Other Uses for Dogs

This is for all the dog lovers out there. And dont' be afraid, this is not an offensive blog nor is it for animal activists - it's just the facts as we see them. There are plenty of rumours that Koreans eat dogs; so far we have had no bad news or surprises and we hope to prove that it is all a myth. We have eaten some pretty weird things, but we haven't seen or tasted evidence that dog meat is used in the cooking. We hope it stays that way. We've seen plenty of pet dogs and they are all tiny - not just puppies, but the tiny breeds of dogs, like teacup poodles, chihuahuas, and what have you (a dog enthusiast may be able to provide more examples of breeds, but I can't). They are often decked out in some weird way. We've seen a dog with purple ears and tail. We've seen dogs with tiny running shoes. We seen a dog owner teaching his dog to use a skateboard. We've seen dogs in shirts and hats. Tiny dogs are a huge novelty item over here (the Paris Hilton / Britney Spears mini-dog accesory fad must have started here). Maybe they give extra attention to tiny dogs, to cover up any guilt that the larger breeds are used for cooking. I hope not.

Another thing about dogs over here, is that even they look at us funny. Remember how we talked about how people stare at us. Well, dogs stare at us too. It's like they know we are out of place and they look at us as if thinking, "You're not from my country and why do you look so weird." But we could say the same thing about a dog with purple ears.