The loss of a pet is a very challenging time. My parents bought a chocolate lab named Hershey before I was born. Although I was not very old when he died, it was very hard to lose him. After he died, we did not get a dog right away, which was sad, but when we got a new dog I was very excited. Owning a pet has positive and negative effects on your life. My parents bought Hershey a few years before I was born, and we had him a few years after I was born. Since he was a chocolate lab and he was the same color as a chocolate bar, he was named Hershey. They bought him when he was four or five years old from a family who could not take care of him. Even though he lived to about 12 years old, I only knew him for about four years. After he died it
