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Puppy or no puppy?
DH's 30th Birthday is in March, we are moving in to our house a month later. I know he really wants a dog but we've been holding off until we get the house. We've talked about buying our daughter a puppy but now I'm thinking of buying the puppy for him, from her.
If your husband bought and surprised you with a puppy, how would you feel? Good idea? Bad?
Re: Puppy or no puppy?
As much as I want a dog, I would be angry if DH surprised me with one as a gift. To me, all involved parties should be present when selecting a pet-child because it's important to determine if there's a connection when meeting them and spending time with them prior to taking them home. Dogs have personalities just like humans, he should get a say in choosing who his future pet-child is. (I'm sick of fur-baby and pet-child sounds amusing.)
If you want to surprise him, give him a card and write, "I owe you a puppy!" Then plan a trip to your local shelter to find a kid to adopt together.
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I agree with PPs, so how about instead of getting him a puppy - you pack up your whole family and go to the nearest dog shelter as a surprise.
The only thing I would mention is that this should be the beginning of the search - don't make it an impulse buy or feel like you have to buy that day. Take your time - just use the birthday as a kick-off point.
I LOVE dogs but I wouldn't want to be surprised with one. I'd want to pick it out myself and get it when I wanted it. Especially for animal lovers it's kind of like if someone says they want to adopt a kid and you just hand them some random child. It's not really what they wanted. They didn't get a chance to bond with it before it became their responsibility.
DH's mom bought him a dog a few years ago because his got out of the fence and got hit. He really wasn't ready for a new dog yet and she ended up having to keep it.