"Agents are there to get the best price for the landlord and will pass on better offers so it is quite dog-eat-dog at the moment".
If it was not quite-dog-eat dog out there, the bitchy rivalry between their owners was palpable.
As with the rest of the Internet, we expect quite the dog and pony show today, with Apple not only announcing new notebooks but also the latest mobile and desktop operating systems, iOS 6 and Mountain Lion.
But they were just as likely to feature unknowns as well as shots of shoes, handbags and, quite often, dogs.
Though I quite like dogs in general I dislike even passing encounters with "status" varieties on the streets or in parks; I resent the apprehensive tingle in my calves.
While bulls and bears rule the stock market, quite often dogs and cats are the kings and queens of the castle at home.
And are going to kill thousands of badger by culling!" Quite why a dog should object to hunting with dogs, I don't know, but there you are.
Quite clearly the dog is the US economy, jump-started from its deathbed by quantitative easing.
Giorgio Vallortigara, a neuroscientist at the University of Trento said: "It is an interesting study that provides some empirical support to the idea, quite widespread among dog owners, that these animals possess some sort of equivalent of jealousy behaviour".
