Our shepherd-collie cross ate the dog-sitter’s sandal, nibbled off the fringe on our East Indian rug, and chewed a hole in the drapes. She got to be the most mind-reading dog imaginable. We still miss her.
Our little Miss Maggie was picky like a two year-old child. “If I haven’t had it before, I don’t like it!” She even turned her nose up at a liver-flavoured dog treat someone offered her.
It’s a comic strip with limited space, but the scenario would lend itself in real life to a serious parent-daughter discussion about respect for oneself and how the outfit may attract attention from males with less-than-honorable intentions.
About 50 years ago, the provincial government here legislated an Agricultural Land Reserve to preserve farmland. Speculators and developers were enraged, but we still have it, thankfully.
Some people shouldn’t have pets…. Or children…. Or siblings….. or parents…. Or any other vulnerable creatures around them.