How do I convince my wife to let me get a dog?

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scotchleaf

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I have always loved dogs. My wife is a cat person (I like all animals, including cats). Anyway, I would like to get a dog, and the two cats can like it or lump it. These are her objections:
  1. He will tear up the furniture
  2. the cats will run away/piss all over the house to get revenge
  3. too expensive with vet bills/food
  4. doesn't want to clean up dog poop (& I'm too lazy to do so)

My thought is that I will get more exercise walking with the dog, and to get a pup so the cats will dominate it. Any advice, or should I just deal with not having a dog to keep her happy?
 
you know you might have to do this in stages. get a small dog first that she will fall in luv with. THEN get yourself a REAL dog. the labs are great.
 
Sometimes it is easier asking for forgiveness than asking permission first.;)
Get the dog.:cool:
Just my .02
Jim
 
Let her know you are dead serious, that you have your heart set on a dog and start looking. Leave books about dogs laying around all over the place, in the car, living room, night stand. Start talking more and more about the merits of the Saint Bernard and how much you love everything you've read about the Saint, and go on and on about it. Eventually she'll become so frickin' afraid you are going to eventually win out and get a Saint that when you finally give in after she says anything but a Saint or no big dog or whatever that by the time you get to the Brittany Spaniel or whatever else you really wanted all along that it will be like a god send and she'll jump on it just to prevent getting that huge slobber puss of a dog. I can't help it. Been married a while. :D

STR
 
STR said:
Let her know you are dead serious, that you have your heart set on a dog and start looking. Leave books about dogs laying around all over the place, in the car, living room, night stand. Start talking more and more about the merits of the Saint Bernard and how much you love everything you've read about the Saint, and go on and on about it. Eventually she'll become so frickin' afraid you are going to eventually win out and get a Saint that when you finally give in after she says anything but a Saint or no big dog or whatever that by the time you get to the Brittany Spaniel or whatever else you want it will be like a god send and she'll jump on it. I can't help it. Been married a while. :D

STR
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Yep, me too, that is why I said what I said.
44 years here.
Jim
 
sidecutter said:
you know you might have to do this in stages. get a small dog first that she will fall in luv with. THEN get yourself a REAL dog. the labs are great.
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Labs are great. I have two plus a FAT beagle. There are some small "real dogs" as well. Dachsunds were bred to go down a hole after a badger. Sounds like a real dog to me. Several of the various terrier breeds are manly dogs. I'm particularly fond of the border terrier. Beagles are another good breed, provided you don't let them get grotesquely obese like mine.

James Todd said:
Sometimes it is easier asking for forgiveness than asking permission first.;)
Get the dog.:cool:
Just my .02
Jim
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+1. If you bring home a puppy of any kind, be it an English mastiff or a Yorkshire terrier, she will eventually fall in love with it.
 
My wife knows better. If I had to choose between her and the dogs, she knows where I stand.

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STR said:
Let her know you are dead serious, that you have your heart set on a dog and start looking. Leave books about dogs laying around all over the place, in the car, living room, night stand. Start talking more and more about the merits of the Saint Bernard and how much you love everything you've read about the Saint, and go on and on about it. Eventually she'll become so frickin' afraid you are going to eventually win out and get a Saint that when you finally give in after she says anything but a Saint or no big dog or whatever that by the time you get to the Brittany Spaniel or whatever else you really wanted all along that it will be like a god send and she'll jump on it just to prevent getting that huge slobber puss of a dog. I can't help it. Been married a while. :D

STR
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That's the strategy I used for buying a motorcycle. Used it again for the convertible when Wife was 8 months pregnant. And I'll use it again. "It just works." :D
 
