| Character | Gallery | Relationships |
| Sasha | |
|---|---|
 I like candy! | |
| Info | |
| First Appearance | She’s Not The Best One To Ask |
| Tag | Heart |
| Gender | Female |
| Species/Breed | Dog/Mutt |
| Owner(s) | None, Mr. Hartford (formerly) |
| Relationship | Kevin (Boyfriend) Bino (Ex-boyfriend) |
| Friends & Family | Duchess, Fox, King, Bailey, Marion, Lois, Fido |
| Affiliation | Equal Chance Program |
| Not-so-much Friends |
None |
| Location | Dimension Prime, Babylon Gardens |
Sasha, formerly Sasha Hartford, is a main character in Housepets!. She was introduced in Fido's Return.
She was previously Bino's girlfriend before she broke up with him and is currently dating Kevin.
Original Site Biography[]
Sasha: She’s one of those ‘flavor of the week’ kind of girls, having an on-again-off-again relationship with Bino depending on how his standing is with the neighborhood dogs, and whether or not she feels like it. She wears a heart on her collar. There is more to her than meets the eye . . . but not much. Maybe.
Physical Appearance[]
Sasha is a canine with cream-colored body fur and brown fur on her arms, feet, muzzle, ears and tail. She also has a heart shaped mark on her right hip, and wears pink earrings. She also wears pink bracelets; two on her right arm and one on her left.
Personality[]
Sasha is arguably one of the least-intelligent dogs in the series. Overly perky and energetic, she doesn't always comprehend when someone is displeased or angry. She also has an attraction to the majority of the dogs, depending who's available, seeming to favor Fido out of all of them, although she started to date the more muscular Kevin later on. However her flirtatious nature alongside her obliviousness can cause issues--such as when she kissed Fox despite already dating Kevin or when she made passes at King despite him being married. This likely stems from Sasha's abusive owner, and when she is denied affection she can become depressive and believe that person doesn't like her.
On occasion Sasha has, oddly enough, shown signs of great intelligence and awareness, with the ability to compose music in her head and instantly play it on the piano despite never having touched one in her life. At rare times, she appears to be gifted with a sweet and scrambled view of life that has its own peculiar logic.
General Information[]
The first evidence of Sasha's abusive owner, Christmas 2008.
A dark side of Sasha's life is her relationship with her owner, Mr. Hartford, who may have adopted her in an effort to attract single women. She seems oblivious to his drinking problem, his slovenly habits, and shrugs off obvious acts of cruelty, such as locking her out on cold nights when she fails get him a date or making her do all the chores around the house. The severity and frequency of Hartford's abuse is unknown, but Sasha didn't seem to hate or fear him despite the mistreatment. Rather, she addressed him as "Daddy" ("I'm sorry, Daddy"...."Yes, Daddy"..."I love you, Daddy"), professed to love him despite his behavior, and defended him when others point out his abuse.
In Real Stories of the K9PD, Sasha becomes the main suspect in the attempted murder of Keene Milton, as she proclaims she did it and needed to be arrested. However, it turns out she had been brainwashed by the sketchy dog obedience classes she had been taking by the real perpetrator. Her frequent visits to the doghouse King built for her in the forest have also attracted the attention of the ferals. Some of them, like Ink the raccoon, have taken to calling her "The Traveler", designating Sasha's little cabana as "sacred", and connecting her inexplicable wanderings with the "Opener of Ways."
Much later, in The Hot Springs Episode, it's revealed that Kevin, Sasha's boyfriend, is currently building up an abuse case against her owner in hopes of emancipating her from him. In Be Mine, Kevin proudly announces that Sasha has been legally separated from her owner and is now part of the Equal Chance Program (ECP) until they find can find her a new home.
Trivia[]
- Sasha writes in cursive, which is shown in My Baby She Wrote Me A Letter.
- Sasha is the third pet to have been separated from their owner, after King and Bailey, but the first to do so through legal emancipation.
- Bino and Sasha are currently the only couple who have broken up during the comic's duration; (Max and Sabrina and Pete and Cerberus broke up prior to the start of the comic.)
- She made only one appearance in 2014, and didn't appear at all in 2015, however she does play a major role in Real Stories of the K9PD in 2016.
- Her looks changed slightly in December 2012 between her appearance in strips Rhyme Time and Boo-lean Logic along with the new 3.0 art-style: She received a pink earring on her right ear, three pink bracelets, and a spot on her right hip in the shape of a heart. The hair on her head grew longer, and it often covers some of her face, although her facial features are drawn over it anyway.
- As stated by King, most male dogs harbor crushes on Sasha.
- Sasha is known by the Forest Critters as "The Traveler" and her doghouse in the woods is a sacred place for them.