Ode to a Dachshund - Sheldon® Comic Strip

PANEL 1: DIGBY, a brown dachshund, stands at a front door as a couple letters of mail get dropped through the maildrop. His mouth is open in a bark.
NARRATION:
A Dachshund weighs about ten pounds
…or fifteen? Maybe twenty?
But what it lacks in girth and weight
its bark will cover - PLENTY

PANEL 2: DIGBY stands, barking.
NARRATION: It is a joyous, loving dog
with cuddles there to spare
and yet, its bark is just pure rage:
it permeates the air.

PANEL 3: DIGBY stands at a window, one paw on the glass. Out side a birth flies down from a tree.
NARRATION: Perhaps it’s angry at its length?
Or its wee little legs?
Perhaps it feels that life has
knocked him down a couple pegs?

PANEL 4: DIGBY stands barking next to ARTHUR, a yellow duck, whose eyes bulge and his mouth is in a big cringe.
NARRATION:
It greets the world with barks and barks
at welcomes and at partings!
And pairs the noise of endless barks
with equal endless fartings.

———
Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

Sep 19, 2025

Sep 19, 2025

CLICK FOR THE
FULL ARCHIVES

pickles

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_daves_faves.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_pugs.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_coffee.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_pickles.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_pop_culture.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_literature.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ANAT-OF-DOGS-1.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_anatomy_of_dinosaurs.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_anatomy_of_authors.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

<img src="https://www.sheldoncomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collection_anatomy_of_animals.jpg" class="img-fluid" />

Web Analytics