The Magistrate’s Court’s decision in Walker Helen Debra v Soh Poh Geok [2021] SGMC 79 is the first published decision in Singapore that directly considers the principles applicable to an award of damages for tortious injury to a companion animal. This note tests the limits of the framework governing tortious remedies for damaged and destroyed chattels and argues for a shift away from the conventional “market value” analysis and the “total constructive loss” rule in favour of a holistic test of reasonableness in determining the recoverability of damages.