For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 21, 2014

I notice Farley’s using the same technique that kids will sometimes use when they know they’re in trouble and have a lecture or a punishment coming — only with kids, it’s usually the puppy dog eyes, a hug, and an “I love you, Mommy/Daddy.”

Our Bernese Mountain Dog rarely gets ice clots in her paws. She loves the rub down that she gets with a towel after being outside in fresh snow!

who can resist a sloppy kiss!

Wow, you’ve written a whole, “Why I hate Elly” essay based on a non-existant strip.I see it as, Elly went out, took him off the chain, and is letting him in.

Why do so many of you take this old strip so seriously? I wish I had the kind of time it must take to come up with the daily theories about life in 80’s Canada.

@howtheduck why would you think Elly would need to get all bundled up for going outside for 10 seconds? And do we need to hear her say “Come on in”? She’s the only one there. I think NightShade has a valid point. You do often seem very negative when it’s , you know, just a comic.

I scold my “boy” for pooing in the wrong place in the back yard. But, he comes in all happy and kissey, who can stay angry at such a sweet boy?

I’ve heard my wife give the same lecture, it was directed toward me! Well, except for shedding part.

When we were picking out a Boston Terrier puppy, I picked up a female. She immediately kissed my face! That was it! She came home with us a week later. She will be 15 in July. ♥

-Then how come when Michael took his girlfriend by the tree where Farley was buried he told her “Farley was my mother’s dog more than anyone else’s?”-That’s because, as with most households, the kids always plead for a dog and swear they will do all the work (clean up after him, feed him, walk him), but it really ends up being the work of the Mom. That’s mostly how it ended up in our house, except for my sister. She was the one who most wanted a dog, so she did do a lot of the work. Sadly, though, she didn’t believe in leashers and such, which is how our first little dog ended up running into the street and getting run over….

Our Shelties used to get snowballs between their toes, too. The last two were like living with the odd couple: two grumpy old men, one was a neatnik and the other was a slob.When it snowed, we had to shovel a path for the neat one, because he hated getting his feet wet. The other one delighted in romping in the snow. When we let him out in the snow in our yard (fenced) he would often dig a hole in a snow drift to sleep. When he came to the door he usually had mud and snow caked paws.

Elly did put her foot down when Elizabeth tried to bring home a kitten from Beverly and Danny’s farm. She stated that she was going to be stuck with all the work and refused to be swayed by Elizabeth and Michael’s phony-baloney promises of “we will take care of it forever”. Was the before or after Farley?

comicsssfan: I just now left you a message on yesterday’s board in response to your question to me [which I didn’t see until today].

Are you forgetting something. This dog saved your child’s life.April would of drowned.

As I remember, Mrs. Bard played Ellie’s maternal instincts by talking about how Farley was the runt and his mother rejected him and he needed love to survive. And then Farley peed all over her on the way home.

You got him because you know deep in your heart that someday he will help your family in a way that can not be adequately described…

Maybe it’s a new arc. What IS amusing is that Farley knows how to get around Elly even when she’s trying to be so stern. I suspect it worked.

You cannot get mad at that sweet wee furry face.