Jazz

Jazz is a very nice puppy, even though she nibbles sometimes. We got Jazz from the animal shelter. It was very loud there and stinky. They had 195 dogs there when we went to pick her out. That is a lot of dogs! We walked down the hallway and when we looked both ways we were surrounded by cages of dogs. There were five different hallways of dogs, and so many cages. We wrote down the number of her cage and her name and turned it in. Then we went into a room to play with her. She was so energized and not bitey. She kept licking me and everyone else in the family. She was not too wild. We looked at two other dogs, but they were too crazy and Nate and Savannah didn't like when they jumped up on them. So we picked Jazz. Joe and I were both happy. We thought we would be able to take her home right then, but we couldn't becuase of paper work. We had to wait for one week. So we thought about her a lot and picked out stuff for her like her own collar, tag, dishes, food and treats. Then she finally came home to live with us.

She is black with a green collar. She is smaller than KC. KC was our dog in Bundibugyo. He is a collie and we miss him. Jazz makes other dogs bark at her, especially our neighbor's two dogs. She has mastered the stairs. She likes to lick Nate, but he is not so happy with that. When I was crying, she gave me a big doggy hug and lots of licky kisses. She is outside right now, going to the potty. Jazz sleeps inside in her own dog crate. Nate and Savannah are not supposed to go in, but sometimes they do. I really like her and I don't want her to die. I'm glad we saved her from the animal shelter.

Written by Louisa, age 8