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| Name: |
Charlie
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Age: |
Five years old
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| Gender: |
Male |
Breed: |
Basset Hound |
| Home: |
New York, USA |
This
is my dog, Charlie. He turned five on July 3rd, 2009. He's a Basset
Hound, and we live in New York. Charlie's special because he's the sweetest
dog you'll ever meet. He loves all people and other animals and all he wants
is to be with his family!
He knows some basic tricks, like sit, stay, lay down, shake, and roll over.
If you yell "oops" from anywhere in the house, he'll come running to look for
food that we dropped. He has the greatest personality- he always has his eye
on us- we think he tries to protect us (even though he wouldn't hurt a fly.)
He loves other people so much that he'll run around barking when the doorbell
rings, but he never barks any other time. He loves playing with other
animals... even if they don't want to play with him. When he was a puppy he
would chase my cat around trying to play with her until she hissed at him or
jumped up to where he couldn't reach.
Charlie a registered therapy dog and me and my mom have worked with him in a
camp for children with disabilities. He would play with the kids and really
brought some very shy kids out of their shells. If someone is afraid of dogs
he won't scare them, he'll just sniff them and then go about following us
around. He's also not a very active dog. My mom once tried to take him running
and he couldn't keep up with her. If we walk him around the track, he can walk
two laps at the most, and then he falls asleep. If you throw something for him
to fetch, he usually goes to get it and chews on it, but he doesn't chew
furniture or anything he's not supposed to chew. When he's in a playful mood
he'll either run around the room to get rid of some extra energy or play
tug-of-war with one of us. Charlie's definitely not a water dog. We tried to
get him to swim last summer, and he's never set foot near a pool since. He's
more of the "tanning in the sun" type.
We went to a dog store called Shake A Paw "just to look." I'd wanted a dog for
a while, but my mom and step-dad always said no. But as soon as we saw
Charlie, my mom fell in love and managed to convince my step-dad. They brought
him home on Halloween as a birthday present for me. He's truly the perfect dog
for anyone. (Except a very active family that loves to take their dogs on long
mountain walks or swims in the ocean.)
Hi. This is Charlie's owner's friend Jacque and I have a fear of dogs. I just
thought that i should add this little paragraph by me so that you would know
that Charlie is an extremely calm and sweet dog from the word of someone
else's point of view than the owners. There are very few, if any dogs besides
my cousin's dog Hershey that I am comfortable being around. The first time I
went to Ali's house and we opened the door, I was expecting Charlie to jump on
me and lick me, which I dont like, but Charlie just waddled over to me,
sniffed my foot and sat down right next to me wagging his tail. I was happily
surprised that I wasn't toppled over on the floor with a dog on me, or backed
into a corner trying to stay away from him. Charlie is super sweet and fun to
be with... and I just thought you should know.
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