Essay lesson 32: Which animal is best for a pet?

If you can have a pet, which will you choose? Personally, I will advise you to get a dog as your pet. Since I have played with a lot of dogs when I was young, I can still remember the good memories from the first time I saw dogs.

Dogs are very loyal to their owners. They can be your good friends. Even if you are mad, they will play with you and help you calm down. A lot of people said that dogs are a man’s best friend. I think that is true because they are friendly to people and they are always faithful.

They are very friendly to people. Once, I played with a lot of children and a small, adorable Labrador, all of the kids were very excited and happy. When we finished playing, I asked them why they were so happy. All of the children answered in unison that it was because the Labrador was very friendly to them. This is why dogs are good to humans.

Dogs can even help you get healthier! Since dogs are active, a British study shows that their owners need to let them walk three hundred minutes a week. Thus, you will need to move to walk them and you will get a lot of benefits: less stress from work or studies, lower blood pressure levels, and decreased loneliness.

However, if you adopt a dog for a pet, you might get tired because dogs are high-maintenance. You need to keep it clean and you need to take care of its health just like treating a child. Hence, if you do not like pets that you need to care for very frequently, I do not recommend dogs to you.

If you like dogs, please do not go to a pet store and buy them. There are still a lot of dog shelters. I truly recommend you to adopt a healthy dog in an animal shelter because when there is no one to adopt the dogs, the dogs might get euthanized.

Notes:
I bought a toy for your child.
Does this mean:
1. You bought a toy and it is now your child.
2. You bought a toy and gave it to your child.
Answer: 2.

Can — whether they CAN do it or not (ability to do something)
Will — you choose to do it
Let — implies that it gives you permission, e.g. My teacher let me go to the toilet.
In unison — together
Increase — add or plus, higher
Decrease — less or minus, lower
Loneliness — noun for lonely
Euthanasia — (noun) put down, die
(verb) Euthanised