That's My Pup!

Being a dog requires training, and Spike teaches his son, Tyke, the finer points of being a full grown dog. The lessons include burying bones, laying at the master's feet, and giving the ole' sad eyes routine. However, the most important lesson a dog needs to learn is chasing cats. Spike is a cat chaser extraordinaire, it's a stroke of luck that Tom enters the scene, chasing Jerry. "What a coincidence," says Spike at Tom's welcomed arrival. Jerry runs into a hole and Tom waits outside, ready to pounce. Spike instructs Tyke to watch him in action as he creeps behind the unsuspecting Tom. Spike takes a deep breath and begins barking loudly, scaring Tom to death. Spike again demonstrates to Tyke the value of a good, strong bark by scaring Tom out of his skin... literally! Spike now wants Tyke to try his hand at barking. "I wanna have a word with this character," says Spike as he drags Tom outside the fence. There, he menacingly instructs Tom climb trees whenever Tyke begins barking at him. Jerry joyously overhears the conversation atop the fence. Spike drags Tom back inside and places him in front of Tyke, next to a tree. Tyke gives it his best shot with two barks before turning away and hiding. Tom isn't frightened of the pup and he does not climb the tree. So Spike simply grabs him and slings him up the tree. Unfortunately for Tom, he breaks about ten branches on his way up. Tyke turns back around to see that Tom is up in the tree. Spike congratulates his son on 'scaring' Tom up the tree. After Spike and Tyke leave, Tom returns to the mouse hole to wait for Jerry. He doesn't know Jerry is behind him, but after Jerry barks like a dog, Tom is scared senseless and shreds a tree, trying to climb it. Tom, again chases Jerry, who runs by a barking Tyke. When Tom gets a threatening eye from Spike, he turns around and runs as if Tyke were scaring him away. "That's m'boy," chuckles Spike as Tom runs away, colliding with various objects in the yard. A few scenes later, Tom has tricked Tyke into biting a fake cat's tail that's tied to a flag post. Tyke is hoisted into the air and whimpers at his predicament. After dropping from the flag pole (and landing on his father's head) Tyke explains to Spike what happened. Spike, inturn, greases the flag pole and chases Tom up it. Tom slides back down despite his best efforts to climb the pole. "Okay, son, take it from here," instructs Spike. Tyke barks at Tom as he is unable to scale the pole. Tyke's barking and Tom's inability to climb continues late into the night. "That's m'boy," Spike chuckles once again. Jerry looks on in great delight. This is the best of the Spike and Tyke cartoons! Plenty of funny scenes and excellent animation.