A cartoon was depending about a life of Wal Footrot's shepherd dog, "Dog", in their domestic Footrot Flats (hence a title), & a more characters, human being & animate being, that inherit their experiences. Puppy's thoughts come voiced around thought bubbles, though he is clearly "just a dog" like than a anthromorphised animals occasionally discovered inside more comedian or even animation. A humour was depending as much as a foibles of the characters, which numerous, particularly farmers themselves, found easily to recognise as much as the babies. There was tremendously "humour in adversity", ridicule of the every day struggle that permeates agrarian life.

Main Characters
;"The Dog" : the independent character of the book, a Border Collie. Thinks of himself when hard, however is really quite easy & typically fearful. He has the very title however he hates it & blocks everyone world health organization strains to reveal it. Wal universally calls him "Dog", gaining truehearted devotion. Typically put to have to guard items or even even develop eliminate rats or pigs - which he fails to run. He as well has two or three of vary egos, "The Scarlet Manuka" and "Mitey Iron Paw", that appear once in a while. Was a mascot of the All Blacks for a few seasons. A insipiration for The Run purportedly come from either Ball's have domestic-puppy, Finn (the little strong to show you, since the strip got already been run many years whenever Finn was natural), & apparently Ball originally did choose a title for the mutt however decided to never reveal it. There is a Mary Sue touch about a Puppy. ;Wallace "Wal" Footrot : A creator of the Pooch & Footrot Flats. The the right way geezer although the trifle of a slovenly person. The rugby union player, plays for the town team and dreams of a single day swimming for the All Blacks. As well plays cricket when in season. ;Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass : Diarrhethe a domestic next to Wal, has compassion for a lot dwelling creature & items & so has a natural way sustaining animals. However he is no vegetarian. Owns the preferent Magpie called Pew world health organization is constantly assaultive Wal (Wal chopped down his personal's nest tree, orphaning Church bench & making him the 'social misfit'). Cooch never causes the tractor, preferring to plod along in his Clydesdales. Wal's right friend (besides a Run, naturally!). ;Dahlene "Cheeky" Hobson : Wal's in-again/off-again girlfriend. Work on the hair salon. Nervy is hated per Mutt, world health organization is universally wanting to find how else to came between her & Wal. Touching a prevent of the strip's rerun, she & Wal turn into engaged, however at the eleventh hour she dumps Wal to move away from town by owning a male stripper. ;Rangi Wiremu WakThe Jones : the local son world health organization typically appears on the domestic to give Wal a hand. As a testimony to Murray Ball's skill as an creative person, the character of Rangi actually grew higher across a years inside the book, appearing slightly older in every book from either existence a trifle child to a adolescent. ;Janice "Pongo" Footrot : Wal's niece, girl of Rex Footrot. Prefer Rangi, she aged in a period of the book. She starts off the good deal the stereotypical girl, dressing higher the Puppy within a pusher & swimming dolls, nevertheless she slowly turned into a heavy pro-feminist. She insists that she was nicknamed Pongo because she was full at ping niff, non because she ponged as a tot ("Anyway, babies don't smell, MUCH!") ;Dolores Monrovia Godwit "Aunt Dolly" Footrot : Wal's auntie. Owns the cat house (in which Pooch was born). Super conservative & doesn't rather Wal existence by using Cheeky the least bit. However under her strictness she has the variety heart & will require to mothering abandoned lambs in the wintertime. Puppy despises her for generating him his title — which he doesn't reveal. ;Horse : The big, fierce & practically unvanquishable cat, according to the cat Murray Ball owned. Within Book 7 there's the brief ode to Horse written in the front places. A character occurs as menace to Puppy & a more characters, resisting tries to become tamed by Aunt Dolly or even others. He has the girlfriend (Fred) world health organization frequents by using the Bikie gang & loves leather. Typically is father to kitty. He & Pooch ofttimes cross paths which prevent higher by using Run on the short prevent. Spoke a bit within the earliest comedian however in late ones he principally spoke retired via actions & roaring. ;Prince Charles : The Super spoilt English Corgi owned by Aunt Dolly. Has the higher learn from either in life from listening to Aunt Dolly & dwelling within. Typically there are "class" clashes between him & Pooch. He is well moved & Mutt ordinarily has to tell you to him a rough in aspects of domestic life — prefer stock coupling & maggots eating while forgoing gravy.

Minor Characters

;Puti Puti : Rangi's Full cousin. The city boy, typically profits the culture shock whenever coming to the domestic. Normally confuses Pooch world health organization tries to exist as hip prefer a city dogs. ;Church bench : The magpie that's been abandoned by his personal fallowing Wal cut down his tree. It's taken to Cooch & typically gets back at Wal. ;Jess : Run's on/off girlfriend & a attraction of more dogs in the area. Okay, so has puppies. ;Cooch's cousin-german Kathy : The beautiful, occasional visitant to Cooch & Wal. Her face remains a mystery when she is universally drawn facing out of the reader. Loved per Pooch for her fabulous cookery. ;Stewart "Irish" Murphy : Wal's more neighbour. Universally appears filthy, probably due to farming many pigs, which stimulator Wal plenty of grief. Has ternary neanderthal sons Hunk, Spit, & Lex. ;"Irish" Murphy's pigs : The dreadful gang of 5 or even sise tremendous animals. Typically lurk in the nearby creek, stimulating dismay to unsuspecting fishermen or even dogs. Universally ravenous, it another time defeated & ate a bit of big sharks that swam higher a estuary. ;Tiger, Wolf & Creampuff, "Irish" Murphy's pig-dogs : It typically terrorise Mutt world health organization tries serve from either Wal, Horse or even Major. Nowadays so Pooch seeks to choose a lot threesome of the babies in at when. ;Major : Wal's 1st mutt. The hunting mutt, super tail & normally nasty-tempered. However has a bit of fondness for Pooch, typically saving him from either Spud's dogs. ;Hermit Ram : This character appears okay, so. It's the ram that's rerun off from either a class action & endures in the scrub of the domestic. Nowadays so it appears by using interest in the female sheep & Puppy is typically sent to prevent it. Currently so it's hunted — however typically outdoes its pursuers. ;Cecil a Ram : An aged stud ram, world health organization apparently lacks zest for the project of service Wal's sheep. He presently rediscovers his libido whenever Wal sharpens a butchery knife. ;More hostile fauna : Horace & Dolores (pigs); a Goat; a Goose; a Turkey. In the early strip, these animals were Puppy's independent tormentors. Within of these strip, a Goose is chasing Wal & a Turkey is chasing a Puppy, however Wal kicks a Turkey's head within & a Puppy mount the Goose's neck, so Wal & a Puppy celebrate their partnership. Late a irascible tom Horse became Mutt's independent nemesis (& former ally).

See Also
New Zealand humour