Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 09, 2003
Transcript:
Man: What a good boy he's being today! He's hardly bitten anyone! Mike: Excuse me, is that your dog over there? Man: Yeah. Mike: You don't use a leash? Man: Nah. My dog's too special for a leash. He doesn't need one. Mike: But he just charged that little boy! Man: Hmm...He's never done that before. The kid must have provoked him! Mike: You know, there are nearly five million dog attacks every year... Most of them by dogs too special to be properly restrained. Man: Here, boy! Mike: I'll be moving on now. Man: Good choice.
There was the woman who was downright offended when I gave her & her (illegally) unleashed dog a wide berth. When she protested that her dog was so sweet and nice, etc etc ad nauseum, I told her that’s what they said about the dog that bit my grandmother for no reason. If I had owned a cell phone then…