Dogland Blog
Dog Tales: Stories about dogs written by the children who love them
This is the first in a series of stories written by young people. Writing encourages children to explore their relationship with a pet and works to strengthen the human-animal bond. After all, today’s youth are tomorrow’s pet owners.
To learn more about this series, including how a young person you know can contribute his or her own story and perhaps have it published on this blog or in a book, click here. Stories have not been edited for spelling or grammar. Each story belongs wholly to its author.
How our dog got it’s name
Author: Matthew, age 6
We adopted our dog on March 11, 2014. Our dog only has 3 feet. he is to cute.
It is funny how we got his name. My daddy wanted to name him tripod. I wanted to name him Pegleg. That made me think of Jake and the Neverland Pirates. So we named our dog Jake! Sometimes I call him Jakey.
Matthew and Jake, March 2014, the day Matthew’s family adopted Jake.
Jake was picked up as a stray following a snow storm. He spent one month in a Georgia animal shelter before Matthew’s family gave him a loving home.
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Jacki Skole is an award-winning journalist, author and adjunct professor of communication. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she spent a decade as a writer and producer at CNN before turning to teaching. Jacki launched WRITE Now to assist students in writing the college application essays that will chart their future. Read More...
this is too too cute!