For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 20, 2014

Has he been neutered? Makes a big difference and he’ll stay home Gosh should have had that done to my ex-husband!

No wonder he runs away given half a chance

it is against the law to tie a dog up in the yard for extended periods of time where I live. Get an Invisible Fence, they work really well.

It looks to me like, that if he didn’t spend so much time AROUND the tree his rope would be a lot longer and he could go further afield in the yard !

I think some readers aren’t realizing that these are OLD strips, rerun from (at this point) the early 1980s. There WERE no invisible fences. There were no microchips. The big push on neutering was still some years away.

I really am enjoying “catching up” on these early years, but you do need to keep in mind that this is NOT “current” in terms of what’s going on in the world today.

In Wisconsin, people call the authorities because their neighbors tie their labs outside in below-freezing (or even below-zero) weather.

Tell that lazy A__ kid to go walk the dog.

the rope looks tangled. Why not keep him in the house and take him for walks when he needs it.

I am not a pet person, but I see some people that are pet owners who should NOT be, because they are ignorant.

hangem hi

Lynn: I encountered that a few years ago when a German colleague had translated an article into English. He was stumped, suspecting “when all ropes fail” would not be known to anglophone readers. Still a climbing term, I suggested “at the end of your rope” and the piece went forward.

Already have one they let the gate open that’s how he got out in the first place.

Could this arc have a happy ending like that?

Unfortunately for poor Farley, no such luck!!!!! :-(

Anyone who’d leave a dog tied up outside no matter WHAT the weather — but especially in weather like this — ought to have the exact same thing done to them to see how they’d like it!!!!!

:-(

There was a time when, keeping a dog cooped up inside, was considered cruel, and letting him run free was irresponsible. Keeping a dog on a line, sometimes running along a clothesline, was the common thing to do. Many cartoons and movies portrayed dogs in that manner as do some current comic strips, (see Garfield).

Back then, in some Northern towns, people took offense if you fenced your yard. They would come to the back door, and maybe even walk in for a visit. They might come and tap on your window if it was late.

It was a whole different time

A long line(like a clothes line from corner to corner of the yard with a leash allows the dog plenty of running space, while keeping him contained(if he can’t slip his collar. some breeds have very small heads and the collar slips right off.)

howtheduck: Eight isn’t bad at all, but I still pity the translators. Idioms are exceeded only by pun for difficulty in translating.