Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 04, 2020

Where did Cliff come up with that pee-brained idea?

Cliff has been hanging out with Scooter again.

Cliff thinks he’s a dog?

Oh fer…SHERIFF!

Cliff is the Fountain of Uncouth!

After much pensive thinking, Cliff decides to give it a B+….

Marking his territory with Cliffnotes.

What will the neighbors think if they see him? GASP!

Mildred will be flying out of the house any second now to read him the riot act. NOT my flowers, she’ll say….

“Dogs run free why not me? Imagine the possibilities…”

Put that away!

But it’s Mildred’s handwriting!

The next territory he’s gonna be markin is his jail cell! ;o]

If you and the dog use the same tree on your walk, you might be a redneck.

And the toes of his shoes….

Iffen ya cain’t pee offen tha porch, yer neighbors are too close!

Scooter: “Wait a minute! His territory is that little room with the bottomless water bowl!”

I’m pretty sure my dog would challenge that.

This reminds me of a scene in NEVER CRY WOLF (movie and book) where the naturalist got tired of wolves messing with his campsite so he spent an evening drinking beer and marking his territory. It worked.

I’m on here late, and I don’t know when it happened, but that Far Side ad isn’t on my screen at the moment!

At least he’s discreet