Paulsen’s second lesson in his “three lessons in blood” is when his own dog began to spray blood. Paulsen was a novice in dogs and he still wasn’t too keen on how to properly take care of dogs. He fed them dog food as if nothing hurt them, which is what most people think, but it actually damages the dog’s insides because dog food is too sharp. Storm, his race dog in the wheel position (“a term that dates back to stage coaches” p. 16, paragraph 6, sentence 2), began to bleed. Startled, Paulsen didn’t know what was going on with Storm. He wasn’t sure what was going on so he went to investigate him. He went closer and realized blood was coming out of Storm’s rear end. Since he had never been much of a dog owner he wasn’t sure what to do. He decided