A Dog's Tale

Hey, everyone! I'm Cooter. My old owner (He was sooooo mean!) dumped me and my daddy off at a cement factory. You see, lots of mean people dump dogs out at this cement factory because no one can see them out there. Then we have problems finding food and water, and it's a hard life. Can you please tell your human friends to never ever dump their animals? Oh, it's so mean. This is my story. After I was dumped off, my mom drove by and said, "Oh no, I can't believe it. Someone dumped 2 more dogs out here." She had the saddest face. She opened her car door and said, "Come here, babies" but my dad ran away scared, and I followed him. Well, guess what happened? A few weeks later Mom and Dad drove out to the factory at night to try and catch Chubby. GUESS WHO THEY CAUGHT? ME! ha ha! I smelled chicken and walked right into that cage! Oh, I was scared. They took me home and let me out in the garage, so guess what I did. I crawled under Mom's car and stayed
there for hours. Mom finally had to get a push broom and gently push me out so they could get me inside the house. Oh, I was scared of them for a LOOONG time because my other owner hit me and yelled at me and wasn't nice at all. Mom used to spend time every night lying next to me and just petting my head and saying, "Good dog, good dog." Well, she used to give me hot dogs and chicken and bacon...who can resist that?? Dad was always real nice to me, too. Now it's been a few months and I love my new house! I run and play with all my friends, and I follow Mom around and hit the back of her knees with my nose! Ha ha...I think that's funny. The vet says I've got lots o' growing to do. He says maybe I'll gain about 5-10 pounds in just a few weeks! I guess I'll be a Big Cooter.

Okay, gotta go for now.

Paws!

Cooter