Oh, Cinder, kiddo, you don't need to have spots to be the firestation dog! We think you'll do just fine as is - and we'll of coure make you a fire-hat with holes for your ears! This is Pettalkville! And any spotted dogs that wanna help, well, they can, too, right?

I think the retired horses for parades - and just plain lovin' - is a good idea. And we can love and fatten up rescue horsies to be police-horses.

Maybe we do need a "real" firetruck for emergencies, but I have an idea! Why not, instead of a siren, figure out a "Danger! Danger! run and hide!" bark that the truck can make, and a "run for the hills!" meow, too, so that all the animals will know to stay out of the road when they hear it coming? What do you think, Cinder - could you and Smokey work on the bark-siren, and maybe Boots and some Siamese friends work on the cat one?