innate- possessed from birth; inborn
emigrate- to leave one country or region and settle in another
transient- passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transitory- short-lived or temporary
affable- easy-going; friendly
amenable- responsive; agreeable
camaraderie- good will between friends
My fifth grade class had a class pet. He was a dog named Affy. His name was Affy because he was very affable. He was well trained. He was so good with commands it seemed that they were innate, like he was just born knowing what “Sit!” means. But Affy had had a pretty hard life. He jumped from shelter to shelter for the first two years of his life. He emigrated from a dog-fighting area. He was immediately taken in by a rescue shelter, but that stay was transitory because although he was a very amenable friend, he had very aggressive and violent tendencies because of his past. This made it very hard for Affy to build camaraderie until he was required to attend doggie boot camp. We got him after he got out of camp. He was still a little aggressive with us at first, but these actions were transient.
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