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@ boff and Tom You don’t read this strip much do you? Choc drops are a type of dog treat in the UK (and they’re not chocolate). If you don’t believe me, look it up.
Recommendation for new readers: PREFACEYOURSTATEMENTS. I have seen this “chocolate is bad for dogs” ignorance posted a dozen times in the last year alone. Here’s a suggestion: “I an new to this strip, so forgive me if you have already dealt with this subject, but….”?
At some point we will stop answering you and let you wallow in your uninformed ignorance.
If you are going to ask the same question that has been asked 267 times, at least take a knee, beg forgiveness, and remind us you’re new. Chance are whatever you are asking has been asked (and answered) before.
@truecanadianliberal
“I am new to this strip, so forgive me if you have already dealt with this subject, but…”
Now that is out of the way, how about a “recommendation” of my own? Let questions you’ve seen before slide, no rude responses necessary.
If a question has been asked before, you don’t have to answer it! Let someone with more patience do it.
I am not new to Fred Basset, but I didn’t know he was still around! I read him decades ago, but then he left our papers, and I only rediscovered him yesterday!
Oh, just so no one reading your post remains in “uninformed ignorance,” since I don’t want their dogs becoming ill or dying, chocolate IS toxic to dogs! It is one of the most common causes of poisoning for dogs. No amount is safe. If your dog gets into milk chocolate, it is less dangerous. I know, my dog ate a bag of Kisses once!
That is exactly my point. Time and time again I have let the same questions slide while other more knowledgeable and patient readers chime in. This was a tipping point. And strangely enough, I have heard from other dog owners that what you said is just an old wives’ tale, and that in small doses there is no need to panic. Or not. Or milk chocolate. Or not. My family’s dog is not fed chocolate but I seriously doubt a small amount would panic anyone.
Any reader who has ever been a "dog’s best friend" will recognize and love Fred. Fred is a wry and witty observer of life, finding funnybones and turning up smiles on three continents.
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Comments (18) (Please sign in to comment)
aciem88 said, 3 months ago
http://www.transportcafe.co.uk/dogchocolate.html
boff said, 3 months ago
Chocolate for Fred-really??
Tom said, 3 months ago
I heard chocolate was toxic to dogs.
Katiekicks said, 3 months ago
@ boff and Tom
You don’t read this strip much do you? Choc drops are a type of dog treat in the UK (and they’re not chocolate). If you don’t believe me, look it up.
Chris Kenworthy said, 3 months ago
Hmm… why’s Fred taking such a tough line? Has mister been promising choc drops and not delivering on them? Bad man!
Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago
I think he hopes to get two choc-drops, one now and one after he brings the slippers.
Burnside217 said, 3 months ago
He’s been reading too much Buckles.
whmIII said, 3 months ago
Fred, it doesn’t work that way…
pekenpug said, 3 months ago
How about one Choc-drop after each slipper?
lightenup
said, 3 months ago
Considering the amount of sausages that you get, Fred, I think you owe him rather than vice versa!
truecanadianliberal said, 3 months ago
@Katiekicks
Recommendation for new readers:
PREFACE YOUR STATEMENTS.
I have seen this “chocolate is bad for dogs” ignorance posted a dozen times in the last year alone.
Here’s a suggestion:
“I an new to this strip, so forgive me if you have already dealt with this subject, but….”?
At some point we will stop answering you and let you wallow in your uninformed ignorance.
If you are going to ask the same question that has been asked 267 times, at least take a knee, beg forgiveness, and remind us you’re new. Chance are whatever you are asking has been asked (and answered) before.
L Nelson
said, 3 months ago
@truecanadianliberal “I am new to this strip, so forgive me if you have already dealt with this subject, but…”
Now that is out of the way, how about a “recommendation” of my own? Let questions you’ve seen before slide, no rude responses necessary.
If a question has been asked before, you don’t have to answer it! Let someone with more patience do it.
I am not new to Fred Basset, but I didn’t know he was still around! I read him decades ago, but then he left our papers, and I only rediscovered him yesterday!
Oh, just so no one reading your post remains in “uninformed ignorance,” since I don’t want their dogs becoming ill or dying, chocolate IS toxic to dogs! It is one of the most common causes of poisoning for dogs. No amount is safe. If your dog gets into milk chocolate, it is less dangerous. I know, my dog ate a bag of Kisses once!
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 3 months ago
@truecanadianliberal
While we’re at it, can we also silence the pedants who go off on “The Rant” every time lemmings are the subject of a joke???
Tom said, 3 months ago
@Katiekicks
I’ll take your word for it.
truecanadianliberal said, 3 months ago
@L Nelson
That is exactly my point. Time and time again I have let the same questions slide while other more knowledgeable and patient readers chime in. This was a tipping point.
And strangely enough, I have heard from other dog owners that what you said is just an old wives’ tale, and that in small doses there is no need to panic.
Or not.
Or milk chocolate.
Or not.
My family’s dog is not fed chocolate but I seriously doubt a small amount would panic anyone.