Yup that's true it is based on a dog, I'd like to see a sheep or tiger maybe. I would love the sheep to fully evolve into some sort of Saytr (the half goat half man from reek mythology) also fully evolved fire starters have fire somewhere on their body and I want to see the fire on it's hooves (I wonder if it will be a neither fire fighting type XD)
Funnily enough grass types are based around prehistoric era animals, chespin is based on the first marsupial/mammal and the other 5 are based on dinosaurs, torterra being an ankylosaurus, sceptile diplodocus, meganium brontosaurus, serperior is based on the evolution of the snake. And I can't remember the name of the dinosaur that venusaur was based on.
All of them are amphibious like, well sort of. As in can move on land and water. I would love it if we had a pokemon (doesn't have to be a starter) that's based on a water bear ^~^ make it the smallest pokemon, and give it the highest defenses and an immunity to status conditions.
What do you mean the hiccups? <.< maybe give it a fright or make it hold it's breathe and count to ten. Or you could try and switch it off and on again. ;)