Teaching A Bad Dog New Tricks David Buetow Analysis

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In “Teaching a Bad Dog New Tricks,” David Buetow, a single independent man, explains how he believes in his dog teaching him new tricks. Buetow “tries to emulate”(41) Duncan following the ways Duncan lives his life. Buetow before having Duncan considered himself “street smart” (42) shyly avoiding eye contact with people he didn’t know or think he wanted to know. Duncan changed all that now Buetow started to smile at others he didn’t know or even greet others too, when his dog Duncan stopped to say hello. Buetow had dates with women that mistakenly thought he was loyal to them but Buetow never returned their calls or even thanked them for the cookies the girls left him on his doorstep. Buetow had no one depended on him as a bachelor, but Duncan