Fred Basset by Alex Graham for January 29, 2023

Looks like it’s time to bury another squeaky bone Fred!

Yeah, it’s like giving a kid one of those work bench things where they hammer those pegs back and forth. They obviously never die unless you help it along. I suppose you could try nicely asking him to maybe chew in his own yard. Perhaps he would understand. Or you could help the bone along to it’s squeaky death. Don’t know you could get it away from but you could try.

Somebody gave me a drum when I was a nipper. That soon disappeared…..

Fred you need your own squeaky toy !

Jock is as quiet as a mouse.

Hide the nonesojock can’t find it buryit

One of our dog toys has a squeaker in the body and one in each foot. Lasts a long time.

I guess you can move further away

They do get quite annoying in a very short time.

Go in the house, Fred….where there’s perhaps some sausages lying about or a nice fire in the fireplace.

Call in Jaws-of-Death, my gentle-as-a-lamb 95 pound pittie. That squeaky toy would survive less than 5 minutes.

They can definitely be heard all over the house, all over the neighborhood, all over the store.

Eventually, Jock will rip open the toy and swallow the squeaker. That will take care of the problem.

When PBS played Bleak House, Angel the dachshund would always bring a toy when she watched it with me. She thought it was Squeak House.

My daughter’s Dachsi was giving her squeeky a real workout. 20 minutes, no break. I’m trying to watch a movie. I piped up “Y’all know another way you can tell Mali’s (the dachsi) is female?” How?, my daughter asked cautiously. Me: " Her jaw doesn’t get tired !" (Glares from mom and daughter)

Musta been made of ripstop nylon. My dog woulda torn it up in no time!

You have my sympathy, Fred. Anyone whose kid has ever had one of those laser gun toys that lights up and makes all kinds of sci-fi weapon noises understands exactly what you’re going through.