When a Dog Loves a Cat

Characters:
-Gallen Lo as Miu Jun 苗隼

-Myolie Wu as Chow Chow 周自喻

- David Lui as Chow Tze Tsim 周自沾

- Margie Tsang as Sui Tin Lan 水天蘭

-Bernice Liu as Man Chi Kei 文梓淇

-Raymond Wong as Carson 應海亮

STORY

This drama as you can tell from the drama title is about cats and dogs or more specifically about pets and people. Chow Chow (Myolie Wu) is someone who loves animals. A few years ago she found a dog who was homeless, Dai Ba. But it turned out he was ill and had a deadly virus which spread amongst other dogs in Chow Chow’s father’s dog kennel. Causing her family to loose their dog kennel.

A few years later fate onces again leads her to meet Dai Ba’s brother, Sai Ba, on the street she takes him in but because her father hates homeless dogs she decides to keep him in the house next door to hers which currently is empty.

Chow Chow starts work at an advertising company called Raptor where she meets Mui Chun ( Gallen Lo) who is very hard to get along with. And he hates dogs. From the start he and Chow Chow clash. And matters get worse when he moves in next door to her and she finds out that he was actually the one who actually abandoned Dai Ba. But by then Mui Chun had to keep Sai Bu even though he was extremely reluctant because he needed Sai Bu for a commerical at work, and his boss forced him to take care and keep Sai Bu at his house.

We soon find out the truth about why Mui Chu hates dogs, it was because his fiancee tried to save their dog Dai Bu who nearly got ran over by a car, but as a result of saving the dog she gets hit by a car and dies. This hurt and changed him immensely because she was the light of his life. Because during his time in hospital when he suffered from nose cancer she helped him through it. And as a result they fell in love and she gave him a cat CanCan so that he will never be lonely again. After her death, he put all his love for her into CanCan. Meanwhile Chow Chow is working hard at Raptor but at the same time trying hard to get her boyfriend Carson (Raymond Wong) to notice her more and she secretly wants him to announce to every one that they are going out. But because he is scared it would affect their work in the firm he insists they keep it a secret, and because she is very caring towards him she agrees to it.
But Carson later cheats on Chow Chow with another woman which shatters her.

Mui Chun slowly gets attached to SaiBa and with the help of the animal loving personality of Chow Chow she soon helps Mui Chun change his perspective of life and the way he treats dogs. As a result, he and Sai Bu develops a very strong bond and Mui Chun and Chow Chow start to fall in love with each other. When everything in his life seems to be going perfect Mui Chun discovers that his cancer has erupted again. And he now struggles to deal with this again, but because of Chow Chow he has now changed and decides to hide it from his loved one so that they won't have to worry about him…….

The other main characters in this series is Chow Chow's brother Jim Jim ( David Lui) who is a dog trainer but he is someone who does not really have a opinion. He listens to most of the things his wife Shui Tin Lan (Margie Tsui) says. Things change dramatically for him when he discovers what he really wants and has a true passion for in his life, but his wife does not support him in this and they start to quarrel and he is faced with the chose of picking his family or his true passion.

Gallen Lo

After 4 years of not doing drama with TVB, Gallen comes back. And to me its like he never left at all. His acting is still high quality. His portrayal of the character Mui Chun is extremely good, and at the time when he hates dog you really believe it, but on the other hand when he loves the pets you feel it too. I love the chemistry he has with Myolie. ( Half way through watching the drama I am suddenly reminded that they had worked together before when they were playing siblings in the drama "Golden Faith" back in 2002) However, I do feel that they make quite a sweet couple! I still think Gallen is a top actor!!

Myolie Wu

She played a very lovable and likable character in this drama, I am really used to Myolie playing the nice, sweet character which really suits her. But I hope to see her play someone with a very different personality in future TVB dramas. Her acting was very good when she connected with the pets, when you see her with them it really just makes you happy and smile. Towards the end when she finds out about Mui Chun being ill she really did convince you of her pain, and her tears were very heartbreaking for viewers to see. Very good acting skills, great to watch her.

David Lui

He does not usually do series, I don't think I have watched him in many series. But he was quite good in this one, you can tell he had to do lots of preparation for this drama. Because he really had to connect with the pets in this drama. I found him ok to watch

Margie Tsang

She was a delight to watch in this drama, because she played a very funny character, someone who was occasionally very demanding and bossy but she was also caring towards her family. This role showed her ability to play a more diverse role.

Bernice Liu

Played a spoiled young woman, which she did very well. But I found she did not have a huge role in this drama, which was a bit of a waste. But I loved her chemistry with her dog Bailey.

Raymond Wong

This is the first TVB drama Raymond participated in. I have previously seen his acting once in a Mainland series Central Affair where he played a bad guy, which he did very well. In this drama, at the start I did not like him too much because he played the role of a bad boyfriend but as the drama went on we slowly see another side to him which was caring. And I think Raymond did quite good in this drama, I want to see other future roles he will play in TVB drama.

My thought of this drama:

I found this drama quite lighthearted at the start, but it got much more serious and real towards the end( I won't spoil it for you but it gets very interesting and realistic). And it reminds us how pets can be a huge part of our life. It shows us how we should not just buy a pet for random reasons because at the end of the day it is a life and deserves to be looked after and loved, and it is for life!!!

The voice that they have for the pets are also very cute and adorable!

I would watch this drama if you love animals because it is very sweet and nice to watch. And if you like any of the actors/actresses in this drama because they all acted very well in this drama.