Pal


 * "I always thought that dog was dumb, I guess it was just you Arthur."
 * &mdash; D.W. Read, "The Perfect Brother"

Pal is Arthur's pet dog of ambiguous breed in the Arthur book and TV series. His mother is Perky.

Appearance


Pal is a small golden dog with smooth fur and wears a red collar with a silver pendant. In the cartoon, his eyes are black; although in the books and on many detailed illustrations, his eyes are normally white with a black dot in each one, but is occasionally seen with black eyes. When he was a newborn puppy, he had fuzzy fur.

Personality
In some episodes, it's shown that Pal can communicate with other animals and human babies. In these episodes, he speaks with a high-brow accent. Pal also likes to sleep under the couch, but he usually loves to sleep on Arthur's bed with Arthur. He dislikes the garage.

When he was a newborn puppy, he was easily excited and was destroying the house where Arthur's parents were giving him chances that Pal will either stay in the garage (against his will) or be sent away, much to Arthur's objections. However, Arthur spent a lot of time training Pal and has since become intelligent over the months.

Friends and Enemies
Pal generally gets along well with others, with the exception of pet cats, in which he has ailurophobia (also known as fear of cats).


 * Arthur Read: Pal's main owner in the family whom he is always tended by. At night, he enjoys sleeping on Arthur's bed with Arthur. Arthur always refers to him as the "smartest dog on Earth", even though Pal occasionally makes mistakes, such as turning off the computer when Arthur is doing his homework.


 * D.W. Read: She always refers to him as Arthur's crazy dog; and even though he likes her, she always thinks he's bothering her, but D.W. sometimes treats him nicely.


 * Amigo: The Molinas' dog whom Pal was best friends with after the family moved into the neighborhood since Season 6.


 * Nemo: Francine's cat who is Pal's worst enemy. Originally, they were friends playing around in Francine and the Feline from Season 3, which Arthur stated that Nemo was threatening to kill Pal, causing Francine to walk off from Arthur. In later seasons, they became mortal enemies. On the front cover of Arthur's Pet Follies, Arthur was holding them both in appreciation.


 * Fur Elise: Dr. Fugue's cat from D.W.'s Furry Freakout from Season 12, who is another one of Pal's enemies who caused a lot of disasters in the Read household.


 * Buster Baxter: When Buster comes over to Arthur's house, Buster seems to have fun with him too, such as petting him and massaging him.


 * Francine Frensky: When Francine comes over to Arthur's house, he and Francine seem to get along sometimes, such as when he licked her in the face at Arthur's 8th birthday party. However, he dislikes her cat Nemo far more than her as of Season 4. Francine also once mentioned that she was sad she didn't even get a puppy.


 * Brain: When the Brain came over to stay at Arthur's house when his parents went out to the Ice Creamer's Convention, he taught Pal some tricks, such as walking on his hind legs than on all fours. The Brain's friends once imagined him getting a puppy who looks like Pal, but with brown fur instead of golden.

Pal's favourite books: The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barraca And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall Art Dog by Thacher Hurd The First Dog by Jan Brett