Thursday, January 11, 2007
went to a pet shop this afternoon after school. its in a quiet corner near the victoria market. on the ground level, they sold dog and cat stuff like collars, chew bones, food etc and at the back were puppies. terriers, mini schnauser, maltese mixes, etc.
i was looking at the puppies and then it dawned on me why people get pets. ive been lucky, ever since i was a toddler, theres always a dog in the family. shan shan, bill, shan shan's 4 children, including ah don, and now feebee.
ah don used to sleep in my room with me. i remember coming back from clubbing nights, and seeing ah don awake and waiting for me on the 1st floor, barking at me for coming home so late. and then follow me to the second floor where our room is.
at around 6am, when my mom gets up for her shift, she would open my door to let her out, and she would crawl out of the house, go under the gate and pee outside by the road by herself, then sleepy eyed, climb the stairs again, scratch on my door, i'll open it, and we both go back to sleep until my class at 10.
i miss those days.
or how she didnt need a leash when we walked her. she would run ahead and every few secs, look behind to make sure we're there, then run ahead some more.
or how once she licked the backside of the kittens we picked up. i didnt know why she was doing that and at that time i stopped her. i only recently learnt that it was so the kittens could shit or pee. thats what the mother cats do.
or how she liked car rides, and she would run into people's cars and refuse to get out until they placate her by driving round the carpark once.
i miss her.
she turned out more human than some. and thats why people have dogs.
Posted by Dominic at 9:30 PM