My Favorite Time Of The Day

My favorite time of the day is finally here. It is 7:30 in the evening, my owners Betty and Bob have ate dinner, and it is now time for my daily walk. I love going on walks because I get an opportunity to truly exercise my five senses of touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. I wander near the door and tug on my leash that is hanging by the door to let Betty and Bob know it is time to go. After a couple of minutes, we are finally out the door and on our way to the park. As soon as I step out, I spot the next door neighbor and his dog also stepping out. His dog is Roxy, a chinese dog who has been genetically-engineered (Griffin). Roxy is very muscular, and I envy her at times. Other times I am happy none of my genes have been altered for the

Hearing becomes a great asset on the rare occasions when I run free from Betty and Bob and they yell out my name looking for me. I have over 18 muscles in my ears, which make my ears very mobile (Gleeson). Due to this I can cock them towards sound. I can perceive frequencies twice as much as humans, and distinguish sounds up to four times better than humans (Gleeson). In the distance, I hear a man yelling out about the hot dogs he is selling. He is about 80 feet away, so we have to walk enough to be only 20 feet away from him so my owners can hear him. Not only can I hear the man who is advertising his hot dogs, but I can smell the hot dogs. My sense of smell is my most highly developed sense, and a large part of my brain is dedicated to it (Peter). I have 220 million olfactory receptors, while Bob and Betty only have 5 million (“Health”). Not only that, but I have nasal cavities that are sensitive to odors (“Mammal Senses” 120). On another note, not only can us dogs smell food, but male dogs can smell when a female dog is in heat. The vomeronasal organ is what is in charge of capturing the chemical stimuli found when females are in heat (Foggle 49). I can absolutely not wait to get to the hot dog stand so I can hopefully eat some hot