I need to keep my dog, Please help me?

Do you want to move in with your dad or has the court ordered that you move in with him?

Would you rather stay with your mom?

If want to, or have to move in with your day have you approached him about allowing the dog to come with you or asking him to to be able to stay with your mom?

If you are going to move in with your dad and he is refusing to allow you to bring your dog with you I don’t think he is a very good dad. If he was he would want to make you happy and allow you to keep your dog.

If the worse comes to the worse and you do move in with your dad but can’t bring your dad with you can you mom take care of the dog so you can be with him when you visit or stay with your mom?

Ask your mom if you can keep him with you.

If she trusts your biological dad enough to let you move in with him, hopefully she’ll also trust him well enough to let the dog go too. She could transfer registration to him, but I don’t expect that’s really necessary… I guess it depends on the local laws and what vets require to see patients, or what local animal control requires to return a dog to an owner if they end up with it, and/or whether your mom would do that for you if that happened.

@Poseidon @Zaku
No, i the one choosing to live with my biological dad, and my mom, sister, and my stepdad are not going to want to let me take my dog with me (they dont like my dad very much so they are not gonna let the dog come with me without a fight), im just asking if there is a way I can win custody over it because im the one walking it, feeding it, buying its food, training it, and so on.

That comes down to your particular family and how it works. They’ll become the ones needing to do those things for the dog. You are probably the expert here about what is most likely to convince your mom to let you take the dog with you. So think about what kinds of appeals she has responded agreeably (or disagreeably) to in the past. What makes her sympathetic, and what makes her angry, when asking for things to go a certain way, etc. And is there anything she particularly wants, that you have the say about?

@Zaku
My mom is an angry narcissist who can never reason with anybody, she hates me and beats me almost everyday, when i try to reason with her or appeal something, she just starts saying that I want to do whatever i want, when the stupid bitch hears me say “how about”. She does not understand that concept she is an actual retard.
I know the only way I can win my dog over is through a custody fight she isnt backing down and neither am I.
Im just asking is it more likely or certain that i will keep him or more likely or certain she will

I’m really sorry to hear that.

Unreasonable people require different approaches. You could ask your biological dad if he’ll support you in taking the dog, and ask him what he thinks the most effective approach would be. If he got you away from her, maybe he can get the dog too, except he’s not the dog’s father, of course.

You may be right that it would involve a “custody” fight, which I think most places would be a small claims lawsuit, treating the dog as property. If she shows up, the judge would ask you and her questions to try to figure out where the dog should go, but if she’s the registered owner and you can’t show that the dog is suffering at her house, it might be hard to win that.

The other angle would be your understanding of her nature and choices. If you can figure out what she actually wants and cares about, that you have the power to give or deny her, then you might be able to bargain with her. Does she want anything from you that you’ll be able to deny, such as being willing to show up for a holiday, or anything you are able to take with you that she wants?

@Zaku
Ok, it was very easy for my dad to win me over because she would beat me, and she is saying that to train the dog she is going to hit it on the nose with a magazine, so maybe the same rule applys and that will lead me to taking it?
If my dad can afford a very good lawyer (he can) would that make me more likely to win
All these circumstances apply because I think what she wants to do is animal abuse and with a good enough lawyer they could definetly justify that.
Would all of these make it more likely for me to win?