Winston

Hello, today I am going to write about my very best friend, Winston. The first thing that pops into your head is that Winston is a human. Well, he is a dog. The statement, “dogs are a mans best friend” is definitely true when it comes to Winston. Dogs are amazing creatures, they don’t judge you for who you are, they are always happy to see you, and they are just always happy.

We got Winston on August 28, 2017. My sophomore year of high school. We had lost our old dog, Shasta, 4 months before we got Winston. Our family felt empty without a dog for a while so we knew we wanted to get another puppy. I did my online research and saw an ad for a breeder who had just had a litter of Goldendoodles in Brandon, South Dakota. I read on and saw that the mom of the puppies’ name was Shasta. My mom and I knew this was a sign and we found where we would get our puppy.

We had to fill out an application to get our puppy, which was strange. We got on the list and we were the fourth to pick our puppy. One day after volleyball practice, we got to go and pick out which puppy we wanted. We narrowed down our options and we picked between two puppies and I chose Winston. We had to wait about 3 more weeks until the puppy was eight weeks old to take him home.

My family and I went to visit my brother and sister-in-law in Minnesota the weekend before we were scheduled to pick up Winston. We were driving through Brandon on our way back and decided to call the breeder to ask if we could pick up our puppy a day early. She said we could! We drove to Brandon and the breeders were there with our puppy and we got to put him in the car and take him home. Winston is now 2 and he is my very best friend and will for sure be the family member I miss most when I go to college.