A day in the life of a pet dog- Oops! It’s a day of my own life…
I just woke up and stretched around a bit first the front two legs then the back. Then I jumped onto my family’s bed and let them know that it was time to wake up and feed their child, me of course. They woke up, stretched their hands and as usual looked the clock in surprise and started running all around because they had to sit for work. Then they gave me my breakfast because I cannot stay so active all through the day without a good breakfast. I swallowed down my breakfast in less than five seconds. Now that my breakfast was finished, I jumped around chair to chair trying to eat the little food particles that fell down.
Now that my tummy was full, I got cozy on my couch and stared at my family working and shout random things at a rectangular box with a lot of light coming out. And don’t know when but I dozed off. After waking up from that short and refreshing sleep I got my favourite toy out and started playing with it sometimes throwing it towards my dad so that he would have to get the ball from under the table and throw it back at me. Life was fun.
And then came my second favourite part of the day lunch! My parents also sat at the table to eat their own lunch. After swallowing it in about ten seconds and then getting scolded for eating extremely fast I went to the big window near the couch and sat there staring outside at the school buses honking and dropping off children in the neighbouring houses. Oh, how I loved staring outside and have the breeze touch my face. And most of the days right after getting off their bus the neighbour’s kids would come and play with me. They were the best, they would play with me and give me biscuits every day and then go home when their mom called them.
Then came the time for more physical activity, walking. My mom took me out to walk and I love it more every day. The smell of grass, the breeze the comfortable, warm sunlight and the game of fetch with my mom. After roaming around for a long time, we had to go back home. On the way we saw two more dogs walking with their owner but I wondered if they were dogs because they looked so different. Well anyways we went home. My mom went inside to start working again but I stayed in the backyard just in case I was lucky enough to find a squirrel. Well, I wasn’t lucky enough so I went back inside. As soon as I went inside, I had to run towards the table because it was snack time! My dad dropped me some while my mom wasn’t watching and that was the best cheese sandwich I ever had.
Then it was evening and my parent logged out of work and grabbed cups of coffee and sat in front of the TV but on the floor of course beside me. They watched a movie while I played with my chew toy and then dinner the sandwiches felt like ages ago. My mom got dinner for her and dad and then got me my dinner in my bowl. We would eat dinner while sitting on the floor itself and then my parents would tell good night and I would bark back at them. My bed was right beside my parents bed and my dad who slept on my side would put his hand on me and itch my belly, when he took his hand back I knew it was time to sleep and gather energy for an another beautiful day.
-Gianna Ghosal is a teenager passionate about photography, writing, and travel, and is also a math and science enthusiast at heart.
