Owning a Pet Essay -- Dog Cat Pets Essays Papers Personal Narrative

Owning a PetHaving a pet is a rattling(prenominal) persuasion. Pets bring companionship, ad hominemity, and gut wrenching humor to households across the world. Having previously owned both a cat and a dog, and currently being without a pet, I began to think about getting a in the buff furry friend. Born a dog lover, and bred into a cat lover, I had the problematic decision of choosing one of the two.When I was twenty-two years old, I answered an ad in the paper for free Labrador puppies. Driving up to the house, I precept all the little critters running around and having a ball of a time. I got into the pen with the pups, and finally decided on the shy pewit who spent the majority of his time hiding under a board. I loved his personality and instantly knew he was the dog for me. I named him Charlie, and from that layer on our master/dog relationship began. At the time I lived in a small two bedroom house with a fenced yard near Wanamaker road. Once Charlie was a full grown dog, he was the hit of the block. Charlie hardly ever barked, and was always just as bright to see the large groups of children exiting the school bus, as he was for me to arrive at home after work. Charlie had a bag full of tricks. My favorite was the pier Dole, in which Charlie would sit and shake with his right paw, then I would pee-pee him the Bob Dole command, and he would immediately shake with his left paw. It was a riot, and netted Charlie about thirty pounds of treats in his lifetime.Vegas, on the other hand, was a full grown Persian cat that a friend was nerve-racking to find an adopted home for before she moved out of state. I had been around Vegas enough times to have a good idea of his personality, and I decided to help my friend out and give Vegas a try. Unlike C... ..., and none of it was as impressive or as raise as the furry cat on the couch, not to mention the personal escort to and from the gondola car to the door from the sweet, polite, black lab outside. But I cant really blame my guests, for Charlie and Vegas cute faces and gestures worked their magic on me as well. And more than times than naught, they got what they wanted in life. After losing Charlie in a car accident, and Vegas being returned to his rightful owner, I decided to get a new cat. A new cat would be more affordable, and fit in with my apartment house lifestyle. The ability to maintain a cats responsibilities while attendance school, and spending weekends at work, is far less of a job than it would be for a new dog. The decision has proved worthwhile. Flea is doing well adapting to her new surroundings, and doing her beaver to avoid the lava life throws her way.