Meeting Someone New (:

When I first met my friend Gus, I was very excited. He was just a small puppy that was six weeks old.  A small little puppy: short legs, white fur, and pretty jumpy. It was a night when I was bringing a new member into our house, and also into our family. I did not know I was going to choose him out of his sisters and his brothers. But, I knew right away I was going to choose him the moment he came trotting to me wanting to play. As I bent over to pet him he began to play with my hand.

“I want him, I know he’ll be playful,” I told Sam.

 At that moment I knew I wanted to take him back with me. From that moment on there has been a strong connection between the two of us. He slept very calmly in my lap on the way to my house. Although it was a pretty long drive back from the land lost in time, Woodruff.

I’ve always wanted a little brother, and that night God answered my prayers.

The first night he stayed he was very curious. He was sniffing everything he came in contact with. He roamed up and down the hall sniffing the floor and the walls. Then I put him onto my bed so he could recognize where he will be sleeping. He was walking up and down my bed sniffing away; sniffing my pillows, sniffing my blankets, and sniffing my stuffed penguin. Just sniffing like there was no tomorrow. Then he squatted and went pee. My goodness, I couldn’t get mad because he was just a puppy and didn’t know. So I just said “oh Gus,” and cleaned up his mess. That first night I will always remember.

Day after day Gus and I were together. He would follow me when I would get up. He’d wait outside as I would go to the restroom. When I would eat dinner, Gus would sit between my feet. At other times he would lie down and go to sleep.  

As he began to grow older he also began to get bigger. Also, Gus began to get naughtier. All he wants to do is play, play, play. He would want to play early in the morning by jumping on me, licking my face, and biting my ears. He would run like six laps around our couch, then run down to the end of the hall then make his way running back. As he would run he would howl at times. Sometimes he would he would stumble down the hall while he ran.  

At nights he always comes jumping on my bed. Throughout the night he’ll snuggle up on me, lie on my back, lay between my legs, and move to different ends of my bed. He’s the type that likes attention and if you’re feeling lonely he’ll come to you and make you feel like you are the number one person in the world. Even if he does not know you he will make it seem like you’ve been friends forever. He is always excited to meet new people. He’ll run all over the place and jump on your legs. Gus is just a very welcoming dog.

I can go on and on about my best friend. Give you all of the details of what he likes and what he does not like. I can tell you all of his physical traits of what he looks like, but that will take forever to do because I can go forever talking about him. I can say I love my best friend. I am very glad I have a little brother.