Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 02, 2021

I wish we had a vet that would make house calls. We don’t even have access to a vet over the weekend and the emergency vet is over 1 1/2 hours away.

Pester me, pester me mucho…

Darn those sweet teeth…..

Suddenly, I too wish I had a cookie! Love the finned station wagon, a 1957 Dodge Sierra?

A Milky Bone is the perfect prescription for sweet Rover’s sweet tooth!

Rugby went into anaphylactic shock from, we think, a spider bite. Totally collapsed right in front o me. Drove an hour to Deerfield, Ma closest 24 vet. BTW, they are awesome. Called them on the way and explained what happened. “ We are coming in hot”. They saved his life.

I like the old Chrysler Station Wagon.

I think it’s a 1959 Chevy wagon.

including the station wagon was a nice touch

Congrats – you’ve now mastered the Stephen Pastis method of using several panels to set up the final punchline.

I need a cookie….silly boy….love to you

Is it his canine?

Don’t tell mom after that expensive visit to the vets! You dog you, Rover!

Rover must have read today’s Over the Hedge and found out you get a treat when you go to the doctor’s office.

There must be a suitable way to punish Rover when he does things like this.

Ohhhhhhhhh Rover.

Love how the mom immediately took Red seriously . . . such a great comic.

Late 1950s station wagon. Mom has an early 60s ‘do straight from Laura Petrie. Yet women in professions wer rare back then. Do the time warp

Glad I don’t have a sweet tooth.

I wonder what era Brian set his strip in. The circa 1957 station wagon, Mom’s hairdo, and the cathode ray T.V. set with rabbit ears must be shoutouts to the Baby Boomer readers.