Personal Narrative: The Day I Got My First Dog

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I remember the days I got my two dogs Libby was the first dog we got we rescued her from the humane shelter in columbia city. Lex, we were going to foster him until he found a home to call his not thinking our home would becomes his. But my mom and I fell in love with him when he walk through the door of our home. It took a while to convince my dad to adopted lex but mom got to him so he said yes. The next day we adopted Lex. Libby is the oldest in the house when first got her she didn’t know how to play. But she know how to get dad to get her treat and to cuddle with us my dad wasn’t a dog loved nor was my mom she loved cats but dad is allergic to cats. But when we got libby she turned them around. Now every time my dad gets home he always

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