Gooding-Helium-Dogs and children

The topic I chose for my Helium this week was: Dogs and Children: What to consider when selecting a dog breed. I learned some new things while reading this Helium. I learned that it depends on how big your children are to decide what type of dog that you should consider getting. For example if you have a young child then I golden retriever is most likely the best bet since it does very well with children. But when your children get older you can get different dogs. Such as German Shepherd, Dobermans, and toy breeds. As I read the best essay I saw that the author knew what he was talking about. He had all of his facts and even knew some of the special characteristics to some of the breeds, not just their names. He also put all of his writing into three main points, which made it easier for anybody to read this essay. The author also gave you good advice about what to do before making your final decision. Overall I think that this essay was very well written and had good key facts. The middle essay was pretty good. He has some of the good main points that the first essay had but what I didn't like was that he only pointed out a couple of breeds when he should not have mentioned a lot at all to keep the potential owner's mind open to all breeds. Also he made the black lab seem like a bad dog. All his dog needs is some training and not punishment. I feel like the essay overall was good but I think he should not have mentioned as many breeds as he did. The lesser essay it started off on a completely different topic than the prompt was. This author started off talking about the nature vs. nurture argument. I really think that he could have done without that. It just seemed to throw off his entire essay for me. This essay did have some good points but I feel like it could have had some more detail and better flow from paragraph to paragraph. I think that if I was to write this essay myself I would use some of the main points that the other essays used. I would, however, not mention that many dog breeds. I feel like if you mention to man breeds you might make the reader biased to some breeds. That would not be good. Every breed deserves an equal chance at a good home.