In that kitchen we meet an "old mutt," an actual dog, which lumbers toward "outstretched hands / Smelling of garlic and rosemary."

You miserable flea-bitten rag-bag of a womout old mutt!

Somebody's big old mutt wandered over, put his head on my lap, fell asleep, and stayed there for a half hour.

Some of us, though, held onto our potted friends, like old mutts, oblivious to which exotic species was in or out.

"He was not an old mutt and if you talk about him like that then this conversation ends right here."

That old mutt had as much staying power as his boss.

The old mutt wandered among the customers, butting their legs with his head, demanding food scraps.

A 13 year old mutt, Wata is also a biter - except to Misato- who only knows one command: "Shake."

His dog was an old mutt that woke up reluctantly and staggered in from the kitchen.

Nearly blind, she petted a raggedy old mutt who sat at her feet at the kitchen table.