INSTRUCTIONS: Add punctuation to the following paragraphs. Include underlining. (Do not eliminate any punctuation already in the paragraph.) Sometimes in the world of raising dogs for the show circuit events do not always turn out as expected. On April 22 2007 in Buffalo New York a litter of Sheltie puppies was born. Out of the litter came two perfectly sized pups one oversized pup and one undersized pup. At the end of six weeks one of the pups with show prospects was sent to a home in Altadena California. The other correctly sized pup was shipped to a home in Clearwater Florida. Because the large puppy could not become a show dog he was sold as a pet. Several people who came to purchase a possible dog for show looked at the small pup but they all said right away "She is pretty

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but she is just too small. However a young handler said, I will take a chance on her. Amazingly enough after she spent several months with the young handler she grew to fourteen and a half inches and eventually became a fifteen-point champion.

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     Sometimes in the world of raising dogs for the show circuit, events do not always turn out as expected. On April 22, 2007, in Buffalo, New York, a litter of Sheltie puppies was born. Out of the litter came two perfectly sized pups, one oversized pup, and one undersized pup. At the end of six weeks, one of the pups with show prospects was sent to a home in Altadena, California. The other correctly sized pup was shipped to a home in Clearwater, Florida. Because the large puppy could not become a show dog, he was sold as a pet. Several people who came to purchase a possible dog for show looked at the small pup, but they all said right away, "She is pretty, but she is just too small." However, a young handler said, "I will take a chance on her." Amazingly enough, after she spent several months with the young handler, she grew to fourteen and a half inches and eventually became a fifteen-point champion.