High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Bart`s Dog Gets an F" is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons` second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 7, 1991. In this episode, the Simpson family`s dog, Santa`s Little Helper, manages to infuriate the entire family by destroying Homer`s new shoes, ruining a family heirloom, and devouring Homer`s cookie. As a result, Bart is forced to train Santa`s Little Helper at an obedience school so that the family will not have to give him away. At first, the dog is extremely disobedient, but, at the last minute, passes the test.