Got new neighbors . They have pets. One is a stupid looking dog and one is the oddest looking cat I've ever seen. Come right down to it, the neighbors are strange looking.

My dog, Jake, is usually not much on barking. It's a little more effort than he likes to make. He barks at the new dog. His bark seems to be saying, "Hey, look at this stupid looking dog." It comes out, "Rowl. rowl, grr."

The neighbor dog also barks. He, until now, thought he was a normal looking dog. After seeing Jake he wonders if he even is a dog. Fact is, I wonder. Part of his body has lots of hair and part of his body is bald. Don't know if that's natural or just a bad haircut. The neighbor looks like that too so I'm betting it's the haircut. Put a tattoo on him and he'd pass for a Hell's Angel. The neighbor, not the dog. Well, maybe the dog too.

The dog looks good compared to the cat. This cat looks like Leroy Brown after the fight. He, or she, is an indoor cat. I know I'd never let that cat outside. Well, maybe I'd make it go out and not let it back in. How many ugly pets do you need? Having ugly pets is worse than having ugly kids. You pick your pets and don't have to keep them.

The cat also has a goofy way of meowing. It's sort of a high pitched squeak. It's the same sound you get when a rat gets it's head snapped by a trap. That's OK in a dying rat but it sucks in a living cat. I may have to go to the local trapper's store, yes we have one, and buy a beaver trap for this cat. Give him something to be squeaking about.