If you are 'Senior Dog' Friendly, you are invariably 'Kids Friendly' and 'Senior Citizen Friendly'

If you are 'Senior Dog' Friendly, you are invariably 'Kids Friendly' and 'Senior Citizen Friendly'

We get old disproportionately.

Some of my pet fish never gets old.

They never sleep and I cannot figure out the biology (not advantage) behind it.

They are always always alert and kill themselves by their alertness.

I decided to changed the fish tanks and in the panic one fish got trapped behind the aerator and could not get out and it escaped my attention (old age).

I forgot to remove the aerator (forgetfulness another malady of old age) before changing water.

It took five solid hours (which I did not) since the water I do not discard but put them to my plants as fresh supply of nutrients (no artificial manure except tea leaves and my dogs liberal supply of not so friendly squirts, everything biodegradable, and environmentally (trying) friendly and I hate plastics).

Our dog got annoyed and after cleaning up utensils could not find the dog.

I do not call him (he prefers me looking for him and he hides like a seven year old) but go looking for him but after 10 minutes (of my daily exercise) searching I could not find it.

He is almost 80% blind with cataract and has early arthritis,I feared and figured he is injured.

Called him loud and after about another few minutes which was expanded my anxiety to about one hour, he just appeared on the top steps and I was on the bottom.

He has not lost his old tricks.

He thinks I am at his age of seven not geriatrics like him.

Dogs needs exercise.

Dogs needs lot of water.

His dish was empty and filled it up, fed him with yogurt and I made some yogurt drink (if I make it myself it costs 5 times less) for myself and dropped to sleep immediately (I skip lunch now, eat when I am hungry only-'Single Meal' principle of prehistoric man and his dog).

I woke up with some beautiful dreams (enough material for few more scientific articles but decided to pen down on the above issue).

My friendly advice is that one should not have a dog.

It reminds me of my age now.

I prefer to be young at heart, just 18 not the octogenarian feel.

I need freedom but I cannot go out and come late.

Dogs gives you lot of exercise at the expense of your freedom.

I prefer the freedom now.

Lot of young adult with young kids go for a dog without thinking (emotions) which is very demanding.

They do not take into account the risks.

I will list them now without any priority.

1. They low to gnaw on your footwear.

They are very expensive and even the slippers are expensive and we do not discard them once the slipper part is broken. For few rupees one can buy the upper part but removing the old putting them back are very difficult (I had a haematoma under my thumb and the shop keeper refused to push them in for me-that is the way we are served in a shop in this blessed country).

2. They gnaw on the extension wire, when there is no supply but when you switch on the plug there is impending fire hazard.

3. They urinate all over (It is liquid urea for plants me) and very smelly too.

When he is angry it squirts on my pillow, the pillow has to being a top place.

Imagine you wear a hat and it does a squirt on the hat.

They are not accidents like in kids but deliberate ploys to mark his treasures.

If you have any, they have to be hidden well away from your pet.

It might break up a family of young adults, especially one is averse to dogs.

4. There is enough dog hair to cause allergy.

5. Rarely it might do the big job on the sofa.

The above is enough to put you off rearing one but if you decide have one, dog's safety is almost equivalent to kids safety and senior adult safety.

6. No tripping wire.

7. No multi-plugs but dedicated plugs well away from the reach of toddlers/dogs.

8. Kids monitors have known to kill toddlers (strangling, fire, electrocution).

9. Fish tank should be on solid stand (dog does not drink from it) so they do not topple over kids.

They are heavy, I have known of a kid dying with a fish tank on top of the kid cutting his belly like a knife.

10. Ponds are a hazard for kids and puppies.

Bathing on puddles one can get drown in mud.

This list can go on but a small garden with flowers is much better than indoor fish tank, dogs and cats (unlike dogs steal food-especially cheese).

But a pond is a risk but I have a mini pond on a cement raising out of any hazard.

Kids friendly environment with open air is a luxury that one can ill afford.

That is why I hate condominiums.

That is where children learn to develop temper tantrums.

I hate to come to Colombo, even a lift is an antithesis to me.

Skyscrapers is a nightmare and that is why I have the shortest stop overs at Singapore.