Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35070221-20180926235136/@comment-9041013-20180927110317

You have zero about dogs, do you... it's quite amusing just how much people are fascinated by dogs but still how little they actually know about the animal.

Dogs are quite the lazy animal, well not really, they are more of an explosive beast. They have a lot of energy that they use up fairly quickly and then require a relatively long resting period. Dogs tend to sleep between 10 - 12 hours in total. A dog who isn't busy with some activity is most likely to be napping. As dogs actually get good, deep, real sleep when everything is silent around them (and safe, but assuming the dog lives in a loving and caring environment - that part is covered).

4 year old dogs aren't equal to 28 year old people, that's a myth. Dogs of medium size live between 12 - 15 years with maturing age at about 2 - 3 years. A 4 year old dog is a dog in their prime. Huskies are super energetic and intelligent. They require a lot of stimulating and excersize as the Jack of All Traits sort of dog they were bred to be.

Rabies takes between a week and two to kill a dog (and most humans) after neurological signs show up first. Also, you are a moron and should be deprived of all dog ownership rights if you don't vaccinate your dog regularly, it's like a child... Vaccines are good (and probably mandatory in the US, just like they are in Israel). Dogs that show signs of Rabies are imedietly put down and their decapitated head gets sent out for testing for Rabies. Also, the first sign of the disease is usually Hydrophobia more than anything.

The story itself lacks in one major part, the emotional part, dogs and humans are a bonded pair. If you love your dog, you love it like a parent or child. It's biological in fact. The dog in the story gets ill and the owner just kind of "awww"s at it. You need to understand something, The dog is the man's best friend quite literally. This whole story has to revolve around a person worrying about their dog and struggling to put it down at the final confrontation.

Also, a second call to the vet over the weird eye thing should solve the whole plot...

You don't have anything here yet. But I suggest you find a dog owner and ask them how they would feel about seeing their dog age up and die. Or catch a lethal disease... you should translate what they tell you into the story.

Before I even owned a dog, I got a cat, and when I went to castrate him, at the clinic there was this lady with her old dog who was suffering from kidney failure. She was told the dog has days left before his body shuts down because the infusions are becoming useless and she just burst out into tears.

Dogs are a HUGE deal to people.

Also you should clean up your English.