My first dog pt. 2 (free topic)

This ‘’getting a new dog’’ thing was getting more complicated. Convincing my mother to let me have a dog wasn’t easy, now I had to incite her to take me all the way to Hatillo to get it. I had no idea how was I going to do this but I had 3-4 weeks to think about it and to convince her. Just in case she said no I kept looking for more dogs closer to the area we live but couldn’t find anything. All I found was even farer than Hatillo. I gave up, I couldn’t find any other better way to convince her so I just went to my mom room and without her even looking at me I just let it out: ‘’the dog is in Hatillo, when can we go get it’’.  I felt my stomach drop; her eyes were immediately on me as if what I just said insulted her. Then she just said ‘’what?’’. Great, now I had to say it again. I repeated what I just said and then she said ‘’why Hatillo? Could it be a closer area? I can’t go this week’’. I could believe it she said yes! I was so relieved I explained how we had to wait till the dog was ready to leave his mom and we planned a date to go get it after that time. The day came and I was so anxious to get there. On the way to the owner’s house we got lost a few times, this made the excursion even longer than what we expected. But finally when we got there, the owner was very nice we talked for a while and then he took us to the puppies. I had to choose between all of the puppies and I couldn’t decide but my brother helped and we finally got her. When I got home I put her on a box and was supposed to enter my house without anyone noticing what I just brought but just with the look on our faces everyone else guessed and immediately started arguing. I flippantly ignored them; they were starting to sound irritable, I was just happy I finally had my dog, my dog with no name.

I thought that after getting the dog everything was going to be easy, I was wrong. It took me 3 weeks to find a name and I decided to call her summer. Summer was like having the ‘’Marley and me’’ dog. She destroyed everything, pooped and peed everywhere. Even though I tried to train her she never learned. She then had worms we had to treat that. Few months later, still convalescent after the worms, she got ticks which I think was the most horrible experience I’ve had, ever. The experience of having a dog of my own was not like I thought it was, it was a struggle, like I’ve never had before and to add the stress of school. It got to a point that I was regretting that I got this dog. After 11 stressful months everything was worth it. She learned how to go ‘’pipi’’ and ‘’caca’’ outside and when I said so. She behaved and didn’t eat everything she found. Although she still breaks the sox’s and napkins or papers on the floor but nothing else. Summer is currently two and a half years old and I can now say that even though 2009 was probably the worst year ever because of Summer I don’t regret anything and I love my dog, I can’t imagine my life without her.

Marine Vertebrates (Example Paragraph)

In eight months I’m to go to college to study marine biology and I want to work with two classes of marine vertebrates (animal that have internal skeleton). The 7 main classes of vertebrates are Agnatha, Amphibia, Aves, Chondrichthyes, Mammalia, Osteichthyes and Reptilia.  some of this are very abstruse but I will concentrate on working with Mammalia and Reptilia vertebrates. Mammalia vertebrates are not other than marine Mammals, these are animals that have hair or fur, blubber, and have warm blood. Mammals use lungs to breathe air, bear live young (don’t lay eggs to hatch) and produce milk through mammary glands. Common examples of marine mammals include manatees, colossal whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, walruses and even polar bears. Reptilia vertebrates are not other than marine reptiles and their physiognomy is very different from mammals. These have very strong, dry skin and sometimes covered with scales. Reptiles are cold-blooded or ectothermic (control body temperature through external means), they use lungs to breathe and have tough skin without feathers or hair. Sea turtles and not typical animals like sea snakes, saltwater crocodile and marine iguana are some examples of marine reptiles.

http://www.marinebio.org/ is a very intructive website where you can learn more about these animals :)

My first dog

Even before I was born there were dogs in my house so basically I was used to being around dogs and having pets. This meant that I didn't take care of any of them because, of course, I was a kid so it was my parent’s job to do it. But it wasn't until summer of 2009, when I turned 15, that I decided that I wanted a dog. Not just another dog in the house, but MY dog. I consulted this with my mom and even tried to lobby her but she said she was going to end up taking care of the pet, so in other words it was a strict no. Also no one else wanted another dog in the house. This frustrated me because I really wanted a dog but I was nonchalant, I wasn't going to let anyone or anything hamper my hopes. I started looking for dogs online and I made sure that everyone in my house noticed that I was determined and that I really wanted a new pet. I was starting to exasperate everyone because all I talked about was my new pet; where would he sleep, at what hours will it eat, who would give food and take care of it when I’m not home and may more things. I don't even remember how I ended up convincing my mother, all I know it wasn't facile but one day she said "no one wants a pet here so start thinking on what you going to do", in other words she finally said yes! Now nothing was stopping me. I kept looking for dogs energized, every hours of the day, I made calls, arrange meetings to get the new dog but then canceled (this happened more than 20 times). It was like this for almost a month until I finally found it. There was only 2 problems; the owner lived in Hatillo, I live in San Juan so this meant a 3hour long drive and I had to wait 3-4 more weeks until the puppy was old enough to leave its mom. This was a problem because first I didn't think my mom would take me to Hatillo and second in 4 weeks school started. This meant no time to neither train nor take care of the puppy the first month which is the most important. It seemed as if everything I have put so much effort and determination to get was just slipping away...


To be continue...

(Part 2 will be posted November 28)