Week One Essay

                                                            My Dog

                 My family has a lot of pets, but my favorite is probably my dog, Mavis. She is part border collie, black lab, and blue heeler, so she is not a little dog. I love her for many reasons, but I am only going to list a couple.

                 First, she is adorable, and she LOVES to snuggle in my family’s beds. No one can resist petting her when she wants you to. I think it is funny because she can fit in small spaces, for example, on vacation, we found her in one of our small suitcases! However, she always takes over the bed when I am trying to sleep at night.

                Another reason why I love her is because she is funny and playful. Whenever we tell her to sit, and we say, “say cheese”, she smiles. Sometimes, we don’t even need to tell her to sit! When my siblings and I are getting ready to take a picture, Mavis will come and sit in front of us, and she smiles when we do! She also loves to run around, and when my mom plays with her and then turns around, Mavis gets down and tries to sneak up on my mom! It usually doesn’t work though because my mom looks at her.

               However, the best reason I love her is because she is so protective, and she watches out for my family. She tries her best to get anyone who looks like they are trying to hurt us (or going to) to her as far away or as scared as possible. In other words, she ruins their plan. In fact, she is so protective of her family that she usually ruins our games (by accident, of course)! When we are playing with my dad, he usually likes to hide and scare us, but she finds him first and barks at him, so he can’t scare us! The only problem is when we are trying to play “Hide and Seek”.

              Altogether, she is a very good and sweet dog. She looks out for our family and would never hurt anybody who is not trying to hurt one of us. She is so cute and funny, and in my opinion, she is the best dog on Earth.