Vital Vocabulary 12 Phil just adopted a dog from the pound. His name was Lucky, he was four year old, golden retriever. He told Lucky, “we’re hear,” when he brought him home. He was shy for the first week, but started to warm up to Phil. After the first few weeks, he started to notice some of Lucky’s idiosyncrasies. He would always spin around three times before lying down, and circled his bowl before he ate. Phil was glad to have him, but was sad that Lucky was inept to sleep on his own. Phil wanted to see if he could induce Lucky to do it, so he would leave a treat for him when he went to sleep. He tried to do this multiple nights; Lucky wouldn’t sleep on his own. After the first month, it was imperative to get Lucky to get used