Liz Blash's Story: Coastal International Inc.

The hard-working ranch father loved his son but also lived by a realist unlike his son, “Last chance son, you had better pick a horse that you have some hope of riding one day” (Harrison 500). Kenneth’s mother Nell was very supportive to her son’s dreams and hopes of owning a colt. An author of New York times Rebecca Mead states, “We see private bedroom conversations between Rob and Nell, in which the mother, who recognizes her son’s dreaminess as an admirable sensitivity, not as an irritating handicap, challenges her stubborn husband’s rulings”. This support for her son is shown when the little filly is injured and Ken’s mother makes a poultice for the injury every

The plot of the story is that Justin is kind of a loner in school, but he loves animals. He then gets the opportunity to work at a guard-dog buisness after school where he connects with a special dog named Smokey. While working at the guard-dog buisness, Justin learns about the mistreatment of the animals. When he then sees this first-hand, he decides to quit.

There is a saying, “a dog is a man's’ best friend”. In the book Where The Red Fern Grows,by Wilson Rawls, Billy Coleman is a young boy who wants nothing other than two Redbone coonhounds and to hunt in the Ozark Mountains with them. Through his determination, he works up money buy the pups, but he is faced with many struggles along the road. His determination, the will power and strong heart to make it through the struggles, made him the boy he is now. Over all, Billy Coleman and his dogs face many conflicts throughout the book, but he stays determined to make it through.

Joshua Catlin had had a great life with his two parents, dog, and grandmother. His parents were firefighters with the assistance of the best dalmatian firefighter ever, their dog Body. Joshua’s grandmother was a bank teller for the Seattle Bank. Yep, they lived in Seattle! They loved all the excitement and opportunities it had to offer, and the rain. Their family was not the richest, but nor were they living on the street. Either way, they were thankful for what they had.

In “Under the Lion’s Paw”, Tim Haskins is a young farmer with a family whose farm had been destroyed by grasshoppers. He comes across an older farmer named Stephen Council who decides to help him by loaning seed and helping him rent a farm from Jim Butler, the leading land owner in the area. Haskins works hard to improve the farm for his wife and kids, and plans to buy it, but is tricked by Jim Butler who wanted a higher price after seeing the improved farm. In his anger, Haskins plans to kill Butler, but stops himself after seeing his little daughter playing.

Farm animals need daily care and leaving them was never an option. Mrs. Cole learned about adoration and responsibility from her mother who loved all the animals on our farm. Mrs. Cole describes how “when she passed the barn, she always spoke to the milk cow, and the cow spoke back, a simple moo, but it was always there.” Mrs. Cole and her sister would dress in their Mama's clothes and go down the hill, past the barn, and speak to the cow. Never once did that cow speak to them the way they did to their mom. The cows realized two little girls dressed up in our mother's clothes were imposters and their relationship was based on genuine affection for

A young skinhead in the absence of a true family lets his life revolve around a pit bull dog. Living apart from his mother for the past eight years, Marek spends his time attending his father’s vineyard. Abused, neglected and solitary, he finds comfort in the company of his beloved pit bull dog, training him daily to become a fierce guard of his property. Without a doubt, Marek’s need to fit in society is constant, nevertheless, in a place where the opportunities are sparse, finding a true friend or having a genuine relationship is a utopia.

The quote in the story that shows that animals are hardworking is ‘’Having a job to do is a part of their nature; it’s who they are (Grandin, pg 155, pp 3).’’ The author explains how job is part of their nature and how mix breeds were built for work. The author also explains how the owner’s life changes because of her dog, A dog named Max helped her owner to cure her diabetes, but sadly the owner died. Losing someone is sad, especially for Max because he is part of the owner’s family and because they are

Chloe Marie Winslade (DoB 26.11.2000) asked to focus on developing her trust skills with people she interacts with. Chloe made a connection with a horse from the beginning of this week and this relationship and connection developed throughout the week. Chloe discussed from the first day, her concern with the age range within this group and it was evident this was an issue for her.

Along this difficult march, the narrator reflects on the life of the dog and remembers the not-so-bad characteristics of the family pet, “During our joint ordeal I had developed a grudging affection for our pet; he who’d been so quick to defend my kith and kin against the noise of passing trucks, who took loud notice of the squirrels outside, who held fast in the foyer, hackles raised, fearlessly barking, whenever company arrived at the front door (248).”

One day the man leaves and never returns and the watchdog, Berkeley, is left in charge of the shop. He is the only able to be free and able to wander because all of the exotic animals are in cages. Monkey, was able to convince Berkeley to open his cage and release the other creatures from their cages after seeing how their owner never returns. After being released the animals create pandemonium and a lawless order in their shop. Johnson shows the difference in the individual because the only character he names in the story is the

Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and stopped my alarm that was going off at one in the morning; I had to get up because it was time to check our cows. It was late January and all of our cows started having their calves. Every three hours the cows need checked so everyone in my family had their turn. Now that it was my turn, I crawled out of bed and got dressed to go out into the dark of the night to see if we get to bring another baby calf into this world. I have grown up on a farm with 9,000 pigs, 40 cows, 6 hunting dogs, and 150 acres of alfalfa which requires work that is usually never easy. I have been an active part of the routine care of these animals ever since I was four years old. Living on a farm has helped me learn more about life than most could ever imagine. In Father Boyle’s “Tattoo’s on the Heart” we learned how he gave the homies opportunities that most would never get the chance to have and in order to succeed, you must have failure. Growing up on a farm is an opportunity that most never have, it is like being an outcast. I couldn’t imagine a day in the homies shoes, and they couldn’t imagine a day in mine but we at the end of the day we can all relate to and are all thankful for getting second chances, new opportunities and learning how to forgive.

Cleaning the old nasty barn stalls for the race horses was always a drag, but a chore to always be done. Toby Breckham, the average twenty-two year old working an average ranch hand life, cleaned every stall every Tuesday. Today turned out, like every Tuesday, a horrible day of cleaning up after the very beasts he loved. Another horrible attribute Toby is a rather tall jokey, standing at five feet and ten inches, which urges back pain when leaning down to pick up more scraps left by the horses on the stall floor. He wished to leave this hell hole just to meet Hailee. He loved her long and blonde curly hair that was always amazing no matter what she did, especially when just casually riding a horse. He adored her look she gave him when just being around her. It was seemed that Hailee was Toby's lovely rose. Soon to be away from here to her.

In Stephen Crane’s short story of “A Dark Brown Dog”, he writes about a young boy who finds, neglects, and befriends a ragged puppy, with a rope dragging the ground, when they meet. The boy takes fun in abusing the puppy, but when he tires of this he makes his way home. The puppy, even though the boy was not nice, starts to follows the boy home. When arriving home the boy defends the puppy to claiming him as his own. The boy’s father agrees to allow the boy to keep the puppy. The boy and the puppy grow very fond of each other. The puppy was abused but always showing his love even after his abuse. Then the story takes a very sad, gruesome turn for the young dog.

The animals sometimes starve because he forgets to feed them and their living conditions in the old barn are poor. This is the same state that Russia was in, Jones and Tsar lived in luxury at other people's expense. This sparked off the next parallel. Old major from 'Animal Farm' with two people in the Russian revolution, Marx and Lenin.