When i’ve heard of how attached an owner is to his/her pet especially a dog, i kinda of agreed but didn’t quite understand… Maybe because i have never had a pet for more than few days.

A hamster appeared in my garden out of nowhere when i was in primary school. It had a chipped ear. It was adorable. We kept it as a pet since we the owner never came to redeemed it. Within few days, SpinsterAunt‘s cat somehow opened the cage and had the hamster for lunch. We were shocked but not devastated. *hey we didn’t even get a chance to name it :S

During my years in secondary school, we had a class pet. A real class pet i mean. Few adorable tortoises that we kept on top of the class drawer in front of the class. When school holiday arrived, we would take turn to take back a tortoise. I took back one that was blind in one eye. *i have a thing for flawed animals. After a day or two MachoDad complained that it stank and threatened to flush it down the toilet. So, i handed it to a friend to take care. I didn’t mind at all at that time.

However, i had always loved dogs. I had always wanted a dog as a pet. That came true when Mug Mug strayed into our house last December. I was surprised but ecstatic that MachoDad agreed for us to keep her coz he disagreed each time we tried to take in the dogs that strayed into our house previously. I guess that there must be something about this particular puppy that won my dad over. It must be magic.

We named her Mug Mug.

MommyTeddy who at first hated anything that had to do with Mug Mug, grew to love her. Feeding her and playing with her when she thought no one was watching. My whole family grew to love her.

Now that she’s missing, i can’t help but cry everytime i think of her or everytime i saw her photos. I missed her fat body rolling on the grass. I miss her running home when she saw us or when we call out to her. I miss her playful nature always biting the broom when i sweep. I miss her greedy character always wanted some snacks. I miss feeding her medicine for her skin disease.