Breaking news is that thousands of dog lovers in Japan have spent over £600 each on fashionable miniature poodles only to discover that they were in fact lambs. They were shorn to give a similar appearance and they only realised when they refused to bark or eat dog food. It reminded of the time my Texan friend Lisa Locket bought what she thought was a very exotic pet of a lion cub, only to discover it was a domestic long haired cat that had been shorn with a lion cut!
