Just remembered that I saw a dog the other day--a mongrel, I think. Its left front paw was lame, if I'm not wrong, and it was limping rather visibly, at least to me. It limped up a grassy slope, and then limped down. But when it came to a section where the gradient was too steep, it sat down upon its rump and used its front legs to kinda drag itself down to level ground.

It almost broke my heart. I pretty much love almost all sorts of animals, but one of my favorites is the dog (along with wolves, raptors, dolphins, horses...). Most insects don't bother me that much, nor do most arachnids. I sometimes let tiny spiders crawl up and down my arm before shooing them off into my garden's plants. Lizards are fine--I play with them.

But dogs...yeah. I guess that's cause they're part of the canis family too. Just that they're canis familaris.

*shrugs* I hope I get to spend some time with that pup someday. Wonder if I can spend some cash to take it to a vet...get its leg some healing or something...would even be worth spending all my work money on.