Yeah....VERY unofficial symbol. As interesting as the gal might be, pull your horns in. Puppy paws are a very common tattoo, and much like jaguar/leopard paw prints, are a pleasing design that people who want a 'too will choose when they don't have a clue what to pick. The paws can mean something as simple as a gal who feels, or has been told, that her critter walks all over her. It doesn't HAVE to mean a thing. If you make an assumption and you're wrong( and the odds are about 97-3 that you are), you'll screw up any chance of getting close to the gal, AND you will embarrass the gal because of what you're thinking. If she isn't a zoo, or zoo-curious, you could even cause yourself to catch trash from any boyfriend she may have. is the chance worth taking a beating for? You don't sound like you're a zoo; you sound more like you want to watch and tbh, the BIGGEST percentage of people with an interest in our little hobby are rather more voyeurs than participants. That may be a hard truth, but it IS truth. If that IS your interest, and she actually IS a Zoo, ask yourself why she should let you watch? What are you bringing to the relationship, which may already BE a complete and exclusive one? Her life may already be what she wants....and if she actually tells you that, are you going to be insulted if you find out that's the case? Or are you going to whine and cause her problems by not letting go of the thread you're picking at? Think about it carefully; there are NO signs that define a zoo, and no guarantees if you invade the girl's privacy to indulge a fantasy.