I miss my old room mates dog (and my old roommate too)

Three weeks has passed since I left that annoying dog. I remember when I first moved in to that house, I had seen pictures of the little puppy but it wasn't until the first time I met Juice that I knew that he was going to irritate me the whole time I was there. I tried to play with him and be nice, but I had never had a dog before, at least not one that I ever took part in taking care of.

When he was a little puppy, he used to go into my room and hide little turds all around like hidden surprises for me; and of course, I had to make sure that he wouldn't do that again. I followed my room mates example on how to remedy the problem by spanking the dog, but perhaps I took that further than necessary as at some point in time, Juice finally got scarred of me. He also irritated me every morning when my room mate opened the door to let the dog out of the room; Juice would immediately open my door (it never shut fully) and jump on me to wake me up. This happened for months, and my room mate just laughed at me.

When they left the first time I was so relieved that my little irritation was gone, but over time I felt alone in that big house to myself. While the room mate was fighting in Iraq, the dog was staying at the aunts house. There, Juice meet up with another male figure who tormented Juice like no other. When they returned, I was so happy to see them both. This time, Juice was good. He knew to stay out of my room, but he also never wanted to play with me anymore. It wasn't until several months when I watched the dog over several weeks by myself that he finally warmed up to me again.

Ever since I moved out of that house, Juice has been a much better dog. Whenever I came over, he would jump up and down and wag his tail happy to see me. He would always go get his toy so I would play fetch with him. When I was hanging out and watching television, he would often hang out on the couch next to me or on the floor beside me.

I'm still don't care much for animals, but Juice is more than just an animal to me, he is my family and will be sorely missed.