Why is it that Schaffer (the sheepdog) can walk upright and talk and all the rest and Broo (the puppy) runs on all fours and barks? Is he just a baby? Is this the equivalent of crawling and go-go ga-ga? I have always wondered.
I think the reason is that there are regular animals and anthro animals in this cartoon. Broo is a regular animal, like in our world, and is thus a pet, first to the humans and afterwards to Bert. The anthro animals, like Bert, Ralph but also Schaeffer are "human".
I still don't understand? Why would most be anthro's and only few be regular animals? And how do the regs and anthro's communicate? And I thought Broo and Schaffer were realted?
Yeah, you'd think they are related but there was no real prove to that ever.
And I can't answer your first question, it's just the way it seemed to me. I guess the makers just wanted to give the heroes a little sidekick. What's true for Broo is also true for Cyril's dog Snag.
I used to think that Schaeffer was a bear. And that's why he could talk. I said that to someone the other day and they called me an idiot. It was nice... but I was like 6 when I thought that. I will never admit it again.