On watching 'A Watchdog's Tale'.

It's not all British all the time, though it is mostly. I'm re-entering the wonderful world of TVB. It's my twisted New Year's resolution way of learning Chinese, and the side effect is enduring sub-par television. Currently on the menu is the Linda Chung/Steven Ma vehicle A Watchdog's Tale (老友狗狗). It's a tale about a watchdog, if you can believe that. Linda plays an androgynous vet's assistant - who also loves Alive, as evidenced by her ubiquitous trucker cap. Her pa is a rotund and now retired police doggy trainer inexplicably named Lulu. One of his students is Raymond Wong Ho Yin, an earnest young officer who'd rather bond with his doggy Bingo than with the increasingly hot Natalie Tong. Raymond is quite the opposite of his older cousin, in the form of Steven Ma, a carefree village boy (even though he's hovering around 40). He often gets entangled in some trouble, whether it's being accused of stealing the village gold or getting his ass planted in a toilet bowl. Maggie Siu also makes an appearance as an OCD daughter of a food magnate. The woman puts socks on her tiny pooch. Is it too much to hope that TVB is taking a shot at all those dog owners who are carting their pups in prams? Probably...yes.