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Personal Narrative: A Personal Story Of A Dog

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Be careful for what you wish for When I was six I really, really wanted a dog. I dreamt of adorable, white, fluffy, female dog that would follow me to school and let me dress her up. So every waking moment I would say to my parents things like, “We need something to protect the house when we are gone, we should get a dog,” or, “We need something that will play outside with us, let’s get a dog,” or, “My friend has a dog so we should get a dog.” Soon enough my parents went to the pet store and bought a dog for our family of five, soon to be six. At the time, my older sister, younger brother and I were at my grandma’s home so we were unaware of the surprise we would receive when we got home. “Meet Ivan,” my mom said when we met our new dog. Ivan was an English mastiff, and as a puppy, was taller than me. He barked really loud and drooled so much. Not the ideal dog for me. However, I did ask for a dog and got one so I was happy none the less. As Ivan grew older I began to really attach to him, and he really adapted to our family. Overall Ivan was a really good dog, but my story does not end here. …show more content…

My parents gave me medications and took me to doctors to see what was wrong, I even went through a CAT scan because they thought I had a brain tumor. Eventually I took an allergy test to see if the cause of my problems was a type of tree or something. Two weeks later we received the results, five being severally allergic and one not at all. I scored a two for grass, a four for cats and a five for dogs. Turns out I was living with the one of the things I am severally allergic to for about 2 years. To this day I am still very allergic to all breeds of dogs even if they are hypoallergenic. Even though normally living with a dog would boost my immunity, my parents happened to pick a mastiff, which sheds, salivates, and scratches, all of which agitates my

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