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Sorry, no color this week folks… hitting crunch time with a lot of projects. For those who noticed, I know I have also drawn Nettika getting the full-on slobber before, but the visual still makes me laugh.
This comic was thought up dead last minute, as a package that I have been impatiently waiting for came in the mail Monday. For Christmas, my mom gave us a pre-paid dog breed test, which was honestly a very cool idea (she’s often full of ’em). We adopted April in the early fall of 2008, from a shelter who found her wandering around a large highway as a stray, so we had no prior information about her. The shelter figured she was a Lab-Shepherd mix, which I pretty much agreed with, but it’s was amusing how many different suggestions people would give: Rottweiler, Doberman, fox hound, chow (she has a spotted tongue), greyhound.. the list goes on. This breed test settled the discussion, and satisfied my endless curiosity. Maybe she just got it to shut me up about it, LOL. The test is performed simply by rubbing her inner cheeks with cotton swabs, much like human DNA tests are done. Almost 3 weeks later:
April is “Level 1” (75% or more) Labrador Retriever… which we already knew. She acts just like a lab, loves everyone and everything, and loves to be around her “pack”. Damn happy dog. A level 1 reading means one of her parents was a pure bred.
The slight shock was that she’s level 4 (10-19%) Rottweiler. While she has the signature “eyebrows”, her build is very slim- not thick and stocky like Rottie’s, and the coloring of the markings is very light tan, not the rich auburn Rottie’s have. This is why I figured she was probably a shepherd mix… that and the fact that she likes to herd us all in one room so she can settle down. Nothing against Rottie’s, but I just had my doubts.
Guessing was fun, but I am glad I have an answer. Love my dog, whatever the breed.
I do believe that dog has gone multicultural. Tell Zorphie that a little dawg slobber never hurt nobody. I have even seen it cure some things.
if you have a wound that’s healing, my dog will sit there and lick it, if you let her.
Love the strip, very cute. Now ya know the breed, that’s pretty cool how you can find that out…ah, modern technology, what a wonder. She’s such a sweet looking puppy, you can definitely tell she’s very loved. I love the last picture of her on her back with that big grin. Priceless.
one of my favorite pics. captures her completely. lovable, dopey, yet pretty intelligent at the same time.
Nice strp today, Dawn. I had a dog that was mostly Lab and a bit of Rottweiler and he was AWESOME! I miss that dog a lot…best dog I ever had. 🙂
Thanks! April’s about the best as they come. She’s SO well behaved, and without much training from us. Never gets into anything, or jumps on the furniture. The “worst” behavior is that she gets a little *too* excited to greet people coming in the door. Most dog lovers thinks it’s adorable, anyway… LOL
You can pretty much replace most things in life with the magic 8 ball lines.
All signs point to yes! 😉
I think I’ll just answer my boss with 8-ball lines from now on.
Maybe that equipment just needs a good shaking (enough to free up an answer but not too much to bubble over the results)! 🙂
when in doubt, shake it. or give it a good swift kick.
Honestly, I kind of prefer B&W comics over colored ones (hypocrite that I am, since I color mine). Z&F seems to work just fine in grayscale.
well thanks, man. I like my grayscale as well. Looks so crisp and clean. I wish I had the time to do M-W-F updates… I would do M, W in grays, and F in color!
Ha, the mutt reminds me of my cartoonist friend Guy Gilchrst’s Today’s Dogg feature. Love the B/W material. Funny stuff Dawn.
Thanks a bunch, MJ!