For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- November 12, 2008
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Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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Susan001 said, 12 months ago
Puppies will chew on ANYTHING when they’re teething. So, watch your fingers!
Nipponkid said, 12 months ago
Before i was born my dad had got a dog that was 1 year old when i was born so i never saw it as a puppy. He said she bit holes through the WALL! I dont know how her nose allowed her to do that.
panacea1477 said, 12 months ago
My dog found a corner of carpet to chew on and pulled up the carpeting. About 5 feet of it. While I was at work. Ah, good times.
GuntotingLiberal said, 12 months ago
Once upon a time I had a dog that ate a good part of a kitchen bench, foam rubber padding and all. My father had a (different) dog that started in at the wheel well of his 69 Stingray Corvette convertible and chomped through a good portion of the fiberglass towards the hood.
My husband says that dogs are smarter than cats, but I know better.
heligmyer said, 12 months ago
One day when our first dog was about a year old, my wife and I felt comfortable leaving her out of her kennel while we went to work. When I got home to our apartment, I found a triangular hole in the front windows’ venetian blind. Then I saw her poke her head into the hole; it was a perfect fit, ears and all! We had a real good laugh about that. At our first house, the neighbor’s rottweiler chewed a hole in the wooden fence so he could poke his head through for petting.
channce said, 12 months ago
Is it my imagination or has Farley already grown a lot in just the last couple of days?
Silverpearl said, 12 months ago
No, he hasn’t grown that much. It’s a matter of perspective. He’s closer than Ellie.
Char32 said, 12 months ago
I don’t know, they seem to grow real fast after you get them. Especially large breeds, trying to grow into those big feet! Almost as if they held their breath so you wouldn’t notice the feet until after you got them home!!
kirbey
said,
12 months ago
Channce, I agree with you, he is bigger this must be a few week later. When he was brought home he was tiny round ball now look at his legs. They do grow fast…
Coffee-Turtle
said,
12 months ago
We bought toy balls for our cat to play with. She has more fun stealing and whacking around twist-ties from the bread packaging!!
Dale Garratt
said,
12 months ago
That’s life, isn’t it? Nothing if not what you expected!
Wildmustang1262 said, 12 months ago
I remembered when we had second one (we hated that kind breed of dog). That stupid dog chewed everything around in my parents’ home and even it chewed my doll’s head. I hysterically cried. At this time I despised and stared like the daggers toward to that stupid dog. Finally, my mother got rid of that dog after she got tired of it chewing everything around at my parents’ home. I was so happy she got rid of that stupid dog.
circuit7 said, 12 months ago
Yep, that’s life. Something’s always gnawing on some corner or edge of it. Good luck.
lakita_lover said, 12 months ago
My friend’s bull mastiff chewed holes in his wall too. She gnawed on the edge of a door frame and her back teeth punctured the wall. She has to stay in the backyard now.
Burgundy2 said, 12 months ago
My dog - we call him Taz for Tasmanian devil for good reason - chewed carpet, quarterround, several of our favourite books, my $100 running shoes with $400 orthotics in them (ouch). he didn’t stop until we adopted a brother for him. They’ve been fine and best of pals ever since.
Sarah T said, 12 months ago
It is kinda funny; my golden chewed on a corner of a drawer chest; boy was I mad!! Now, 14 years later, she is gone, the chew mark is still there, and I wouldn’t get rid of the chest for anything. I think of her and smile.
bluetopazcrystal said, 12 months ago
Wildmustang. Don’t ever get a dog. You are obviously not a dog person. My puppy chewed a hole in our boxspring. But now he is aa awesome dog.
howlindawgs said, 12 months ago
Wildmustang, it’s not the puppy’s fault. It’s teething! Best to keep stuff you don’t want chewed out of reach.
On the other hand, I had a crazy dog when I was growing up. She chewed up my glasses, ate the mail, ran through the house with a roll of toilet paper, once tried to chew up my inhaler, and inhaled an entire Boston cream pie during maybe a five second period while our backs were turned. But we loved her anyway, because she was part of the family. (Of course, we could have done a little better with the training; but she did flunk obedience school! :-)
kirbey
said,
12 months ago
Wildmustang,I’m glad they gave the dog away to hopefully a much better home than yours . Do you kick kittens for fun too. people like you should never have any pets, or children, hate to think what would happen when your child makes a mess give him away too ?
widjibeaker said, 11 months ago
Wow, a couple of you are harsh. Wildmustang, that’s exactly why I wouldn’t want a puppy in the house - I wouldn’t have the time it takes to keep him out of trouble and train him. I’m waiting for a fenced-in yard before getting a dog.