Animal Kingdom is a great little pet store.  Adam and his wife Micky own the place.  The other day I was in there and we got to talking about the cute puppies on display.  Despite what you hear about pet store puppies being ill-kept, these guys looked as healthy and as happy as any puppies in the galaxy.

We were talking about how people get dogs to match their personality, and I wondered aloud if such a test existed on the Web.  You'd feed it your vital stats and the test would come up with the perfect dog for you.

As it turns out, there is.

Adam gave me the address and I went there when I got home.  Following is the email I sent them after I'd finished the test.

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To: Adam and Micky
Subject: It must have been fate!

Hi, both —

I just wanted to say "Thanks!"

I took the Waltham Test.

By the way, my neighbor owns a dog.  It's really ugly, one of those dirty white toy Poodle types, but not actually a Poodle.  I'm not sure what it is.  I call them 'Muffin dogs', because I always want to call them "Muffin" when I see one.  The typical "old ladies' dog".  As I said, I consider them really ugly, and certainly obnoxious with all the yapping.

Anyway, I took the Waltham Test.  I tried to be honest.  While I'm not planning on staying in this condo forever, I still answered "Flat" for residence size.  And I like longish hair on a dog, so I put "Medium", but no, I really don't want to exercise it more than twice a week, but yes, I'll be around it most of the time, etc, etc.  All in all, I played it pretty much straight up.  I knew it wasn't going to recommend "Collie", but I was heartened to see "Sheltie" near the top of the list about halfway through.

I finished the test.  I eagerly held my breath!  Lights flashed, bells rang, the computer ground and ground until it came up with the one, perfect dog to fit my exacting criteria!  The one dog that fits my personality perfectly!  The one dog that's really ME!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bichon Frisse

    
That's the kind of dog my neighbor has!!!