Puggles, poogles and schnoodles. Schnockers, dorkies and doodles. Dog lovers have hundreds of breeds to pick from when selecting a new family pet, and crossbreeds, sometimes called hybrids or designer dogs, offer unusual choices.

The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.

For, observe: “Ko-Ko” reels off a “little list” of eligible victims (regardless of his subsequent statement that “flirting is the only crime punishable with decapitation”), and then apparently forgets all about it when “Pooh-Bah” and “Pish-Tush” assure him that he himself is the obvious decapitee.

It had landed him the thankless job of driving a bunch of loud whored-out drunks back to the boat at twelve-thirty in the morning