My Pet

Being In Korea can be very lonely when you don't speak the language and don't know many people or the people that you know are busy with their jobs. The cause of being lonely for me was all the above and one more reason, living on a dorm of 30 girls for 4 years and not having lived on my own before.
To solve this problem I looked into getting a dog to keep me company. The problem with this was that I needed a dog that would be good for a small apartment, be able to be left alone for the day, and would be good with children. I did my research and found that there were 4 dogs that would be good: Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese, Pekingese, and Shih Tzu.
I heard that Shih Tzus were very stupid and they didn't look cute because of their big eyes, so a Shih Tzu was out of the question. A Pekingese also had huge eyes, but also had a pushed up nose, so it was out of the question. A Yorkshire Terrier was very yappy and I couldn't have a loud dog in my house. This left me with a Maltese. I didn't want to have a white dog because it would be very hard to keep clean, but this is what I settled on getting.
Next I had to find a good pet store that would give me a fair price for a girl dog, as I didn't want a boy dog that would pee all over everything. I found a good pet store and purchased my dog. I even got a good deal and some things for free, what they call 'service' here in Korea.
I named my dog Snowball. The reason was because she was white and curled up in a ball. The only problem with Snowball was that she didn't want to be caged up. I had to make stairs for her to get up onto the bed or else she would bark until she got lifted up and then she couldn't get down. She learned very quickly to use the stairs. As she got bigger she didn't need the stairs any more and as of today, she just jumps up and down off the bed.
This is Snowball soon after I bought her. She is 3 months old here.
Snowball is a great companion and I'm glad that I got her. She is well traveled as she's been to Canada and back to Korea. She is very smart and can do a couple of tricks. She knows how to sit, sit pretty (stand on her hind legs with her front paws up), jump, little jumps, stay, shake a paw, and do circles. I'm still working on roll over, but I don't think that it will come any time soon.
This is Snowball 1 year 3 months old, cute as ever.