Dog has $24,000 of its own fashion clothing

Have you heard of airline stories about airline staff appearance?

What do you think happened in this story?

What do you think of the dog in the photo here?

Do you have a dog? Would you like one? How would you look after/treat it?

A young woman has claimed her chihuahua is better dressed than her after spending $24,000 on dog clothes.

Dog owner Sian Butler, 20 years old, has spent thousands on her pet, Lilly, and the dog’s lavish lifestyle.

Some people think Sian is strange, but she says she loves spending on her dog.

The dog has Dior and Chanel-styled dresses. And Lilly is the best dressed dog anywhere and Lilly loves posing in front of the camera.

And despite her tiny dog costing her a lot of money and most of her monthly income, Sian is very happy and won’t change her spending.

Lilly now has over 17,000 followers on Instagram and receives hundreds of messages from strangers who are in awe of her style.

Lilly loves wearing dresses, she has over 1000 of them.  Each dress costs about  $130.

She has so many clothes and accessories such as hats to match every dress. Lilly has around 50 different leads and collars. The dog has its own wardrobe.

Sian said that Lilly has more clothes than her but it’s okay. Sian loves it being this way.

Sian says that she likes to wear jeans and a sweater or T-shirt but Lilly always likes the glamorous look.

She said that in the beginning she was buying Lilly a new dress every week. It was costing her a lot of money to make her look so adorable. But the dog looked so good that she didn’t want to stop buying.

But now she only buys a dress every few weeks and not every week.

Lilly has been in the limelight with both her modeling successes too.

Lilly has been entered her into dog modeling competitions and she has won first prize as the most beautiful and best dressed in the competitions she has entered.

Lilly is very pampered and even likes having her nails painted.

This is no ordinary dog it seems.

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=5, B=1, C=8, D=2, D=2, E=7, F=7, G=3, H=6

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

1.      These new apartments in Gangman Seoul are lavish.

2.      The selfie-stick means you can pose for your own cell phone photos.

3.      Despite the heavy rain, the event was still a lot of fun.

4.      The Grand Canyon in the USA is a place of awe .

5.      Glamorous fashion models will be in our city this week for the fashion model show.

6.      Some people think hedge hogs are adorable, but I think they are dirty.

7.      His piano playing took the limelight in the competition.

8.      These days, people pamper their pets as you can see in the many pet shops.

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1.      Did this story leave you in awe? Why?

2.      How would you feel if someone you know lavished their pet this way?

3.      Do you like to pose for photos? Why or why not?

4.      Would you like to own a dog as a pet despite it meaning you can’t go away and leave it when you go on holiday?

5.      What is something glamorous that you would like to own?

6.      Do you find dogs adorable? What kinds are adorable? Is there another kind of pet you find adorable?

7.      How would you feel being in the limelight for doing something great?

8.      If you have/had a pet, then how do or would you pamper it? Why do you think people like Sian pamper their pets so much?