Dogs and Cats

I once thought of getting a dog and a cat when I move into my new house. My dog will have to be an intelligent one, not like those irritating ones which go 'yap yap yappity yap yap' all day. I also don't want a dog which is small and furry - cute, yes, but looks quite stupid and vain.

My friend W's greyhound is actually a good choice. He's smart, doesn't bark a lot, runs fast and is really quite sweet. I baby-sat him once, and it was quite fun, we did tugs of war, ran around the house and he tried to get on the sofa with me. (Friend said he's not allowed on sofa though) The only thing he didn't do was to obey my orders when I tried to get him to do tricks. *humf* My friend said he's too clever to take orders from me. Not even for his favourite snack! *growl* Well, at least he didn't throw up on me like he did with my friend's brother. heh heh. To digress, what happened was that when her brother came home from Aus, her dog took a look at him and threw up all his dinner! Seriously! Honestly, her brother isn't the ugliest looking human in the world, but oh well, who knows what a dog thinks?

Then there's this dog staying at my in-laws' next door. Now, that is the most irritating and annoying little peskie breed of dogs. It's a silly terrier I think, whoops i mean sul..silky terrier, and it thinks it owns the whole neighbourhood. You can hear its high-pitch yelping all day round. Never get tired, that little brute. Runs around in circles barking its head off. I wish it would - bark its head off. Once it was actually out of the house, saw my hubby and started its usual yelping. My hubby stared at it, held out his hands in a grip and started moving in, the stupid dog actually turned and ran, stayed at a distance and started yelping again. *GROWL* I sure feel like squeezing its neck too!

Anyway, coming back to the types of dogs I like, I'd prefer a beagle, like Snoopy. But beagles are considered big dogs, and not allowed in apartments, or so I've heard. :( Hmm, second choice would be a Jack Russell I guess, but JR are so common nowadays, and not all JR's are cute too, as a matter of fact. The starhub one is very cute, just a little shaggy, but definitely cute. I don't like JR's all white with a brown head, looks dumb. heh heh. An italian greyhound like Biscuit might be good, but .... he's legs are really too long! Just like a deer, think we not very keen on that too.

Oh yeah, my friend's dog was actually selected for the UOB mini ad, but they changed their mind at the last minute. Damn.

Mongrols can be quite nice too, actually. And they are usually intelligent. At least they are not interbred and have all those defective genes. Hmm, a beagle will be really nice. :P But taking care of a dog is really time-consuming. I'm not sure if I will have the time. *sigh* Taking care of hubby is already taking up a lot of time too. heh heh.

Now cats, on the other hand, don't really need to be taken care of. I'd like to 'steal' the CAT and keep her for ourselves next time. But she'll not be used to her new surroundings and it'll be cruel to take her away from where she's used to be. *sigh* Unfortunately, she is a really bad mother, all her off-springs are cowards and unfriendly and only make lots of mewing noises when they are hungry, expecting us to feed them and refusing to return the affection. There's two of them left and they hang around the front of the house mewing at the top of their tiny voices when they are hungry and slunking away after they are fed, and getting free lodgings too. humf. Give me my CAT anytime. I miss the CAT. If she's here right now, she'll be having her head on my feet and purring away like anything. And she's one cat who really loves to be hugged too. Will we ever find another cat like her? :(