2006-08-16 01:29
I really love dogs!
I recall when I was about 5 years old or so, an old lady neighbor gave us a dog! Its name was Xiu Lu, a newborn puppy born of a mongrel mother. Xiu Lu accompanied me for 6 years, and later because of the public housing rule against having a pet dog at home, parents were forced to give away Xiu Lu! That day I cried for half a day!
Later heard that Xiu Lu, not long after living in its new home,….died of illness! After that, I owned two more pet dogs; one was a mongrel, Xiu Hak; the other, a Pomeranian, Ah Ben!
Had Xiu Hak for less than even a year, because dogs were not allowed in the building, therefore, was forced to give it away to other people! Ben was the luckiest one. He was bought after we had moved, and lived with us for more than 10 years! But after 2001, when Ah Ben died of old age, I never had another dog again. First, no time to take care of it. Second, I’m afraid of going through the loss of yet another dog again; the feelings were awful! So, no matter where, if there are dogs around, I can’t resist playing with them! And dogs do not treat me like strangers at all, maybe because my body still retains a vestige of dog’s scent ba!
Dogs are truly men’s best friends; that I truly believe! If don’t love dogs or have no time to take care of them, please, do not have them! Also, once again I want to stress this: Dogs…are not for eating! 狗----不是拿來吃的! People who eat dogs, please do some self-reflection!
P.S. the golden retriever was my partner in a causal clothing advertisement.
source: steven ma yahoo blog
Translator: Tamaya
note: I'm a dog lover too. I used to own a golden retriever for 3 years before giving it away. About broke my heart too. Took me a long while to get over my loss. So I completely understand Steven's feelings.
