Andy A dog who makes big plans for his life only to have them dashed by the fact he is tied to a pole in his backyard. In the treasury 'Pearls Sells Out', Pastis mentioned that whenever he shows Andy, animal-rights supporters complain because they feel it is cruel for a dog to be tied to a post in the backyard. For a period of time Andy shared the backyard with a female dog named Olive, who like Andy was chained to a post. She left him after her chain broke in the middle of the night. Both Andy and Olive are named for cartoonist Paige Braddock's dachshunds; incidentally, the character Shallow Breast Guy in Braddock's Jane's World is based on Stephan Pastis.
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