Question

the crew’s pet
the pirate crew loved their boat dog. it was a stray dog that they found on the docks of barnacle bay last year. they walked throughout the bay looking for its owner, but the residents of barnacle bay told them it was a stray dog that lived in the streets, so the pirate crew thought this dog would be a great addition to their pirate ship. so, they took this dog in as their own pet and named it shaggy. shaggy was a pretty good dog. however, shaggy did cause lots of trouble on their ship.
this naughty puppy constantly got into the pirates’ lunch and dinner stash. every time they had any type of meat, shaggy hopped right up to the table and snatched it away before they could tell him, “no!” another reason that shaggy caused the pirate crew some problems is because shaggy absolutely loved to go swimming, so when the pirate crew would throw down their anchor and try to do a bit of fishing, they would hear a splash and see shaggy swimming around their boat. this made it impossible to fish because shaggy scared away the fish. a pirate member named jake came to the captain one afternoon and told him that he used to be a dog trainer before he joined the pirate crew. the captain immediately put jake in charge of training shaggy so that shaggy could be a better behaved pirate crew dog.
identify two ways that shaggy caused issues on the boat.
why do you think the captain immediately hired jake?
do you think shaggy’s life is better now on the boat? explain why.

Explanation:

1. The two issues are directly stated in the text: Shaggy snatches the pirates' meat, and his swimming scares fish during fishing trips.
2. The captain hired Jake immediately because Jake had professional dog training experience, which was exactly what was needed to fix Shaggy's misbehavior.
3. Shaggy was a stray without a home or consistent care before; now he has a permanent home with the pirate crew who loves him, so his life is improved.

Answer:

1. 1) He constantly stole the pirates' meat from their meal stash.
2. He swam around the boat while the crew fished, scaring away the fish.
3. Because Jake told the captain he had been a dog trainer before joining the pirate crew, and the captain wanted Shaggy to be better behaved.
4. Yes, Shaggy's life is better now. He was a stray with no home before, but now he is loved and cared for by the pirate crew as their pet.