DOMINIK!

a dedication to my dog and best friend

Adopting him

Like every annoying 7 year old when they realize animals exist and YOU can OWN one, I bitched and moaned for a dog, luckily, unlike most parents, my mom also really wanted a dog

Her dog Sammie who she had throught her young adult life had passed about 5 years before and she wanted a new one

Over the course of around 6 months, maybe a year, we would occaionally go to a shelter after dinner and just look around, keeping an eye out for adoption events, stuff like that. Some we drove hours for without knowing if we would actually come home with a dog or not

One night we went just like any other night expecting nothing. and as we walked, I saw this brown dog, I thought she looked so cool meanwhile, my mom was staring at a small black and white dog who was slightly shy but drawn in by my moms sweet demenor

We took him outside just to see and he was too shy to play a ton but something in us said to get him. No joke to this day no one in my family knows which of us actually chose him.

We were there for hours, and I was getting exhausted so when they asked me what I should name him, I chose the name they gave him, Dominik. but with a "k" cause it looked cooler

We had to drag him out of there when we left because he was so attached.

I was honestly bummed at first, this anti-social, anxious puppy? I was looking out the window thinking about how mad I was meanwhile he was still freaking out on the oppisite side of the backseat.

Eventually, he rested his head on my lap and that was the exact second I knew I would love him forever and ever