<div>Actually, here is proof that Dave Liebling was the first to speculate on Cutthroat's dog nature (though I can't find the original post for some reason):</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0007/0574.shtml">http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0007/0574.shtml</a></div>
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<div>Very interesting: he speculates that the Great Sleigh sleigh is, at one level of representation, the car (!!!) in which Cutthroat was riding before he was left behind. He also compares the bouillon cubes to a domestic dog's kibble. I like it a lot!
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