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Personal Narrative: My Life As A Dog
That Dog
I was never a dog lover. My kids always wanted a dog. I dug my heels in but eventually, they wore me down with chorus’ of “please can we get a dog?” Begrudgingly, I began looking for a dog. It was to be a Christmas present for my kids, an older dog, a trained dog. I knew that I did not have the patience for training and I knew that when kids say they will help; I knew exactly what that meant.
I started looking for a free dog, a dog no one wanted. The first place I looked was the online bulletin board that my place of employment had and there he was, a 5-year-old “energetic” yellow labrador. Labs are good dogs, right? I called the owner and we set a time to meet and greet. My kids were excited, me, not so much.
My father passed away days before we were to meet that dog. It was at the funeral that I received a call from that dog’s owner wanting to know if I really wanted the dog because she explained “that if you are not going to take him, I have another person that will.”
I had to decide right then and there if I was going to take that dog, sight unseen, no backing out.
Against my better judgement, I accepted that the kids and I were going to go to Appleton and bring home that dog we have never met, like it or not. Meekly I replied “yes, I will.” We made that ride to Appleton and
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The loss of a pet is never easy; to me he was part of my family, my third hair kid. I could not even consider replacing that dog, none would be able to live up to the greatness that he was. Oh, how I loved that dog, that Toby! I didn’t need to go through that kind of pain again. The thing is though, he taught me so many things and was such a wonderful dog, he rescued me. He taught me how to love a dog. In my mind I heard him saying in his doggy voice” you need a dog, Mom. Go get her mom. Find her, she needs you, save her!” I was ready and I did. Toby gave me

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