As I arrived at the Chan Chao Taipei Pets Show at the Nangang Exhibition Center, confronted by the parade of pet strollers swerving through the exhibitor’s stands, I was taken back to a moment during my first few weeks in Taiwan. I was walking down Yongkang Street in Central Taipei and glanced down at a passing stroller expecting the returned smile of a toddler, only to be growled at by an indignant, yappy Chihuahua. As I have spent more time in Taipei, I have come to learn t