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| - Gaspode the Wonder Dog is a small, greyish-brown terrier who suffers from most doggy diseases and a fair number of diseases that aren't doggy, including Licky End, which normally you only get if you're a pregnant sheep.
- Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in pregnant sheep); he claims that the only reason the diseases haven't killed him is that they're too busy fighting amongst themselves to focus on him. However, since everyone knows that dogs can't speak, people tend to interpret his speech as their own personal thoughts, a tendency which Gaspode regularly uses to wrangle food from passers by. (In fact it has been mentioned in the books that a passerby kicked Gaspode into the gutter, and had gone no more than five steps before he thought "I'm a bastard, what am I"). The exceptions to this are Car
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| - Gaspode the Wonder Dog is a small, greyish-brown terrier who suffers from most doggy diseases and a fair number of diseases that aren't doggy, including Licky End, which normally you only get if you're a pregnant sheep. Due to several unfortunate magical incidents, Gaspode is a good bit smarter than your average dog, or indeed human, and can talk. Of course, most humans never notice this, because as we all know, dogs can't talk. In fact, Gaspode goes unnoticed a lot of the time, which is why he has known of PPC activity for quite a while; Sues in Ankh-Morpork usually forget he's around, and that he knows almost everything that goes on in his city. Because Sues don't mention him, PPC agents usually don't see him on missions. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't see them, as he explains to Trojie and Pads in 'Out in the Rain'.
- Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in pregnant sheep); he claims that the only reason the diseases haven't killed him is that they're too busy fighting amongst themselves to focus on him. However, since everyone knows that dogs can't speak, people tend to interpret his speech as their own personal thoughts, a tendency which Gaspode regularly uses to wrangle food from passers by. (In fact it has been mentioned in the books that a passerby kicked Gaspode into the gutter, and had gone no more than five steps before he thought "I'm a bastard, what am I"). The exceptions to this are Carrot Ironfoundersson (who eventually figures out the truth himself), Angua (who he tries to court because she's a werewolf), the staff of the Times (who he needs to pass some information to), and the Canting Crew (who believe in much stranger things than talking dogs). Gaspode's ability to speak also has uses against other dogs, particularly against the misanthropic Dog Guild in Men At Arms, shouting commands in human tongue (ie. "Sit!", "Bad Dog!") that cause dogs to reflexively respond, in spite of better wishes. Gaspode is frequently conflicted between his desire to be a Good Dog and his belief that he has to look out for himself, because no-one else will. Despite being given a home with happy children and suchlike, he ran away from this for the life he's always known.
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