Bob W said:
That's the strategy I used for buying a motorcycle. Used it again for the convertible when Wife was 8 months pregnant. And I'll use it again. "It just works." :D
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Yep. I used it to get my Honda Mower in 1994. The wife was trying to get me to get another POS cheapy for $800 that would never start and that I usually ended up replacing every few years. I wanted the new Honda Rider but knew she'd have a fit at the $4000 price tag. So, I started looking at every four wheel drive Kubota and John Deere machine in town for a minimum of $10k that I could find and got her worried sick. By the time we got to the Honda dealer and she saw me heading for the four wheel drive four wheel steering model she stopped me and said, "whats wrong with this one?" and it was the one I had really wanted all along. By this time it was her idea and not mine and I'd convinced her I was going to spend 10k or more the $4k was a relief. If I hadn't done it that way I'd still be on a Murray but as it is I still have that 1994 Honda and its still A1 hand me down material! :thumbup: My daddy taught me well I guess! :D
 
Tell your wife to stop discriminating you. After all she has the cats, why wouldn’t she see it possible for you to get a dog. Here are the reasons why dogs are better than cats:

-Dogs are smart, while cats are so, so.
-Dogs are useful unlike cats (unless you have problem with rats) and can warn you against trespassers.
-Depending on a breed, dogs are excellent bodyguards.
-Dogs are faithful and willing to die for you, cats only care about food.
-Dogs can be well trained, where cats are liberal.

Also:

-Cats can also damage furniture.
-Cats crap smells worse.
-They can crap in the places that are hard to access, so it will stink and you won’t even know from where.

And also, if puppy dog is going to grow among your cats, there is a good chance they will get used to and will be treating each other with respect.
 
Go get a Golden Retriever puppy that is already house broken <-- Kind of important IMO :D
Bring it home
Ask forgiveness
Let wife fall in love with the new puppy
 
rookie4real said:
-Cats crap smells worse.
-They can crap in the places that are hard to access, so it will stink and you won’t even know from where.
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That's the truth. And nothing smells worse than cat pee. Having a cat and/or litterbox in the house is freakin' disgusting. At least dogs go outside.

I would suggest an older dog that's already housetrained. :thumbup:

The best part about a dog, they'll keep stray cats out of the yard. I'm getting darned sick of jerk neighbors letting their cats run loose... no respect or consideration for other people. I'm going to get a trap and start hauling them to the pound. :mad:
 
She has 2 pets, you have none. Even the score, and ask forgiveness. Do not forget to build a big dog house with a pool table and cable tv.
 
Man sounds like your having the same kinda problem I was having for the last year or so. But the difference is I live with my mom and she hates dogs. Well I already had 2 but I wanted a new puppy. Well after many fights and I told her I would move out { I couldn't afford to now but anyway } she finally told me I could have a little dog if it was to stay downstaris at all times. So, I got a little jack russel Terrier female that I named Yappee. And then I have my little Chi mix and outside a collie. The collie is her favorite she hates little dogs. But anyway bring it home the worst she can do is yell and cut up for a while. She'll get over it in time. I HOPE!!!! Hope all works out. Take Care and Good Luck. Ash:D
 
Play fetch with the kids?

If there are cats in the home it is unlikely the dog will chase them away. Our tom cat sorted out the heirarchy pretty promptly. The dog keeps the cat warm in winter!?

Cats are not cheap, a dog eats quite alot but will eat all sorts of scraps a cat turns it's nose up at.

How to convince a cat person about a dog is a difficult one.
 
Unless she's as prepared as you to love and take care of the animal as a member of the family, please don't get one.

Phillip
 
Bob W said:
The best part about a dog, they'll keep stray cats out of the yard. I'm getting darned sick of jerk neighbors letting their cats run loose... no respect or consideration for other people. I'm going to get a trap and start hauling them to the pound. :mad:
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I'd check the local statutes first. In the county where I live it is illegal to let a dog roam but not so for cats. If you start stealing peoples' cats, you could be held criminally and civilly responsible - and rightfully so. Just let the dog chase 'em out of the yard! :) I heard that mothballs will keep cats from crapping in your garden but I have found that chicken wire laid flat and burried a half inch or an inch deep works even better.
 
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