MANS BEST FRIEND

I would like to extend an invitation to Bob Barker, and personally invite him to Thailand and other 3rd world countries to do a public service announcement on having your dog and cat spayed and neutered. The domestic animal population out here is in abundance and they are struggling! I'm reminded of this everytime I leave the Humane Society comforts of the United States of America.

I see the little guy down the road and he looks good from far, but I walk up to him and he is far from good. The last thing that you would want to do is touch him. This goes against every instinct of my being. Most have at least one peculiar skin disease or alopecia. The open sores, wounds, disappearing tails and limping are just too much. It's just sad.

The family I live with has a dog. Sort of. She gets fed intentionally and has a name. Her name is Bok. She's a mutt (of course) and has really pretty carmel brown fur. Her ears stand up straight, her tail is long and pointy, and she has the prettiest yellowish eyes. She's really sweet. But she's been impregnated 5 to many times. I have a feeling she's a little promiscuous. She has utters much like the rest of female dog population here.

Every day I walk up to her and think she's dead. She'll be laying down with her eyes half open, tongue hanging out, and she's oozing from a part of her body (I won't go into further detail, it grosses me out!). I'll say "Bok! Bok!", and eventually she'll come to. She's just sleeping. She's given me a scare a few times.

One more thing. I was at a friends house the other night and she was laying down watching TV. Her niece was picking through her hair very carefully and setting something down on a piece of paper next to her. I said "What are you doing Pi Ad?" She replied casually, "My niece is looking for lice". I heard the record scratch. I sat there for a second thinking. Oh no. How do you get lice? I haven't been checked for lice since the 3rd grade in California. If I remember correctly, we would get sent home from school if we had it because it was contagious!