Pony, the Spoiled Spaniel

Our family has a long history of fostering firends' pets. My mom never denies her dislike to any small animals, but the rest of the family always outvote her to make stay whatever a mini pig, a peacock, countless stray dogs and some birds. She gives in to feed/shower/clean them but she never let go her bottom line. Animals would never have a place in human living space, she would beat up those cute little animals ruthlessly if they ever set their feet into the living room. She also has strict rules about their "table" manner. No dogs would dare to dump or put their muddy paws on feeders' lap before the foods are deligated in front of them. That only took a few harsh beatings to make the cute little animals understand "don't mess around with her".

We babysat Grace's dog occasionally, a spaniel whose name is Pony. Grace adores him. For example, she was boiling some meat one day. Kevin walked in the kitchen, only come to great disappointment that the delicious smelling meat was intended for Pony. Pony was very temperamental, he demands attention constantly. When he doesn't get what he wants, he chews on electricity cords, goes on hunger strike or pisses on the person's leg whomever Grace was talking to.

Grace was on business trip few years back and my mom babysat Pony. Pony refused to eat his food because he was angry about Grace's absence. My mom couldn't get him to eat for a day or two, she simply pushed Pony's bowl to A-Chu, who was another stray dog and was always hungry. She let Pony see how much other dogs enjoy his food and couldn't be bother to woo him to eat like Grace did. After another day, Pony gave in and finish his food as soon as the bowl was down.

After a few months, my mom was visiting Grace in her flat. Before they sat down, Grace told my mom that she was trying to feed Pony the whole morning but Pony refused to eat for no reason. And then she was wondering where Pony had gone. Later, they found Pony had just finished his plate on hearing my mom's voice via the intercom.