Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 23, 2020

i smell a rat.

If it were two dogs, maybe. Given that there’s a cat in the equation, your assumption is correct, Your Honor.

I thought mediation was a requirement these days.

“The cat eats all of my kibble!”

“The dog eats all of my… ahm… err… was kibble!”

Spike vs Sylvester act .

Thankfully I didn’t watch the fight, I mean the debate

When they were alive, my cat and dog were best friends. The cat knew a sucker when he saw one, and yes she was.

I guess it’s a good thing that Spouse and I are both cat people.

What are the charges?

Irreconcilable.

How do you know you’re mad? “To begin with, a dog’s not mad—you grant that.” I suppose so. “Well, a dog growls when he’s angry and wags his tail when he’s pleased. I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore, I’m mad.” I call it purring, not growling. “Call it what you like. Do you play croquet…?”

Dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria!

Is the judge a " crazy cat lady ?"

You’d have to be barking mad to try to litigate this.

That depends: which are the attorneys and which are the litigants?

Trick cartoon. You all followed the paperwork.

The dog and the cat are the lawyers.

Why doesn’t the dawg talk, Cat got your tongue?

How come the animals look sharper than . . . oh well

Mediation and even love, is more than possible if this was a Harry Bliss cartoon…

This situation is going to get hairy.

BLISS crossover?

Nope. Anarchy still rules in the pet kingdom. Dominance for the hearts and minds of people will ever be a struggle, particularly from the creatures we love who could just be on the menu some day. Dark, I know. But times can become tough in a heart beat.

Until it starts raining…

Whatever differences animals may have with each other, at least cats don’t give a rip whether they’re tabbies or calicos, and dogs don’t care whether they’re black Labs or yellow ones, Mexican chihuahuas or German shepherds or Australian terriers. To attach that much significance to superficialities, you need human beings.

Literal cats and dogs can co-exist in peace. Metaphorical cats and dogs can not. Clearly Wiley has drawn metaphorical cats and dogs here. The distinction is clear to the judge.

Over many years, all my dogs, cats, and even my horse got along and worked as a unit. Number one priority: protect the two small kids who adored them. Number two: protect each other. The dog and cat always being enemies is total nonsense. If the human makes it known that the cat and dog are part of the family/pack unit, they will bond in most cases. If the human tells the dog that cats aren’t prey, the dangerous nonsense will usually stop.

my dogs love my cats and vice versa…only have one who has reservations and the dogs stay away from her

I lived in a household with three cats and one dog. The cats would give him grief, if he so much as looked at one of them while indoors. It was odd as he moved around the house, not-looking at the obvious cats.

Our daughter’s dog tries to mount the cat. The cat hops up on a table and ignores him.

Arraigning Cats and Dogs?

The dog would agree to anything. The cat would ignore all attempts at reconciliation.

I love Wiley’s attention to detail: water bowls for the dog and cat, glasses for the lawyers.

Are they represented by the law firm of Dogg and Katz?

This should be a kangaroo court.

I hope Danae and Kate return SOON!

Oh, I don’t know, I think the cat and the dog could get along nicely;the opposing counsels, on the other hand … (assuming they are the opposing counsels, and not the ones needing to mediate).