Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 09, 2014

My scottie gave a Bull Mastiff a lesson in tolerance once.

I once lived in a house with six dogs, including three Dobermans, one husky mix, a big Saluki and one little beagle who was the boss of them all… simply because she was there when the others arrived as pups, and established herself as the top of the social hierarchy. As the other dogs grew up, they never challenged the beagle… even when they were big enough to swallow her in one gulp.

I wonder what the dialogue in the last speech bubble was originally.

I see Mrs. O. more as a patient Saint Bernard, rolling her eyes, and wishing she could get at the cask hanging from her collar…

Re: Sunday 6/8 strip – the big panel that we don’t see but is published in the paper had this exchange between the boy and his father

Father: What did you learn today?Boy: Oh, String Theory

Our Great Dane was so frightened by a quaking Lap Poodle during a trip to the Vet that he peed himself and pushed a couch, with two people, away from the wall in order to hide.He would chase skateboarders then bring home the skateboards. Gotta’ wonder.

It’s well established that the wild Chihuahuas domination of the North American desert came to an end when their primary prey, the wooly mammoth and rhinoceros, became extinct. Because of this predator/prey relationship it was assumed that wild Chihuahuas traveled in huge herds, somewhat like a cross between tiny Bison and huge army ants. Recent discoveries reveal instead that they hunted in small family groups. The obvious question is “How could a half a dozen Chihuahuas take down rhinos and elephants?” The answer is that they were highly venomous! This explains their eyes bugging out from bulging craniums despite their obviously having small brains – their skulls consist mostly of overfilled venom glands! Domestic Chihuahuas still posses these glands; though they are non functional in the sense that there is no longer a mechanism for injecting the toxin, their skulls are still largely full of venom and bile. Their utter lack of fear and obvious desire to attack larger and fiercer creatures (such as tigers and grizzly bears) is due to their instinctive desire to relieve this pressure and their confidence in the results… also not having much in the way of brains.The evidence suggests that Chihuahuas hunted mostly at night, relying at first on their huge ears to locate prey at range, with the final approach aided by large eyes which give them night vision somewhat better than cats. They may have panicked and stampeded the prey by use of painfully ultrasonic barks and whines. There is also some indication that in total darkness Chihuahuas are capable of echolocation. A few bites by the alpha and the pack would fall back and follow the prey until it became comatose, whereupon the bloody feast would begin.Genetic data proves that the bloodline of the wild Chihuahua forked, with one branch becoming the domestic creature we know today, and the other becoming what we know as vampire bats, who lost the venom but kept the echolocation skills and taste for a nocturnal diet of the blood of larger creatures.

I remember my chihuahua attacking an English bulldog. I never saw the battle itself, as they rounded the corner, the chihuahua with a firm grip on the bulldog’s throat, swinging aboard it back. She returned a short time later, trotting as though nothing had happened, with no injuries except a loosened canine tooth.

The worst attacks my pit/mutt has suffered have been from a pug and a Chihuahua. Unfortunately, some small dog owners feel as though leash laws don’t apply to them.

BigPuma:Caulfield is firm believer in the adage “Bad publicity (attention) is better than NONE!” So he has to brag about his conquests, but the other kids are not as" smart" as he is so they don’t get him – he has to brag to Frazz.He may be too smart for third grade, but his maturity level is not.

GaryCarroll – there are packs of chihuahias now terrorizing Phoenix. Google it1

I had a dog trainer explain why bigger dogs give in to littler dogs – because little dogs are fast and can get under and at tender, vulnerable places on a big dog before the big dog can stop them.

And – I bet there are smart kids who “do” get Caulfield – and get tired of recess being delayed by Caulfield asking questions that are off topic and unrelated to the subject at hand.

It was frustrating to not be able to ask subject relevant questions because of kids like Caulfield.

My theory is that all dogs come with the same essential “dogness”—but the smaller the dog, the more condensed it is.

I used to have a Jack Russell. One day we met a man with a big Golden Retriever. Ellery tolerated the retriever sniffing at him, but the moment the retriever turned to sniff at me, Ellery dived at his throat. The retriever turned to look at Ellery, dangling from the side of his neck, as though to ask, “I’m sorry; did you want something?”