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Hi Acme ,I found your writing because you are my new mentor for Rising Star Program 2016-2017. I thought it was best to get acquainted with your writing since we see a lot of each other these coming 8 months. Hopefully, this review will find you in good spirit.

On Title/Subject
I was intrigued by your title and the sub line. Wanted to read this because it was labeled 'comedy' and this is a genre of writing I am not familiar with, let alone that I know how to write it. So I am learning from the best. Since it was a short, short story I just dived into it.

General impressions
And it was funny. I loved the interaction right from the beginning where the main character is forced to acknowledge a dog and his poo and had to clean it up. As a dog owner myself, I know how irritating it can be if people don't clean up after their pooch. As a matter of fact, I have been warned and fined by the police three times the past ten years for not cleaning up myself. It was 90 euro the piece so I know how important an issue this is.

I thought in the middle of this story that the main character was forced to take the little animal home, but the turn of events was great...the dog belonged to the ladies themselves. Hilarious, and I had to chuckle and smile. Great turn of events.

Favorite Parts
Admittedly, the terrier was now making love to my left leg (rather loudly and passionately), but this did not mean that I owned him. In fact, it was pretty insulting for these little old ladies to assume that I would choose to own a dirty, brown, rat-sized dog, with indeterminable parentage. I was sure I looked more like a wolf-hound owner - all rustic pines and women dripping from me.

Great how this dog was characterized as a dirty, brown, rat-sized dog with indeterminable parentage and the main character would not want to be associated with the little scruffy thing, no..that would be a wolf-hound if anything. I love this since we indeed have our preferences come to dogs, and a little dog like that would not be a favorite of mine as well. I agree, a wolf-hound, apart from being medium seized, is more of a dog-dog, if you catch my drift.

Suggestions
No spelling or grammar errors found.

Final thoughts
All in all a great short, short story with a nice twist at the end. I loved reading it. Thanks for sharing.

Keep up the good work, enjoy writing!

WakeUpAndLive