any other dog, it seems, because he knows it's going to die and he doesn't want to get attached. That, or he thinks everything will go wrong.
Please, does anyone have any idea how I can pass this problem?
Honey is so dear to me now, I don't want her to have to stay outside in the cold during the rest of the winter, nor in the heat during the summer. She needs a good home, and I'm not sure many other people can supply that. She's extremely important to me<3
You see, my friend's brother found this dog on the interstate. They took her to the vet, and they helped her out a little. The vet thinks that she's a ChihuahuaxBeagle mix. On one side, her ribs stick slightly out of her side, making it appear she has a big lump, where she had been kicked on the other side. Her back legs were broken, and the way they healed, they make her have a limp/waddle-like run and walk. But my friend's family just keeps her outside in the cold most of the time because they don't know what to do with her. Keep in mind, she isn't a puppy, she's an adult from what I was told.
Over a sleep over, a couple of friends and I named her Honey because of her coat color.
Honey seriously needs an actual home, and an actual family. She needs someone to take care of her, because my friend's family can't do it themselves with all of their dogs. We [the people at the sleep-over] all decided it would be best if I could convince my family to allow her to stay with me, seeing I have the most experience dealing with abused and lost dogs.
The issue isn't my mother or brother though, they want Honey with us. The problem is my dad and my grandparents. My grandparents don't want their furniture dirty, which is why they don't really want the dogs we have now upstairs. Honey tends to shed a lot, and because of her reckless past owners, she was never potty trained. My dad doesn't want to get close to any other dog, it seems, because he knows it's going to die and he doesn't want to get attached. That, or he thinks everything will go wrong.
Please, does anyone have any idea how I can pass this problem?
Honey is so dear to me now, I don't want her to have to stay outside in the cold during the rest of the winter, nor in the heat during the summer. She needs a good home, and I'm not sure many other people can supply that. She's extremely important to me<3
