Praise is to criticize as flatter is to insult or offend. To offend the person or group.
they are ugly because of the fact that they are ugly
Answer: Explanation below.
Explanation:
To correctly answer this question, we would have to read the story. But I will try.
Because we are viewing this story from first person point of view, that gives us Rachel's thoughts. It's like we're her, or we're inside of her. Imagining second person, that wouldn't work because the character BEING talked to can't feel Rachel's feelings. First person point of view puts YOU yourself in the character's place.
If you are trying to shorten that, it can be written like this; "My parents and the vet told me about different types of dogs."