Pets play a large role in my life. I have one dog named Freddy; he is a golden doodle. He is now eight years old and he has cancer. But he got it when he was five, and the vet said he would last up to nine months after he had surgery. It's been three years, so far. He has a mast-cell tumour on his face, just below his left eye. The vet could not get the whole tumour out, because it was too close to his eye and it would have blinded him.
Freddy is the happiest dog I know, and when people meet him they think he is just a puppy because he has so much playful energy. He makes it his duty to go up to every person he sees on his walk and say hi.
While it seems like Freddy has a lot of energy all the time, he basically sleeps all day at home, on the couch or under my mom's desk. Then at 3 or 4 pm when my dad gets home, he wakes up because he knows it's time for a walk. Then Freddy is pretty energetic until dinner. After dinner, he sleeps or cuddles with the family. Freddy also gives hugs and smiles. He has a half smile, though, because he lost the feeling on his left side of his face.
We had a dog before Freddy. She was a yellow lab named Goldie. We were very close. In all photos of me as a toddler I am lying on the floor against Goldie, rubbing one of her ears and sucking my thumb. She slept in my room and my parents told me that when I was upset, instead of going to them, I would crawl into Goldie's kennel to be with her for comfort. Goldie put up with it because I gave her so many treats and she was obsessed with food.
I am also big into horseback riding, so horses play a major role in my life. I ride every day and am currently leasing my trainer's horse. I am on the hunt for my very own horse, but it's a long process. There are many factors in finding a horse: age, height, ability, sound, confirmation, price and I have to like the horse. Each person has different ideas of her dream horse.
The hard part is trying to find your dream horse, but also accepting the horse's flaws.
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