Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story by Patrick McDonnell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’ve been a reader of the Mutts comic by Patrick McDonnell for many years, and one of the most interesting characters is Guard Dog, at least in my opinion. We don’t know too much about Guard Dog except that his owners always chain him outside. He has a human friend, a little girl named Doozy, who visits him from time to time, but we never meet his owners.

I don’t want to say much more for fear of spoilers, but you should be able to guess what happens by the title: “Breaking the Chain.”