Dogs of Vietnam

The Vietnamese certainly do like their dogs. They look generally well cared for and seem to belong to people. Most of them have collars and you don’t see any packs of dogs roaming around. You do see quite a few on the beach but they do appear to belong to someone even thought they are running around playing with each other. A lot of them have curly tails just like my dog Scarlett and some of the puppies could be mistaken for buhund puppies who look like little bears. The dogs are invariably short haired. You don’t seen many cats and if you do they are tiny and run away the minute you get close to them. I do wonder whether it’s because cats are considered unlucky? The Vietnamese zodiac has a cat instead of a rabbit as in the Chinese zodiac. Being born in the year of the cat is considered unlucky. The best year to be born in is the year of the Dragon or the Monkey.