Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for October 17, 2018

Not any more!

Time to go visit the Tree again!

Time to return Poncho to the dog pound!

Chas, you know you can’t turn your back on that miserable mutt. Shame on you!

Poncho can be such a b@$t@rd

Chaz said that he was cat-like. Poncho probably figures that the shove is worth the trip to the tree.

Okay, just to be clear, the answer to that question is ‘Yes’. Thus, the response to that action is a trip to the tree of shame. Lesson learned: Don’t semi-insult any Poncho like creature at the top of the stairs or near a cliff.

Time to uproot that tree and strap it to Poncho’s back permanently.

I know it’s just a comic but in this era dominated by the heresy of animal personhood, it may be a good reminder that no animals feel shame. Dog are programmed to grovel before the alpha dog in order to survive in a pack. Lazy minds anthropomorphize this instinct in their pets.

Man, I sure hope Chazz’s health and life insurance policies are up-to-date, ’cuz he sure has been taking a beating the last couple months.

Shame is a behavior reserved for social animals. It is a recognition that your behavior was not acceptable to others in the group you are part of. Cats could not care less what the rest of their clowder thinks of them.

Dog pound— next stop!