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== Episode Info ==
'''<big>Dogs, Dogs, Dogs</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 93
*'''Aired:''' 93
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1963/04/22
*'''Writer(s):''' Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum
*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney

==Plot Summary==
A state inspector is on his way to visit the Mayberry jailhouse in order to 
determine whether or not the sheriff's office needs additional funds. Before he 
arrives, Opie brings a stray dog in who is followed by another ten of his 
four-legged friends. Luckily, the inspector happens to raise dogs himself. He 
befriends the dog-loving sheriff and deputy and sees to it they get the money 
they need.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* Actor Roy Barcroft appeared in the 1966 movie "Billy The Kid Versus Dracula".
* Episode includes the Barney soliloquy concerning "Giraffes" being selfish.
* This episode also contains the Shakespearean quote from "The Merchant of Venice",: "The quality of mercy is not strained, it falleth as the gentle rain from heaven."....you ain't talkin' to a jerk ya know!

==More Information==
Mayberry Bible Study Podcast: [http://imayberry.com/podcasts/2015/08/mayberry-bible-study-podcast-dogs-dogs-dogs/ Dogs, Dogs, Dogs]

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith	- Andy Taylor
* Don Knotts - Barney Fife 
* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor 
* Hal Smith - Otis Campbell 
* Roy Barcroft - Clint Biggers 
* Robert Cornthwaite - Inspector Somerset 



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