Puppy love
Feb 9th, 2010 by Peter
So, my parents-in-law bought a dog last summer. They were very fond of it, but a few days ago it ran away. My wife’s father was walking it and suddenly some firecrackers set of, and so did the dog. Its leash broke only being a line my in-laws made themselves.
Now they blame themselves for not buying a “real” dog leash. And so does my wife. Even though she never saw the dog, besides on a picture, she was teary-eyed when she found out.
If they lived here in Denmark, they would hang pictures of the dog in the local supermarket and normally the dog would soon be returned by whoever found it. But this is China. My wife suggested posting pictures around town to her family (after I pressured her to it), but they just shrugged their heads knowing that the dog was most likely lost forever.
My wife explained it to me: “If someone finds the dog, they keep it and try to sell it on. Chinese people (not trying to generalize here, but that’s how she said it) have no moral and only care for money! I’m worried that if a restaurant gets the dog, it will be killed and served to costumers”.
She said this well-knowing that it’s not a dog breed for eating and there are no dog-meat restaurants in her hometown (afaik). Also it would take a fool not to see that it’s a playful obedient family dog.
Her faith in her fellow countrymen has faded after this. The dog has now been gone 2½ day. I try to comfort her by saying that she shouldn’t be so stuck on the dog being lost and people in her hometown being greedy and cold-hearted. Perhaps someone found it and takes care of it until they know the rightful owner?
But why don’t I feel so reassured myself?