For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 30, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    how selfish of you, Mike

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    Asharah  over 3 years ago

    Our dog sits & stares at us while we eat like she’ll starve if she has to wait too long for her leftovers.

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    wjones  over 3 years ago

    While Mike; is that the way your going to spend your time sense you did not pass your drivers test.

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    howtheduck  over 3 years ago

    This is the one and only time you will see Elly cutting up steak for Farley. The real-life Farley the dog got mink meat from Lynn Johnston’s first husband. This is not the only time you will see a joke comparing a man to a dog in this comic strip.

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    hekko Premium Member over 3 years ago

    That’s not how you make a dog savour every bite. Typically, a dog will just hoover in smaller pieces of meat without chewing. If you want to teach him to chew before swallowing, you have to give him a piece of meat too large to swallow – but for some dogs, that would be too much to eat in a day. Smaller pieces are then better because they reduce the risk the dog will choke on food.

    If the meat is a treat you want the dog to enjoy occassionaly, feed the pieces by hand.

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    littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago

    You can’t just let old pizza sit in the fridge. It takes up too much room. Besides it could go bad. Mike is just helping out the family by cleaning out the fridge and not wasting food.

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    Johnnyrico  over 3 years ago

    Yep… knew right away where this one was headed..

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    zerotvus  over 3 years ago

    does this mean all men are dogs????

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    well-i-never  over 3 years ago

    Maybe they could make one of those dog-maze-bowls for humans. I could use some slowing down.

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Steak? For the dog? That’s wrong on so many levels.

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    Nala the Great  over 3 years ago

    I like cold pizza better than hot. Not as messy! And (IMHO) the anchovies taste better.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    But even Elly makes loud eating noises sometimes.

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    Jogger2  over 3 years ago

    I read some animal behaviorist say what Ellie said: Evolution taught predators and scavengers to eat quickly in case some stronger predator or scavenger comes along and wants to fight for the food.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    There is the difference between dining and eating. Savoring each bite or just shoving chow down our throats so we can get back to it. You decide what you need when you need it.

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    rhartt4363  over 3 years ago

    From my experience when they wanted to my dogs were VERY selective. They would lick the canned (wet) dog food off the dry leaving behind the kernels of dry. I was amazed by how much muscle control they had over their tongues. Yes, when it was something they liked they wolfed it down but when it wasn’t they were very discretionary.

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    roof-top-view  over 3 years ago

    Don’t know about dogs but if you were/are in the military your drill sergeant only allowed you so many minutes to eat your meals, so you learned to eat quickly. After 23 years in the military, (and many more years retired), I still have that habit and it still makes my spouse unhappy.

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    dtidrow  over 3 years ago

    Leftover pizza with a teenage boy in the house? That would never happen, unless he intentionally saved it for today.

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    Atewl  over 3 years ago

    Who really cares whether or not a dog is “savoring” their food?

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    rshive  over 3 years ago

    The pizza finding instinct is pretty basic too.

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    summerdog  over 3 years ago

    Nothing like cold, leftover pizza. Love it, especially for breakfast.

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    summerdog  over 3 years ago

    I chop up the Chihuahua’s food very finely, or she will just barf it up later.

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    DEGROMINATOR #48  over 3 years ago

    yes templo s.u.d to true

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    flagmichael  over 3 years ago

    I don’t think dogs and other carnivores have the right dentition to chew food. We omnivores have to or things go wrong.

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    Bill-Bob  over 3 years ago

    Summerdog, you crazy. Haven’t you got a microwave ? Nuke the pizza for 15 to 30 secs for a better taste

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    JPuzzleWhiz  over 3 years ago

    What happened to the pizza, Elizabeth? Your “other dog” ate it — Michael, the “chowhound”! d;o)

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    paranormal  over 3 years ago

    I had a Chihuahua I adopted from the animal shelter that did that. After about six months he learned that no one else was going to take it away from him. Now if I’m not looking he’ll let my Blackmouth Cur eat his vegetables so he can get some dry food. I give him a 1/4 cup of vegetables he has to eat to get dry food. If he doesn’t finish the veggies he doesn’t get any treats or snacks until he does.

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    tripwire45  over 3 years ago

    Dogs and teenage boys.

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    Seed_drill  over 3 years ago

    We have one of those maze/bowls that prevent wolfing. Well, slows her down from 30 seconds to 45, anyway.

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    gcarlson  over 3 years ago

    Hildy and Lindy were littermates who would gradually eat “our first bowl” and “our second bowl” in the kitchen. Lindy was especially slow; she’d carry a mouthful into the dining room, line the pieces up on the carpet, and eat them one by one (Hildy would try to do that but always succumbed to temptation to chew them enroute). Then we got Misty, who had been rescued from a puppy mill where she must have had to gobble or starve. As a result Hildy became another little vacuum cleaner, while we had to feed Lindy on a blanket on the couch where she could guard her bowl for even longer hours.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Speaking of basic animal instincts….

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