Gilby has recently taken up the hobby of barking while I am not home. The security guards told me about it so I could take action.
The message is not "Your dog barks while you are gone." The message is not "your dog won't shut up."
The message is always either: "your dog loves to bark" (你的狗愛叫) or "your dog's barking ability is great" (你的狗很會叫).
Isn't it interesting that in Chinese their complaints sounds like a complements!?!?!
Now, if I could only find a way to make my dog obey me when I am not home. Hmmm. Any ideas?
Hi Amanda, maybe you do this already, but we always have music playing quietly while we're away. Or you could have more of a news station playing so Gilby would hear low voices and think he's not alone.
ReplyDeleteI DO think it is very interesting how complaints are made to sound like complements. Maybe it's something we should all try to imitate! :)