dogs as receptacles for excess consumables

I see Sheila over at Cartoons by Sheila is beavering away at her resolution to post 365 cartoons this year - each one about a pet hate and featuring animals (well, pets, of course). She's up to number 156 today.

Here's a dog-related one:



Penny's not actually a beggar. She's more of a fixed-starer. Or, as in the truly terrifying 'Blink' episode of Dr Who, a Weeping Angel. Take your eyes off her for an instant, as you butter your toast, and she's there, staring, staring, closer each time you glance up.

Note: Sheila's cartoons are copyright, but I have permission to use them.

dogs who can sniff anything

Sheila has a new dog-related cartoon on her site. She says, of exaggerated resumes,

It’s such a fine line to walk when trying to impress a potential employer…

The cartoon reminds me of the man I met recently who has two beagles that are trained to sniff out termites. Now they have a right to boast about their resumes! I'll bet they've saved householders a packet of money.

(I have her permission to post the cartoon here.)

dogs reading their p-mails

An on-lead walk with Penny is a slow walk. An off-lead one is fast. You may ask why. Well, it's because she has to read each p-mail in our locality before we can move on, and if I'm attached to her by a lead, I have to wait around while she scans each telephone pole, fire hydrant, bush, grass clump or stone for a potential message.

Oh, did I mention that she also has to balance on three legs while she leaves her own comments on the state of the world? That takes time also.

So I laughed out loud when I read yesterday's Cartoon By Sheila. (Sheila has kindly given me permission to reproduce it here. Thanks, Sheila.)



(And I love the sign in the background of the cartoon.)

Sheila has set herself the challenge of posting 365 cartoons in 2010, so you might like to pop over there and see how she's going.