Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for September 14, 2014
September 13, 2014
September 15, 2014
Transcript:
Electra. Arf! Cathy: No. Electra. Arf! Cathy: No. Electra. Arf! Cathy: No. Electra. Arf! Cathy: Aack. Electra. Arf! Cathy: Sh! We don't beg at the table, Electra! Electra. Arf! Arf! Cathy: Ok, we beg, but we don't get rewarded for it! Electra. Arf! Arf! Arf! Cathy: Ok, we get a little something to settle us down, but we don't get more! Electra. Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf! Cathy: Ok, a teensy bit more, but that's it! Electra. Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf! Cathy: ...A teensy bit more but that's it! ...A teensy bit more but that's it! ...A teensy bit more but that's it! Ok, we win this time, but we will not in the future!! Now I've screamed at you! Poor baby! Take all my food! Everything I have is for you!! Irving: Incredible. Electra: Trained! cathy: I'm eating in the kitchen.
Ragtime78rpm over 9 years ago
Reminds me of an old cartoon commenting on behavioral conditioning:
One mouse says to another, “Boy have I got this guy conditioned — all I do is push this bar down and he drops in another piece of food!”
lightenup Premium Member over 9 years ago
If this comic had continued, I’d hate to see how her daughter turned out. Happy Sunday, Cathy friends!
rgcviper over 9 years ago
Indeed … I guess we see who the true master here is.
(Doesn’t take much in Cathy’s case, but still.)
HI, MOM. Good Sunday Morning, “Cathy” Clan.
smorbie the great and beautiful over 9 years ago
That’s exactly how I trained my cat not to ask for food. Wonder where Cathy and I went wrong?
Gretchen's Mom over 9 years ago
While it’s really difficult to look into the big, hungry, pleading brown eyes of your beloved pup, it’s best to NEVER get started feeding them food off your plate to start with. It not only encourages endless begging [a terrible habit that’s hard to break], but it can also be deadly if you’re not careful. Some of the many things we enjoy eating and don’t think twice about — chocolate, grapes, raisins, garlic, onions, fish, mushrooms, macadamia nuts, just to name a few — are quite safe for us but they’re extremely dangerous for our dogs. If you’re lucky, the least harmful thing something can do is make them sick for a little while; if you’re unlucky, you wind up with a dead dog instead. Why would anyone who loves their pet want to live with something like that for the rest of their lives? I know I wouldn’t want to!!!!!
Hi, rgcviper!
Hello and Happy Sunday fellow “Cathy” fans. Hope everyone’s having a really nice day today!