Gracie

My family hasn't had a pet in about 5 years, and we were enjoying that fact up until a couple months ago. That is when Gracie came into our family. One night when me and my sister had a few friends over, my dad arrives home from work a little later than usual. When he comes up the stairs from the garage, we hear another set of footsteps along with his. My dad came into the kitchen where we were and there was a medium-sized pointer-lab mix on a leash beside him. Me and my sister were extremely surprised because our father did not tell us that he was getting a dog or that we even wanted one!

Gracie was well accepted by myself and my sister, but when my mom got home she was quite appalled to say the least. "Randy, why did you bring a dog home? That's the last thing we need right now!", said my mother. Gracie was hard to get used to not only because our clean smelling house now smelled like a dog and our floors were covered in dog hair, but she was also very disobedient to begin with. After a month or so, Gracie has become a friend to our family and is a joy to play with because she's full of energy. Even though she dug holes near our house's foundation and tore down a gutter downspout, we still love her and enjoy her.