Monday, April 6, 2015

What is your earliest fond memory of a beloved pet ?




Mum was away shopping and when we secretly stole downstairs to 

see our dog give birth to 9 puppies. It was done with my siblings 

secretly because according to Chinese customs, a mother dog will 

eat her puppies if watched.

Oldest Sister Rose was the ringleader. It must be because I wouldn't 

have known the dog was pregnant. I was in the lower primary 

school. 


Mum must have warned us not to watch. But did we listen?


We saw the mummy dog eat the placenta and I was worried it was 

our fault for watching. We thought she was eating the puppies. 

She had 9 puppies. One died and we were very sad. All the puppies 

grew to become roly polys from condensed milk. They were 

adopted. 

According to Chinese custom, the adopted mothers have to

give a kg of sugar and two cans of milk when they come to adopt 

the puppies. Thanks Yolanda Flack for memories, and now I will 

blog about this.

Later when younger brother Joseph grew older in primary school, he 

always adopted people's puppies.

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