- "But you have to be careful with parakeet, they try to bend the truth just to make what they say rhyme."
- — Mr. Conductor.
A Dog's Life is the seventh episode of the second season.
Plot
Schemer finds Ginny's lost dog and gives it to the kids.
Characters
- Mr. Conductor
- Stacy Jones
- Billy Twofeathers
- Schemer
- Dan Jones
- Kara Cupper
- Becky
- Ginny Johnson
- The Arcade Customer
- Mayor Flopdinger (mentioned)
- Gordon (mentioned)
- James (mentioned)
- Percy (mentioned)
- Toby (mentioned)
- Henrietta (mentioned)
Thomas Stories
Jukebox Band Segment Song
- Home on the Range
Trivia
- This is the first appearance of Ginny.
- It is revealed that Mr. Conductor can speak to animals, just like his cousin before him.
- Richard Yearwood guest stars as the Customer, Yearwood would later be the voice of Donkey Kong in the computer animated series Donkey Kong Country.
- Another version of the Jukebox Band's song in this episode was filmed, but was not used until Lullaby was released.
- We learn that Ginny owns a West Highland White Terrier named "Grainger".
- This episode marks another instance in which Schemer believes that the station is haunted.
- Starting off with this episode, Barbara Hamilton joins the cast.
- Both Thomas stories involve an engine getting dirty.