How to Make Your Cat or Dog Stand Out through Its Name

These days, while most pet cats are named as Skittle or Tom, dogs seem to never get out of the title of Oscar. Other times, they are usually named after the most hated celebrities. For instance, it is a fact that when Bush Jr. named his cat India, in the state of Kerala of India, at least hundred dogs were christened as Bush. But do you think it is fair for pets to deserve a name based on enmity? They are just like family members after all. That is why, their names should be unique and memorable.

When I was a kid I brought 3 feral kittens home. It was the world cup season and that actually ended up making my home a soccer field. 24/7, my family talked only about the soccer. Being a tiny kid, I could not fit in with that. So I remained busy getting friendly with my kittens. Of course, my sister noticed their cuteness and thus, decided to take the full responsibility of giving them names and that is also after her favorite soccer players. She picked one from the Argentina team. The other two were from Italian and English teams. The kittens began soaking them all up. So every time we mentioned the players’ names, they came running to us. Meanwhile, the neighbors and relatives were also made aware of them. Since they too were crazy about soccer, they started seeing our kittens as different from the rest of the pets who had very ordinary names. In short, the names gave them higher status that no other pets received in the area.

Now my kittens are no more with me. But their names are still in the minds of our relatives and past neighbors. Sometimes, in conversation, they ask us if we remember our kittens. As a result, we feel highly proud of them.

The lesson to be learned from this is that pets should be given names of big people who make us their fans. That is how, even if they part us, their memories will remain with us forever.  So next time, when you get a new pet name it after the celebrity you love most.  Do you like Lady Gaga? If yes name your pet after her. This is how you will not only get closer to it, but  will also start to find yourself growing more admiration for Lady Gaga in the coming days.  

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Compare and contrast

Very quickly, now:
In Sofia, the trash bins on the sidewalk are rusty metal. In Budapest they're nice plastic lined with plastic bags. In Berlin they're plastic with jokey stuff printed on them, such as: Corpus fur alle Delicti.
There are stray dogs and cats in Sofia. Each belongs more or less to a street and people on the street feed them. In winter, said T, the cats come inside. Some people have private dogs, which they walk, but the leashes can be rope.
A story I heard on my travels:
Once there was a cat who peed in the neighbor's flowerbeds. The neighbor didn't like the cat or its smell. So the neighbor trapped it in a cat box.
I asked the same thing. The neighbor got a handyman to make the trap. The cat was caught, then driven far away and let out.
I think this is terrible but I laughed anyway.
What did the cat owners say? Where did they think the cat went?
The cat/trapper doesn't know because they don't speak to one another.

In the US we wouldn't do anything like that. Instead, people catch stray dogs and cats and sell them to labs. /laboratories, not labrador retrievers.

My keyboard has an accent.

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The Bus Driver

The 151 bus stopped between stops, in an intersection, for no reason, I thought. Then the doors opened and the driver yelled out, What kind of a dog is that? to a woman who was walking a tall stripey dog with a square face. A mix, she said, rottweiler and pit bull. He repeated it and closed the doors and went on his way south.

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