Dogs at the Opera

9/14/2025

“Samson” is a sort of “Robin Hood” for the stray mongrels who live in New York. Running a clever pincer movement with his co-conspirators “Silver”, “Goliath” and the nimble “Thimble”, they usually manage to provoke the local butcher into chasing the wrong mutt whilst the others raid his supply of sausages. Later, they divide the spoils amongst the needy, whilst always alert for the “Dark Officer” who will take them to the pound. It’s whilst escaping from this dastardly nemesis that “Samson” finds himself drawn to the sounds of the opera house where he encounters the highly strung poodle “Margot”. Now she just happens to be the prize possession of the prima ballerina and also charged with guarding a tiara that reputedly once belonged to England’s Queen Elizabeth. The two don’t exactly hit i