I'm thinking another "line" of interpretation is this song is about animal abuse and the animal gets free of it's abusive owner who now feels bad about the treatment after the dog runs away.
The first two verses cover how the dog and her owner's relationship is perceived initially from the outside. The dog and her owner are running around town, supposedly having fun together, like you'd expect from a good pet/pet owner relationship, Then one day the dog gets loose of it's owner after finding herself a "mate", and the dog is lost forever, probably to a new owner - and the dog's real owner is sad.
The second two verses cover what is REALLY going on.- the poor dog was dyed dark green, dressed up in (presumably uncomfortable for a dog) clothing, The owner calls her a mutt, throws the key to her kennel in the lake, and abandons her in her crate - exposing the owner's strange issues that lead to this kind of treatment....for the dog just being what she is, a dog.
I'm thinking another "line" of interpretation is this song is about animal abuse and the animal gets free of it's abusive owner who now feels bad about the treatment after the dog runs away.
The first two verses cover how the dog and her owner's relationship is perceived initially from the outside. The dog and her owner are running around town, supposedly having fun together, like you'd expect from a good pet/pet owner relationship, Then one day the dog gets loose of it's owner after finding herself a "mate", and the dog is lost forever, probably to a new owner - and the dog's real owner is sad.
The second two verses cover what is REALLY going on.- the poor dog was dyed dark green, dressed up in (presumably uncomfortable for a dog) clothing, The owner calls her a mutt, throws the key to her kennel in the lake, and abandons her in her crate - exposing the owner's strange issues that lead to this kind of treatment....for the dog just being what she is, a dog.