I have fostered for our shelter for 13 years, volunteered and worked there for as long, and named many of the adoptees after your characters. You inspire me to work hard to take the best possible care and find the best possible homes for our shelter residents. We have your art and inspirational strips decorating every area of our shelter. “I discovered MUTTS after Calvin & Hobbes ended. “MUTTS has always been my favorite comic and one that I would clip out of the paper on a regular basis! The farm animal ones were my favorite, as I’m a life vegetarian and have been a farm animal advocate since middle school, before it was common or cool!” - Kira We also adopted our two male kitties, which we love!!” - Ashley The MUTTS comics have a special place in our hearts. At our wedding, we ordered that comic strip and had it displayed on our wedding table. That year we actually dressed up as Mooch and Earl for Halloween. Every time he saw me, he would put his arm and hand out like Mooch and say ‘Oh, my Shnelly!’ My nickname has become Shnelly and I call him Mooch. When we started to officially date he called me ‘Shnelly.’ I was like, who is Shnelly? Then he showed me the ‘Oh, Shnelly, can’t you see us together some day?’ comic strip. After that, he would send me the strips every day. “When I met my husband, he talked about the MUTTS comic and asked me if I knew of them? I told him ‘no’ and he seemed a bit disappointed. Some have been edited for brevity/length. Below are just a few of the messages that tugged at our hearts. Patrick and Team MUTTS are overwhelmed with gratitude by the many thoughtful responses we received. To celebrate 25 years of MUTTS, we asked readers to tell us what the strip means to them, and to share some of their favorite memories of Mooch, Earl, and the rest of the crew.

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