Quote Originally Posted by Maltese_Love
I was just kidding lol. My mom is the same way! I was like today "Mom if we have enoguh room for Sassy we have enough for a Smooth Collie." She siad. "I told you when your about to move out ONE big dog can live in my house but ONLY ONE. WHen your about to move.I'll watch them AT your house and at YOUr agility competitons." I was so mad at her. lol
My mom used to be against big dogs too, but now she doesn't like small dogs lol. What happened was, when we adopted Mandy they told us she was a Fox Terrier mix and she would be about 30 lbs. 60 lbs later, my parents realized that Mandy was the best dog we had owned, and that they were never turning back. Again, when I asked for Nova, my mom said "but Labs are so big" and I told her how big the parents were and she was okay with it. Nova is only about 3 in. taller than Mandy. And now of course we have Luka. And, I want a Great Dane. My mom and I just went to Waffle House and had a talk about them. Her concern is their size. I promised that the Labs take up MUCH more room, as a Dane is very sedentary (well, compared to our hyper-active Labs!).

If you can, take your mom to meet some Collies. Collies are not hyper and they are very intelligent. My mom has never met a Dane, but as of late we seem to be running into more and more Dane people and they keep talking about how wonderful the breed is. My mom isn't blowing me off about it anymore, in fact, tonight she asked me why I wanted one so badly. So, just take your mom somewhere where there might be Collies (some kind of charity event where people can bring their own dogs). It may take a while, or it may never happen, but it's worth a shot!

With my mom I'm so lucky that she gives in so easily to both me and dogs She told me that she would go to dog shows with me so I could talk to Dane breeders, which is just awesome! Somehow I knew that this may happen while I live with her. I told her tonight that I'd be moving out at 18 so I could get a Dane. While this isn't completely true (how could I move out at that age and support 3 large dogs and another giant dog?!), it certainly made her realize just how important this breed is to me, especially since my 18th birthday is only a year away. I told her that I never wanted to live without Labs and Danes, and I think she took it seriously. Dogs are everything to me, and she knows that.

Geeze I could babble forever. I think you get it