It would be making something of a good point if it had a dozen panels before it of the poodle beating the crap out of the Generic Male Dog, verbally abusing him, controlling him, and the GMD being too embarrassed or scared to do anything about it because he's afraid police won't take him seriously. Because that often IS how domestic abuse against men goes--they don;t report it out of fear of being ridiculed or not believed, or both.