No puppy til after xmas now - grrr

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Well after having found my perfect puppy and arranging to view and choose on Saturday, my plans are scuppered thanks to my mum! Which is a bit ridiculous considering I'm 30. She knew I was planning to get one, I phoned her the other night to check it's ok to bring it to hers at Xmas and she said no! She doesn't want it to wee on the carpet!!! I explained puppy will be 12 weeks old and housetrained by then or at very, very, least paper/pad trained, it will also be crate trained.
So now I can't get a puppy until Christmas is gone which is a shame, as they are like gold dust up here and if I can locate a litter which hasn't been booked up I'll probably have to travel a long way. It's a bit wierd as she used to have a half-mad border collie who was a lot more bother than a mini dach puppy...ah well. Hope I don't sound too bratty, just a bit gutted!
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I would too! At 12 weeks it should be paper trained to pee, my 4 and a half week old pups are all nearly paper trained (pee wise).

Mini dasch can't pee much anyway surely
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Sadly it's not an option, will have to be there for a couple of days. OH has volunteered to mind puppy over Xmas but his mum hates animals so he wouldn't be able to go home either, and I'd feel a bit harsh making him sit here all alone on Xmas day!
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Sadly it's not an option, will have to be there for a couple of days. OH has volunteered to mind puppy over Xmas but his mum hates animals so he wouldn't be able to go home either, and I'd feel a bit harsh making him sit here all alone on Xmas day!
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Get puppy and stay with the OH for christmas!

It would be a shame to lose out on a perfect pup for the sake of a couple of days
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Many years ago when I got my first "second" dog, my Mum made a song and dance about me taking him to her house. She never had any problems at all with me bringing my collie, but the new dog, which she had never met, appeared to be an issue for her. I simply said that it was okay and I understood however because I already had the dog, I wouldn't be able to come up to her house. She very quickly changed her mind!

My dogs don't even live in houses so can't see what the issue was anyway. Both dogs went with me in the end and both caused no trouble at all and stayed in her utility room during the nights without any problems. She ended up adoring that dog!
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Knowing how scarce they are, I think you need to emphasise that to your mother. If she fails to listen, tell her you will bring a crate, and will keep the pup crated when he/she can't be supervised. You can buy collapsible travel crates, such as this one, to make transportation a bit easier.
 
I think I'm going to have to give it another go, the crate idea is a good one though I have already tried to explain it to her! I just don't get why she is being so funny, it's not like her at all which makes me very reluctant to bring it up again. I'm really surprised and it's kind of left me a bit stumped. I've always had animals, I was brought up with all kinds of ponies, rabbits, guinea pigs, cats...etc etc (though admittedly most of them were mine). She seemed less bothered when I got my neurotic ex racehorse! There must be more to it than the carpet, I just don't know what it is.
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I would go on ahead and get puppy. As others have said, they're not easy to get and you should take the chance while you can. You're 30 after all, not a child. Could you not stay at your own home over Christmas?

ETS: I don't mean it to sound cheeky!
 
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This is SO similar to my own situation, its untrue! As you know, nudibranch, I too am looking to get a mini daxi pup, and my original plan was to get it for my 20th birthday (just after xmas). However, my aunt is getting a new GSD puppy on 16th december, and, along with our two labradors and my OH's border terrier, my nan (at whose house we have xmas) has put her foot down and said NO MORE DOGS! lol! though i suppose 5 dogs is a bit of a different situation...

If your pup will be the only one, i say go for it....risk upsetting mum, it wont last long!
 
I'd go ahead and get the puppy, or ask the breeder if they'd mind holding on to him/her or having him/her back for xmas. Any decent breeder would do either.

Alternatively could you not invite her to yours over xmas instead?
 
Well - after all that, I got a phone call about 2 hours ago from my mum saying she'd thought about it and thought maybe she had overreacted and so did I still want to bring it at xmas!!!

So puppy is still on, roll on Saturday! Echodomino, that was a good idea about inviting her here tho - would definitely have tried that.
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