good_dugDug has got his collar back! As the entire bar probably noticed, given how inclined he is to bouncing around and commenting on everything. But having it back means that he can CONVERSATE with people again, which makes him a very, very happy Dug indeed. No more sadfaces!
Well, not on Dug. There are probably sadfaces on the faces of the Oompa-Loompas, given that a particular fuzzy bar patron appears to have discovered the lake, and the large tentacled thing which lives inside it, and the incredibly fun mud and sand at the lake's shore. And the water plants deep inside the lake. And the burrs inside the woods.
Altogether, the picture Dug presents is like that of a small, mobile dirt pile. The mud has dried, caking his fur an attractive light brown, and the occasional bits of lakeweed are draped over his back or tangled in his collar. His tail is one big mass of burrs, and his brown eyes peer out gleefully from a black mask of garden topsoil. Dug is one disgusting dog.
And oh boy, is he happy about it.