Animal Whisperer

There is this lady who lives two doors away from my house who is a dog fanatic. Her love and devotion for dogs is indescribable. Even the animal lovers at the animal shelter stand no where near her standard. She just warms up to all these strays. Inviting them to her place. Feeding them. Her kindness has been repaid with the presence of abundance of stray dogs, loitering in the neighbourhood.


The dogs have spread the word too. They tag along their pals whenever they come for their meals. So the brood keeps expanding. Currently there are 4 regulars. The older male whom she named Boy-boy, the always pregnant female whom she named Girl-girl, her son from the first pregnancy (the dog, not the neighbour)whom she named Ronnie and the daughter from the last pregnancy whom was named Coco.


She (the neighbour) is so attached to them that she got all the foursome leashes with dog tags to safeguard them from dog catchers. It is good to know that there are such caring people that cares for strays. However, her kindness has become nerve-wrecking to the people in the neighbourhood as the dogs always bark. It is seriously annoying when you are watching the tv and those dogs start their choir practice.


Anyway, this lady whom I think has too much free time on hand, treats these dogs as part of her family. Did I mention she has a dog of her own? Well, anyway, this afternoon, she was bored again. She needed entertainment that doesn't cost a dime. So she took her weighing scale out.


She was trying to weigh her dog but he simply refused to get on the scale. Her equally bored daughter grab the dog by it's front paws and tried to make him sit on the scale. The dog simply couldn't react to their commands. He too I presume is appalled by their behaviour or should I say the activities that they come up with for him.


Agitated, she put the weighing scale near the dog's butt and forcefully pressed the dog into sitting position on the weighing scale. It was quite hilarious to see that dog in that sitting position (human-like position) on the weighing scale. She tried to read the scale but the dog's butt was on it. Hence, she gave the dog's butt a push so that she can see the scale. Finally, she managed to get a reading. Happy with that, she let the dog go and commanded her daughter to put the scale back in the house. However, she was not pleased with the dog's weight and started calling him fat.


With Astro and malls sprouting up everywhere, housewives like her couldn't seem to find anything to do to fill their free time. Seriously, they need some hobby. In her case the hobby is playing with dogs. Strange but true. Did I mention her dog is kind of weird too? He enjoys singing along with the mosque praying time. And it gets weirder by the day. My neighbour is a freak!