Intro to Jack

    This first entry will be an introduction to my dog, Jack The Dog. My dog’s complete name is Jack The Dog, but his friends call him Jack. We have had Jack for about one year, and in this year he has grown in many ways. When we first got Jack, he weighed 65 pounds; he was 56 inches from nose to tail and is barely a foot off the ground... at first jack was completely black and white. Currently Jack is black white brown and has spots. As a family we have watched Jack grow to the dog that he is now.

    Jack is a dog who lives in terms of curiosity, if any one thing catches his attention he will run to it. Jack is a Basset hound, pit bull, lab mix (hence his body shape). Jack is a contradiction in his being. He is big yet little. He is wise yet is a dog. At first impressions he is either adorable or the weirdest thing that a dog could be. At the park, Jack is the most popular dog (among dogs and humans). 

    Jack The Dog is the most emotional non-human that I have come in contact with. This does not mean that he comes to my room and cries about how Socks (Jacks best friend) doesn’t want to be his friend any more. I describe Jack as emotional because you can see exactly what he is thinking (mostly). For example a week ago Jacks cousin, Tank, visited him for three days before going home. At this point Jack went through severe depression. All he did was mope around, he didn't talk to anyone. His sleep patterns changed, he lost weight, and was behaving recklessly (all symptoms of depression (I looked it up)). After a couple days he bounced back, he stopped eating ice and started eating and running. 

     Before I mentioned his curiosity, this dog is about as curious as his buddy George (he is a very popular dog). Curiosity has gotten Jack into lots of trouble, like they say "curiosity killed the cat, but only irritated the dog". An example of this took place about a week ago, location: my back yard, occurrence: Jack got skunked. This was unpleasant for everyone. We gave Jack a shower; instead of soap we used a formula of bleachy types of cleaners. My parents thought that jack would have bleached blond hair after this.

    Well this brings me to the end of Jacks introduction. Until next time keep your thoughts on Jack The Dog.