50 Secrets Pets Won't Tell You

I decided to try reading something different today, so I skimmed an article in Reader's Digest.

50 Secrets Pets Won't Tell You

The title of the article really catches your attention, and it definitely made me more curious! The only pets I ever had were a hamster and a turtle...both are dead.

OK, maybe I'm not the best pet owner. So you can see why I wanted to know how to understand an animal's deepest darkest secrets. However, I will never be one of those people who run up to dogs and start cooing at the "adorable shape of their noses".

The article gave me a lot of information- both highly useless and entertaining. For example, "You may think its cute when I rub my butt on the carpet, but it probably means that I'm itchy and would like to see a vet" (Crouch 135). Oh, by the way, the article is written from the point of view of the pet, NOT the owner. I really hope you realized that from the quote above :)

Something else I thought was funny: "Excuse me for putting my bottom in your face, but you should consider it an incredibly high compliment. It harks back to when I was a kitten and would do the same thing to Mom so she could clean my bottom. It means I perceive you as a maternal figure" (Crouch 138).

Great! So first you scratch your dirty butt against my carpet, then you want me to clean it with my tongue?

I will never understand hardcore pet owners.

But anyways, this article was a nice break from the novels I read all the time, and it definitely had strong voice in it. And the pictures were just too cute!