2023 – the year I became a ‘dog person’

As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the relationships that have changed me in a significant way. One was my relationship with a dog.

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The writer with her first dog, Missy. Dogs and humans have a special bond shaped by centuries of evolution.

The writer with her first dog, Missy. Dogs and humans have a special bond shaped by centuries of evolution.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHUA MUI HOONG

I was at the massage therapist’s, chatting casually the way women do when they are bonding over beauty rituals, when she asked: So, are you a cat or dog person?

I paused. A year ago, I would have said – more of a cat person.

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