Sentence:  `` Finally , all I needed was to throw a little piece of red wood that looked like a firecracker and that dumb <WSD>dog</WSD> would run ki-yi-ing for his life '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds