Fleischer's Tabletop process is used while Popeye walks Olive's dog down the street. The cels are animated vertically between set pieces, in order to create the feeling of depth.
The whole effect is lost in the color version, as the backgrounds is a flat redraw.
One of the few times any of the characters is shown with a pet. Fluffy, Eugene and Popeye's sassy parrot are about all that were introduced.
Bluto's dog is the animation villain of choice, a sinister looking bulldog. Every animation studio has a version of this canine.
One of a number of Popeye shorts which were sent off to Asia in the 80's to undergo the infamous redraw and colorization process.