BE AWARE!: Selling to Minors - Page 3

just throwing it out there, 

I aranged the purchase of my first dog with my dad's help when I was around 14, 15. I picked the dog, contacted the breeder, worked out the price, and copied my dad in the emails until he was ready to spend money; he then took over and got her. As a kid I think I pestered one or two breeders when I shouldn't have because my dad wasn't ready for a dog but otherwise it worked out fine. I know I was willing to put more time into finding a dog than him.

To txgsd, you should be honest with dog people... they're a special breed. I think people who would let you get the pup w/o caring about your age are probably out to screw you over. At the same time, someone who knows your age may be sympathetic to you, if you deserve it. Wouldn't you like to have someone to help you train your first pup?... Also, this board is unforgiving so you're probably right to be upset about being called out. 

Lastly, internet punctuaion is easy becuse most of us cool people don't really know the rules. Just decorate the sentences kinda like they teach you to do in spanish class ha ha ha (no offense to any spanish speakers intended) 

Brad

LOL, I know all about it. My BFF asked me what I wanted for my 16th birthday.  I told her, "A puppy! But don't ask my parents because they'll say NO. Just show up at the party with a puppy, and I know them, they'll have to let me keep it." 

Yep, that's what I did!
 

Lol, Beetree. My friend tried that for me, my parents said "what a nice puppy," then added to my friend "now don't forget take it home when you leave." So much for my great dog-scheme.

Lucky you, beetree...I tried that, too; when I turned 18, the family household had been dogless for several years and it was *killing* me, but my father was adamant: no more dogs.  So my boyfriend got a me a Siberian Husky puppy with the same theory in mind: once the cute little Husky puppy turns on the charm, my dad wouldn't be able to resist. 

Oh, but did we underestimate my father...he COULD and DID resist.  Said quite simply, "It's not staying here."  My boyfriend lived in an apartment, so he couldn't keep the pup, and I begged to keep the pup with me, since we lived in a reasonably-sized home with a fenced and fairly large back yard.  No dice.  The pup couldn't even stay the night until my boyfriend and I figured out what we were going to do--my boyfriend ended up hiding the pup in his apartment for two days.  The pup ended up living @ the boyfriend's parents instead, but they wouldn't agree to him being in the house (not unreasonable, since they'd NEVER had a dog, and neither the boyfriend nor I would be home with the dog during the day--why should his parents have to do the whole housebreaking/houseproofing/training stuff when they never, ever had wanted a dog??). We hurriedly did some ground digging and leveling, built a foundation frame and laid patio blocks inside it, and got a good kennel run set up in 48 hours...

Based on my experience with it, then, it's definitely not something I'd recommend somebody try, unless they know their parents really are pushovers.  My mom would have been, but I should have known better when it came to my dad. At least I wasn't forced to take the pup to a shelter (the breeder wouldn't take him back...).