Choosing to have a pet is a choice to be responsible for a life other than your own. With this decision you choose to hold an animal’s wellbeing in your hands. They depend on you for everything. It is common to hear someone say that having a pet is like having a child. Some pet owners absolutely agree with this idea and would call themselves their pet’s parent. Other pet owners do not make an emotional connection on that level and see their pets as only that. Pet owners can be classified based on
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Jonathan Blais Mr. Ersinghaus Story Critiques 9 May 2011 My Kid’s Dog and Irony Ron Hansen’s work‚ My Kid’s Dog‚ is a story about revenge‚ irony‚ and circularity. The family pet‚ Sparky‚ dies. We are informed of this in the first lines of the piece‚ “My kid’s dog died. Sparky. I hated that dog (244).” Here Hansen gives us a clue to their relationship‚ “We got off on the wrong foot. Whining in his pen those first nights. My squirt gun in his face and him blinking from the water. And then
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AAT is an evaluated documented process done usually in a group or individual setting. d. Animals such as horses‚ dolphins‚ cats‚ guinea pigs‚ birds‚ dogs and many others are used for AAA and AAT. e. National Pet Owners Survey performed in 2007-2008 (which was sponsored by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association) shows that pets found in 71.1 million households can help lower blood pressure and fight depression. (Barker‚ 2008) f. Research suggests that animals can significantly
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A pet peeve. Everyone has one‚ a pet peeve is something that a person can find frustrating‚ aggravating‚ or just maddening. There a lot of things that I could classify as a pet peeve. I find nothing more aggravating than a bicyclist on a high traffic road. They have no need to be there‚ they are not only putting themselves in harms way but other people too‚ and they have no respect for the rules of the road. First of all‚ I live in an area of Colorado with some of the most dangerous roads around
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convince you that dogs are better pets than cats. My three main points are: 1. Research has shown when it comes to intelligence‚ dogs out rank cats. 2. A dog will never try to talk you out of taking a walk. 3. Dogs are not only great companions but in some circumstances‚ can save your life. My first major point is that research has shown when it comes to intelligence‚ dogs out rank cats. Although you wouldn’t want your dog to balance your checkbook‚ research has shown that dogs can count
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It was an unusually hot April at the end of my seventh grade lacrosse career. I didn’t know it at the start of the game‚ but by the second quarter all of my hard work and hours of practice would pay off when I scored my first goal. I was wearing my freshly cleaned #3 blue and gold Brentwood Bruins jersey and had rubbed the black paint on my cheeks. I love how dirty the jersey gets by the end of the game‚ covered in mud and grass stains; it’s almost like the dirt on your shirt shows how hard you worked
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As children‚ almost everyone has dreamt of having their very own dog or cat to cuddle with‚ play with‚ and talk to. And when that time came‚ they ran to their local shelter‚ eager to get their hands on the cutest puppy and kitten they could find. Their parents are handed the application and they filled it out‚ while their kids pressed their face against the glass that separated them from their future best friend. But all the smiles are turned into tears when their application got turned down just
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Literacy PERIOD 7/8 MS. williams Argumentative essay Should exotic animals be kept as pets? ___ By Emma Clark Have you ever wanted a baby lion or a chimpanzee as a pet? However‚ you can’t because your parents said no due to the fact it is illegal where you live or is too dangerous? Well‚ they are right! They may be cute when they are little‚ but when they get big‚ they can be very dangerous because they still have their killer instinct even if they are born and raised in a zoo or a house. 45/50
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This I Believe I believe in my dog. When I look back at who I am and what I’ve become‚ I have my dog to thank. Yeah‚ I taught my dog to sit and lie down. And I taught him to stay and come. But this has no comparison to what he has taught me. Something tells me that responsibility‚ competition‚ patience‚ forgiveness‚ and happiness are more important traits or skills to learn. I believe in patience. In 5th grade I was given the opportunity to get a dog. My family and I went to a local breeder
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new idea or invention that came to mind. For me my life defining moments are not all the same. While I have great moments and simple moments‚ many are so incredible that I could not begin to describe. However there is one moment in particular that is describable and very “life defining”. It was in the middle of sixth grade‚ my life was headed in a direction that was not suitable for a typical Christian teenager. I was slacking off in my work and my life was just not headed in the direction that
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