With grave nods, sombre smiles, and wiggly paws, we were asked to look for better-halfs.
The canines were quite adamant.
Recently, we were at India’s biggest pet festival, the Delhi Pet Fed 2017, to catch up with pets and try and forget everything that makes life difficult.
Little did we know, that things wouldn’t go as planned.
After our initial shock and some deliberation, we decided to do our bit. Based on the information received, here are a few profiles we have chalked out.
Bruno
Age: 6
Nature: Old school
Promises to: Shower the mrs with love
Traits: Likes sniffing butts, eating mango peels
Achievements: Caught all the Pokémon in five days
Pixel
Age: 3
Nature: Painfully calm and composed. Loses it only when she is photographed without permission
Promises to: Command respect
Traits: Loves to stay fit, keep things in order, and dispatch pearls of wisdom
Achievements: Pixel has NEVER looked disheveled in a photograph
Waffles
Age: 2
Nature: Jumpy, entu-cutlet
Promises: To make his girlfriend laugh. ALWAYS
Traits: Loves to sleep in the sun; scared of mice
Achievements: World's best catch player
Drake
Age: 3
Nature: Defensive and short-tempered, but heart is in the right place. Also, loves listening to Kanye West
Promises: To protect his lady love, always
Traits: Forthright and honest
Achievements: Writes poetry, thinks hipsters are ruining the world
Hercules
Age: 5
Nature: Nihilist in training, loves cupcakes or pupcakes
Promises: To do all household chores as long as he gets to sleep 12 hours a day
Traits: He said he will get back to us with a list
Achievements: He says he got off his bed and attended the Delhi Pet Fed
Cookie
Age: 4
Nature: Likes setting things in order
Promises: To not be bossy with the man
Traits: Selfless, extremely energetic
Achievements: Born leader
Broody
Age: 9
Nature: Adventurous
Promises: To be open to everything but open relationships
Traits: Impossibly energetic all the time
Achievements: Has watched Ek Tha Tiger twenty times!
Pyarelal
Age: 7
Nature: Reserved; doesn’t bark out of turn
Promises: To take offence if you use ‘’bitch’’ as a swear word
Traits: Feminist
Achievements: Has sorted out at least fifty-one dog fights
If you know anyone suitable for the following profiles, do not forget to write to us.
(Disclaimer: While we took a much-needed break from all two-legged creatures, we might have gotten ahead of ourselves. The above mentioned characteristics are fictional. Any resemblance to your doggo is purely coincidental)
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