Persuading DP to get a puppy for DD

[MistletoeBUTNOwine]

We already have a 7yo lab who is lovely.
And a guinea pig, 2 hamsters, 2 chickens and some goldfish.. But dd(9) would LOVE a puppy of her very own..
Tips on persuading dp please.. He's worried the new sofas will get shredded and the house will be trashed

But a 50:50 chance isn't the same as bound to shed though.

Let's hope they don't inherit the collie coat.

I vacuum twice a day most days and still find long black and white hairs tucked in corners, stuck in my sofa, chairs, in my saucepans, the toilet lid, my dinners....

I also groom my border thoroughly at least once a week though I usually give her a quick comb every day.
If I neglect to groom her for a whole week I can usually manage to pull out a quantity of loose hair and undercoat equivalent in size to half my dog's head when she's not shedding much and bigger than her head in shedding season. No exaggeration.

If you want a puppy get one. But don't think a 9 yr old will be up for cleaning poo & pee off floors / getting up at 4 to take puppy outside then repeat hourly till 11pm, good chance of next to no sleep for the first few weeks, constant vigilance regards to what its eating.My dd is 16 & we got a puppy ( springer xlab mum, lab dad) .
He is "her" dog, but we got him on the basis that this was a family pet. Between me dd & dh we have got through the first 6 weeks, but its bloody hard work & no 9 yr old could reasonably be expected to take on much of it !

What happens in a few months when the cute little puppy grows up and you've just got two dogs?

Depends on the child - does she want to go and regularly spend time doing agility (for example) with a very worky dog (which isn't unlikely, given the cross you mention)? And if she doesn't, do you?

A second dog sounds like a great idea if you want one, and are prepared for the possibility that she'll lose interest and enthusiasm over time. But encouraging people to breed inadequately health tested dogs with cute names isn't the kindest way of going about this. There are heaps of puppies in rescue, with no problems, just crying out for a home. Please consider them.

P.S. You might want to read this article about 'doodles' not being reliably non-shedding and why their 'inventor' regrets that he ever did.