Pets

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48742

In a message dated 23/12/2002 06:00:32 Eastern Standard Time, 
corsa808 at yahoo.com writes:


> and, about Snuffles as a pet--Laura said:
> 
> "Not sure exactly how plausible Snuffles would be as a new pet...but 
> I love it!"
> 
> me *commenting on the whole "pet Snuffles" idea*:
> Me too! 
> In GoF, (Ch. 36, "The Parting of the Ways") Dumbledore tells Madame 
> Pomfrey, "This dog will be remaining with Harry for a while..." Which 
> leads me to subscribe to the theory that it *was* intended for Sirius 
> to hang out at Hogwarts.

Ok. I could see how this *might* work... But if Harry were to keep Sirius as 
a pet, the rules at Hogwarts would have to change., i.e. eash student is 
permitted to bring with him if he wishes a cat, a rat, an owl, or a toad.

This would cause problems, I think. Imagine how Malfoy and Snape always think 
that Dumbledore shows favouritism... Suddenly, Harry can have a dog? Not 
likely. Too many questions would arise...

On a different note....

If there are the quoted 1000 students at Hogwarts, and each has some kind of 
animal... where do all of these animals go to the bathroom? I understand the 
Owls, but Hermione doesn't bring a litterbox for Crookshanks... Neville's 
toad just hops about. Scabbers basically lived in Ron's pocket and slept in 
his bed at night. Is there something I do not know about the pets? Are they 
magical non-pooping pets? Surely, Filch is not responsible for cleaning up 
after all of them. He gets angry if there is mud on the floor of the 
enterance hall. 

So, maybe it is a weird and particularly icky question, but it is something 
that has always bothered me.

-Snuffles, magical non-pooping dog
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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