Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 09, 2025

I thought it was going to bring him a woman or a candy bar.

That’s a Good Dog!

I would skip that airline anyways…the name is scary enough. Reminds me, I need to use some air miles but they’re Delta and they’ve been having a bad streak lately.

Generally, beer is NOT the answer to life’s difficulties. But I know that many people disagree with me about that.

That dog should be a flight attendant.

Why is Rat so depressed? They magically got their house back.

Of course, no one is pointing out the illogic of allowing a Rat to board.

Considering the name of the airline, Rat is probably lucky they didn’t let him on board.

But rats are allowed…

South Worst Airlines, love it.

Ha. A decent emotional support animal would learn to scoop ice cream.

That is quite the good support dog!

You’ll not see me boarding any American airlines until aviation employees are reinstated and chances of landing in one piece improve.

The word ‘rat’ is significant today…

Come on, Rat. They weren’t falling for your ruse anyway…

Took Rat some time to train. Initially, dog would run for the beer and would hear dog lapping up the beer.

Wait a minute. If there are restrictions on dogs in planes, why would they let rats on?

South Worst Airlines, lol.

documentation isn’t needed for emotional support animals and now, almost any animal is allowed i the cabin of planes, which is awful for allergy sufferers especially.

So, a support dog is not OK, but a RAT is?

The one therapy dog that doesn’t provide therapy.

Beer is not therapy, it’s a Band-Aid to put on the gaping wounds of life.

Our ski club recently ran a trip to a West Virginia resort. Some idiot brought her “emotional support cat.” She left the cat in the room all day long and the cat did what cats do to furniture. She’s been banned from the resort and she’s going to be banned from the ski club. People are idiots.

“Emotional support” animals are pets, not working dogs.

WalMart lets people bring any dog into the store and ride in the carts.WalMart is Idiot Central.

Maybe Rat should’ve had a St. Bernard?

My guess it’s from a 1972 can of Schlitz.

They’ll reject a dog, but they’ll definitely allow a talking rat? What is this world coming to?

But he gave Rat the needed support!

Get an emotional support tattoo.

in his case, if he has the beer, why the dog?

Good Boy!!!

At least Pastis interjected a bit of humor into today’s strip for a change.

I disagree and have thousands Hang Overs to prove LOLOLOL

The next time I see some old lady with her little dog in the produce section of the supermarket, I’m calling the manager to demand they be tossed out. No fleas on my lettuce please. Don’t give me that emotional support jive. You can’t shop for 20 minutes without a dog???

Now the emotional support dog needs emotional support.

I have an emotional support Rhino…

Not to be confused with South Wurst airlines, where the passengers are the stuffing.

Where can I get one of those?

Whose house are they in if their house blew up in the last strip?

Does this mean the Alex the Stroh’s dog was an emotional support dog?

Maybe if he’d gotten Rat a crying towel…

At first, I thought panels 2 and 3 might be a setup for one of Pastis’ convoluted puns. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

Weird world, rats are allowed to board a flight, but dogs are not! ｖ・。・Ｖ

Emotional support animals, what a racket.

Emotional support dog is a designation to make sure people who have a dog are not refused housing. My dog is a therapy dog and a service dog, and all 3 statuses are completely different. There is no freedom for an emotional support dog to accompany a human any place outside of the home, except maybe on a walk in the neighborhood or the dog park.

LOL at Southworst Airlines

The airline doesn’t allow dogs, but it does allow rats?

I’d rather sit next to a dog on an airplane than most people.

Wrong kind of emotional support animal.

Rat trained him.

I work at Wal mart, and while I don’t mind service dogs, IT GETS MY DANDER UP WHEN PEOPLE BRING THEIR DOGS IN WITH THAT LAME EMOTIONAL SUPPORT B.S.! Ether show us the paperwork or leave fido at home, otherwise you should be the one to clean up the mess!

as much as I think carting your dog around in every store anymore is _____, if it keeps them from going “postal”, I’m good with it in the end! Lol!