My Four Dogs

By: Alex Tallman

I've had four dogs in my life all of them I loved. Here are their names in order of
when i got them. Their names are Murray Moe Hannah and !oey. !oey is the dog I
have now and is still living. All of them have their own uni"ue "ualities and #ersonalities
and Here are their stories.
Murray is a $order %ollie and my #arents got him as a #u##y $efore I was $orn.
He was a good dog $ut he $ar&ed all night and my #arents had to swit%h off on slee# so
my Mom would slee# one night while my Dad was awa&e wat%hing the dog and the next
day they would swit%h off so my Mom would stay awa&e and my Dad would slee# that
night. Murray was a #retty o$edient dog $e%ause my #arents would say to him '(o to
your room' and he would go in his %age. )adly he had a leg #ro$lem and had to get his
$a%& right leg am#utated and he was three legged dog with a %one on his head so he
wouldn't #lay with the am#utated s#ot.
Moe is a $la%& la$ and I don't &now when my #arents got him I don't &now nearly
as mu%h a$out him though some things i do &now is that he had a $rain tumor he $it me
and my grandma on the arm on%e and we had to #ut him down.
Hannah is a golden retriever and was *ust a$out my favorite and was very
o$edient and would %ome running at the sound of a $all. )he was a very a%tive dog
lived a$out ten years. +ne day I was %oming home from &indergarten and my Mom
%ame to get me and we went to the van I got in the middle row and right there next to
me was a dog. )o then I said ',here did this %ome from-' )o after my mom dro##ed
me at s%hool my Mom told my Dad she and my grandma we're going to loo& at a dog
and my Dad said '.o you're going to get a dog' and he was right.
!oey is my se%ond $la%& la$. ,e got her when she was +ne /ear and Two
Months )he is a $it vi%ious towards new #eo#le $ut after she meets &nows you for
awhile she will $e ni%e. )o we were at my dads a#artment and my mom was going to
ta&e us to loo& at a dog and $efore we left he said 'I $et you she's going to get a dog. '
)o I said ')o do I.' )he's not mu%h of a $all dog li&e Hannah and is not the $est at
$eing o$edient $ut she is still loved very very mu%h.