“Have your parents decided whether they’re getting that golden retriever puppy yet?”
Yeah, they decided to. They just brought him home yesterday, actually.
“Aw, that’s so exciting! Do they know what they want to name him yet?”
The last I heard, it was between Phil and Freddy. I’m not sure which one I like better, haha.
“Oh yeah, those are both good. I think… Phil, it’s a little shorter to yell out when he’s running away in a park, haha.”
That’s true, haha. I know they’re going to try and train him really well.
“Were your other dogs really obedient? Like, what kind of tricks could they do?”
The dog we had when I was really little, Chip, was super smart. He used to carry me around on his back and let me down really gently, and my mom says that once he even brought me my sippy cup, haha.
“That’s adorable, haha. I can’t believe he never dropped you!”
I know, I was like, Mom, didn’t you ever worry?? And she was like, nope! He was that good!
What other dogs did you have? I know your family has had a few, right?
Yeah, after Chip we got Maddie, she was a black lab. She was a little more energetic and not as patient, so she didn’t get trained as well, but I remember she and my dad used to go on all these long runs together because she just never ran out of steam. And then we had Jasper, he just died like a year ago. That was pretty hard, since I picked him out from the pound and trained him up and everything. I taught him how to jump over these logs we had in our backyard, it was so great, haha.
“That’s so cute! I could see you being really good at that. We’ve alway had dogs too, but smaller ones. My dad loves pugs, so we’ve had a couple of those, Claire and Bella.
How about now?
“I think my parents got tired of them always snoring, haha, so they’re ‘taking a break’ now, as they put it. I would love to have dogs, though, when I have more time.
Me too. The best are the ones who’ll run around all day with you and then curl up with you at night.
“That sounds so great. Have you always gotten your puppies from the shelter?”
Yeah, we have a place we go to that we really like. They always seem to have a bunch of dogs that need homes. My mom always gets sad that we can’t bring them all home, though.
“Yeah, that would be my problem. Whenever we’ve gotten dogs from the shelter, I make my parents go pick them out and pick them up, because I can’t bear to see them all there.”
That’s fair. It’d be great to be able to get more than one. My parents always talked about it, but…
