Year of the Dog
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
February 15, 2018 6:11pm CST
Living next door to a neighbor who has something to do with fostering or caring for dogs, we constantly see new dogs arriving and staying there, sometimes for months. We like a husky dog there best. That beautiful and gorgeous white husky so far has often come and gone for the last four years, very odd.
For the last three weeks, that Chinese neighbor has got a new dog, small and with long hair, a bit like a Cairn Terrier. It has howled, cried, etc non-stop. (Made me think more of this year of the dog! 
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Wish I could ask them what they were doing with those dogs, but they don't speak English. After five years here, the lady of the manor finally grinned at me a week ago and said 'Hello' very clearly, to my surprise.
Regardless, when asking about her lost cat, I had to resort to 'meow meow'. She nodded with a big smile, implied to me that her cat has returned. I so wanted to ask her about her dogs, but I can't just woof woof, right? 
Anyway, happy Lunar New Year to everyone.
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Wish I could ask them what they were doing with those dogs, but they don't speak English. After five years here, the lady of the manor finally grinned at me a week ago and said 'Hello' very clearly, to my surprise.
Regardless, when asking about her lost cat, I had to resort to 'meow meow'. She nodded with a big smile, implied to me that her cat has returned. I so wanted to ask her about her dogs, but I can't just woof woof, right?
Anyway, happy Lunar New Year to everyone.10 people like this
9 responses
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 18
It is a shame that you are not able to communicate verbally. I find it incredible that people who go to live in other countries can not be bothered to at least learn some rudimentary language. It annoys me beyond the pail especially these days when interpreters are provided to people at our ( the taxpayer) expense in schools, hospitals, courts etc. They should have to pay for it themselves. I would ask the daughter what happened to the dog next time she visits!
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 18
@YrNemo Look up the words be quiet in Chinese! 
The dog will probably run and hide and your neighbour will faint!
The dog will probably run and hide and your neighbour will faint! 1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Feb 18
happy Chinese new year to you too.
my late father was born in the year of the dog (1922).
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
16 Feb 18
Here people foster dogs for the blind and if they do not accept the dog then if they want they can keep it. I wonder where the dogs they foster go to. Maybe someone adopts them. I love huskies too. My dog was part lab and the other part husky.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
16 Feb 18
I would have like to hear the answer to the 'woof woof' question. What is your theory?
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
17 Feb 18
@YrNemo Again, I am interested to hear 
Your method of communication may be primitive but if it is effective, who cares? All human language and communication started from imitation and grunts!
But you miss my point. what is your theory on what is happening to the dogs? That I want to hear since you have given this heaps of thought!
Your method of communication may be primitive but if it is effective, who cares? All human language and communication started from imitation and grunts!
But you miss my point. what is your theory on what is happening to the dogs? That I want to hear since you have given this heaps of thought!1 person likes this
@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Feb 18
@Gita17112016 they must have set up a dog boarding place (charging money). Dogs come to their place are likely from their Chinese friends or acquaintances. Must be so, because some dogs have kept coming back for a few weeks every six months or so, then gone again. I know they also rent out their dining room, living room, sunroom, to overseas students (we are very close to a big university here).
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@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Feb 18
She would give me a blank face for sure since she has a big labrador right now, as well as a small hairy one. Should I Woof Woof loudly first THEN howling in a small voice later, to describe to her about the two different dogs? Believe me, I thought lots about this. 
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
16 Feb 18
Wow it seems odd that no one there can speak English. It seems living here they would at least know the basics. I wonder if the dog is a relatives and they have to take care of it when the person is in college or in apartments where they aren't allowed to have pets.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb 18
Maybe you should learn some Chinese 
! But then you'd have to find out what dialect 
. . . and I'll tell ya that learning Chinese (at least verbal) was a bit difficult (I took Mandarin in college). At least she is willing to talk . . . I know some folks tend to keep to themselves if they do not speak the local language. My mother in law has a Chinese couple living across the street from her, but they didn't even make eye contact with my mother in law for the longest time. She did eventually meet the couple's daughter and her family when they came to visit . . . the daughter speaks English well and she has acted as a translator. Well now they all at least say hello to each other, but if my mother in law wants to say something more, she has to wait for the daughter to visit . Yah, I wonder why the dogs don't stay for long!
! But then you'd have to find out what dialect . . . and I'll tell ya that learning Chinese (at least verbal) was a bit difficult (I took Mandarin in college). At least she is willing to talk . . . I know some folks tend to keep to themselves if they do not speak the local language. My mother in law has a Chinese couple living across the street from her, but they didn't even make eye contact with my mother in law for the longest time. She did eventually meet the couple's daughter and her family when they came to visit . . . the daughter speaks English well and she has acted as a translator. Well now they all at least say hello to each other, but if my mother in law wants to say something more, she has to wait for the daughter to visit . Yah, I wonder why the dogs don't stay for long!1 person likes this
@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Feb 18
The thing is, the dogs come back, then go again... Perhaps they act as a dog boarding place? Sometimes they have up to 6 dogs, big too. (The owner was grateful to me since without my caution, her favorite bike would have been stolen from her being too naive 6 yrs ago.)
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