The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for November 02, 2022

Let the guard dog do his duty; don’t give away his secret.

Our St Bernard had a bark like thunder, but should wouldn’t have hurt a fly

Now the poor dog will have to use bigger fonts for barking. Yip yip yip yip yip

As a cat person, I’ve known some actual pussycats that you didn’t want to mess with.

As long as he doesn’t start purring.

Many years ago, one of our male Rottweilers was making a rumbling noise as my wife was giving him a tummy rub. At first we thought he was growling but it didn’t sound right. We realized that he was sort of purring. A book we have on Rottweilers said that it was something a male would sometimes do when perfectly contented. Well, Baloo was pretty much perfectly contented at that moment…He rarely puppy purred and he was the only one of the Rotts which did.

As insults go, that’s the absolute worst you can give a dog.

Barking doggies seldom bites. Especially puttytat doggies.

Sure he is mam, heard that line a million times, and half the time the dog is a holy terror.

“Does your dog bite?” (Pink Panther)

Mr Raeside somehow manages to get great (and varied) expressions on his dogs. Magical.

“… or something that rhymes, anyway.”