diff --git a/Zoo/bin/.gitignore b/Zoo/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8efae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zoo/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/model/
+/main/
diff --git a/Zoo/bin/main/Runner.class b/Zoo/bin/main/Runner.class
index 87c83e6..9e8e9af 100644
Binary files a/Zoo/bin/main/Runner.class and b/Zoo/bin/main/Runner.class differ
diff --git a/Zoo/src/main/Runner.java b/Zoo/src/main/Runner.java
index ed1b309..e315000 100644
--- a/Zoo/src/main/Runner.java
+++ b/Zoo/src/main/Runner.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package main;
-
-import model.Example;
+ 
+import model.dog;
 
 public class Runner {
 
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 	}
 
 	private void go() {
-		Example example = new Example();
-		example.makeNoise();
 		
+		
+		//create instance of animal and print results
+		dog myDog = new dog("Labrador", "Max", 3, "Golden");
+		
+		System.out.println("My dog says: " + myDog.bark());
+
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Zoo/src/model/Example.java b/Zoo/src/model/Example.java
index d0c0c35..bb6ebb7 100644
--- a/Zoo/src/model/Example.java
+++ b/Zoo/src/model/Example.java
@@ -76,3 +76,5 @@ public String makeNoise() {
 		return "Example!";
 	}
 }
+
+
diff --git a/Zoo/src/model/dog.java b/Zoo/src/model/dog.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab54cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zoo/src/model/dog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package model;
+
+public class dog {
+    private String breed;
+    private String name;
+    private int age;
+    private String color;
+
+    // Default constructor
+    public dog() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parameterized constructor for dog class
+     * @param breed The breed of the dog
+     * @param name The name of the dog
+     * @param age The age of the dog
+     * @param color The color of the dog
+     */
+    public dog(String breed, String name, int age, String color) {
+        super();
+        this.breed = breed;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.age = age;
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+
+
+    public String getBreed() {
+        return breed;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setBreed(String breed) {
+        this.breed = breed;
+    }
+
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+
+    public String getColor() {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+  void setColor(String color) {
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "dog [name=" + name + ", breed=" + breed + ", age=" + age + ", color=" + color + "]";
+    }
+
+  
+    public String bark() {
+        return "Woof!";
+    }
+}