一直以来，我都很想有一只小狗。搬家后，当室友把这只小狗带来时，我知道我儿时的梦想终于实现了。我喜欢它每天跟在我脚边，甚至跟我进浴室，我喜欢每天清晨醒来听到它的小爪子挠地板的声音……它已经成了我最好的朋友。
Growing up, I always wanted a dog. Probably because most of my friends had them, my favorite TV families had them, and it just seemed normal, and American, to have a pooch in the house.
My Dad is very clean. Not just clean, I might say more Danny Tanner-ish in his habits. As in, he hoses down the backyard, and front walkway, and even gets halfway down the street, just for fun, until we have to yell, “Dad, you’re wasting water! You can’t hose down the world!” Then he stops, and comes inside, and starts the very
So, no dog. When I was eight, we moved across town to a larger house, with a pool, in a “safer” neighborhood, in a gated community. With a large yard. I was very against moving. Why, I cried, were we picking up and deserting everything and everyone we knew and loved?! Our old house was great, we had an avocado tree, it was on a super steep hill, what more could you want?! Well, in order to calm me down, I guess, my parents told me that we could get a dog when we moved to the new, barren home. I was sold. I quickly shut my trap.
I feel it was serendipitous that we didn’t get a dog after the move. My parents said that I would never walk it, which I vehemently denied, but which was probably true. And saying we would get a dog and not following through was pretty much the ONLY thing my parents ever promised that didn’t happen in my life so far. I guilted them
I am in my twenties now, and our new roommate just moved in. She has a dog. A West Highland Terrier, or Westie, as they are known. He is fluffy, but not too fluffy, small, but not too small, white, but not too white. He is perfect.
I don’t even believe in perfection really, but this dog is perfect for ME. Its the dog I always dreamt of having, and it loves me as I knew a dog would. It follows me into the bathroom when I shower. At first we would scare each other, I was not used to having a non-human, living thing with a beating heart following me around and it would surprise me around corners.
Slowly, we got used to each other. Now I can tell when the dog needs to go out, or when he just sees a few birds in our yard. I give the doggie water, I walk him, and I teach him boundaries. My boyfriend was impressed when I taught him how to lie in his bed while the humans are eating, so as not to bother us. “I can’t believe he listens to you.” As Cesar Millan would say, I am the Alpha Dog.
In some ways, I am glad I have (been forced to) wait until this age to have a dog around. I don’t take him for granted. I am happy every morning when I wake up and hear his little nails clicking across the floor. We are a good match. I can see how a dog is not for everyone. They are very needy and require a lot of attention and affection and structure.
Now my parents are semi-retired but my Dad travels a lot for work. He’s off to Luxembourg, Mexico, or the Turks and Caicos every month. I ask my Mom if she would like a dog to keep her company. She says no, she has a stepdog now (ours) and she can visit it whenever she wants.
And yes, my furry friend will go with me wherever I want to go and whenever, he is very accomodating like that.
相关单词：halfway
halfway解释：adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途
halfway例句：
We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
相关单词：fingerprint
fingerprint解释：n.指纹；vt.取...的指纹
fingerprint例句：
The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.指纹专家应邀出庭作证。
The court heard evidence from a fingerprint expert.法院听取了指纹专家的证词。
相关单词：serendipitous
serendipitous解释：adj.偶然发现的
serendipitous例句：
There was a serendipitous second advantage working with a library of equations. 利用方程库有个意外收获的附带好处。 来自互联网
Strategic networking prepares us for serendipitous moments. 战略性人际交往让我们为不时之需做好准备。 来自互联网
相关单词：vehemently
vehemently解释：adv. 热烈地
vehemently例句：
He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。
相关单词：sobbing
sobbing解释：<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
sobbing例句：
I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
相关单词：highland
highland解释：n.(pl.)高地，山地
highland例句：
The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林，一直都是黑熊的避难所。
相关单词：fluffy
fluffy解释：adj.有绒毛的，空洞的
fluffy例句：
Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。
相关单词：needy
needy解释：adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的
needy例句：
Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
相关单词：furry
furry解释：adj.毛皮的；似毛皮的；毛皮制的
furry例句：
This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。
