Summer Break-Personal Narrative

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My memory begins when I was 12 years old, It was a hot day during the long summer. However, Summer Break was just about to end and a school would soon begin, I had been patiently waiting my whole life for the day that I would finally receive a dog. My mom and I bargained for years, but I would always end up with a fish instead of a dog. I even once was able to persuade my mom into buying me a hamster, but after a year or two, the hamster died. Out of all possible excuses, my mom agreed to buy me a dog. As a result, I went searching for any dog breed and finally came up with a Beagle. However, beagles were very loud in general, so my mom and I argued over the breed for most of Summer Break. The standard Beagle was spotted with patches of black, white, and brown. They also possessed long and droopy …show more content…

No matter how many times we told her that Daisy was meant for a girl and the new puppy was a boy, the more she insisted on the name Daisy. My Dad and my Mom wanted to name our puppy Rocky because one of my mom’s dogs from when she was a kid was named Rocky. My sister started to want to name our dog Rocky when she found out that nobody wanted to name the dog daisy, so she made the strategical decision of wanting Rocky since it sounded like the most feminine name.

The day before we were going to get our new dog, we went to Petco and Petsmart to shop for a leash, a cage, a comb, dog food, and a pen. We also received some advice from one of the workers in Petco, she told us how it was to own a dog and what we would need. However, the woman was extremely talkative and we spent a lot of time at Petco. We also took a look at their dog training classes, which were listed on various pieces of colored paper. Each class took about an hour and was taught either in private or in a group, however, the whole family or part of the family was required to attend the

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