When I was 11, I slept in the parking lot of a Walmart a different state in order to get my first dog. In 2014 my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer. He has always wanted a dog, but growing up his parents never let him have one and it has always been an idea to get a dog, but he very rarely said anything about it. Although after he was diagnosed, my mom and dad decided to get a puppy. At first they did not tell my brother or I. After looking for a few weeks, they found a Norwegian Elkhound breeder from West Virginia that just happened to have 5 puppies available. So my mom called them a few days later.
It turns out that the breeder had a waiting list of over 120 people, so if we were put on the list, it would take a few years …show more content…
We stopped at a PetSmart around Pittsburgh and got him a few new toys and treats. Then we went to Burger King and got lunch/dinner. The rest of the ride home was quiet and kind of boring.
When we arrived back home, my grandparents and a few neighbors were there waiting to meet the new addition to our family, NeChee. He was shy at first, although eventually we warmed up a little and went an seen everyone. The rest of the day, we showed the dog around the house and took him for walks around the property. I was very excited to watch the puppy grow up and just have a dog in general.
This experience is so important to me because it was the first and last vacation I had with my dad. About a year after we got NeChee my dad passed away and NeChee was not the same dog. He became very territorial and protective. There were only a few people that we could trust him around and because of this, we had to put him down June 6, 2017. I loved that dog more than anything because after my dad passed, he became my dog. We did everything together and he was constantly with me. So to have him be there constantly, to not being there at all really hurt me a lot. In August, my mom got another dog named Maverick. I love him, but he will never even come close to
It turns out that the breeder had a waiting list of over 120 people, so if we were put on the list, it would take a few years …show more content…
We stopped at a PetSmart around Pittsburgh and got him a few new toys and treats. Then we went to Burger King and got lunch/dinner. The rest of the ride home was quiet and kind of boring.
When we arrived back home, my grandparents and a few neighbors were there waiting to meet the new addition to our family, NeChee. He was shy at first, although eventually we warmed up a little and went an seen everyone. The rest of the day, we showed the dog around the house and took him for walks around the property. I was very excited to watch the puppy grow up and just have a dog in general.
This experience is so important to me because it was the first and last vacation I had with my dad. About a year after we got NeChee my dad passed away and NeChee was not the same dog. He became very territorial and protective. There were only a few people that we could trust him around and because of this, we had to put him down June 6, 2017. I loved that dog more than anything because after my dad passed, he became my dog. We did everything together and he was constantly with me. So to have him be there constantly, to not being there at all really hurt me a lot. In August, my mom got another dog named Maverick. I love him, but he will never even come close to