Lucy

Essay Topic # 11 “Free Topic”

For my free topic I am choosing to write about my puppy Lucy. We got Lucy

when she was 2 months old for the shelter in Ford Ord. Lucy is a German Sheppard, lab,

ridgeback mix. She was also in there with a black lab. At that time we weren’t sure

which puppy we wanted, so we went to ask the clerk lady if either of the dogs were up for

adoption and she told us that only the brown one was because the other puppy had

already found a home. So we decided that we loved the brown one, it was a little bigger

then the black one but we couldn’t resist getting a new puppy.
Later on that day we took Lucy home. She weighed only about 6 pounds; she was

so small and cuddly. At first when we arrived at home she was whining a lot, we thought

she was just whining because she’s a puppy and most puppies do that when they are

brought to a new place. Later on that night Lucy started having the hiccups, we thought it ...