Welcome to Writing. com!. This was an enjoyable first read for me of one of your first items. Congratulations on getting something put up in your port!. .
This is a great beginning, and would be even more so, with a second 'polishing'.
Here are a few editorial points for you to think over:
First up, your brief intro: It's 'losing' a dog, not "loosing".
"So I am standing in the back yard at 11 o’clock at night with a flashlight as I raked my brain and reconstruct the evening for a clue to where the tea cup sized dog could be. Bumper was probably pushing 900 in dog years, and Sharron had even attempted to prepare me for if the little sniffer kicked. Still there I was scanning the fenced yard with a tiny torch beam praying I didn’t find her out here..." Here's how I'd write it:
*"So, there I was, standing in the backyard at 11 o'clock at night, with a flashlight, as I racked my brain, to try to reconstruct the evening for any kind of a clue, as to where the tea-cup sized dog could be. Bumper was probably 900 in 'Dog Years'. Earlier, Sharron had even attempted to prepare me, in the event that the little sniffer kicked. Still, there I was, scanning the fenced yard, with a tiny torch beam, all the while, praying that I didn't find her out here...."
"Finally, I gave up on finding her out in the yard and marched back in the house, trailed by my other three canine charges.[Back] In the house I called Bumper’s name again and asked her brother Ernie where she was, but he just sat down and wagged his tail, while craning his head to the side till he was nearly looking at me upside down."
"Riddled with cancer so bad[ly] [that] it [had] cobbled her belly, Bumper, or the['Grand Dame'] grand dame as she was sometimes called, had more personality than some humans, and was smarter[than them][,] too."
All of these are just examples where you can be clearer in what you are trying to convey - they are merely suggestions. Some of these have to do with writing complete sentences, with correct grammar.
Your ending was a little short following such a build-up.
An enjoyable read. Well done!.
Write On!.
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