Red and Rover by Brian Basset for July 06, 2023

Me Tarzan, you Rover. That works.

Shows Red’s young age. He prefers Tarzan and Cheeta to Tarzan and Jane.

Cheeta was created for the MGM movies which were later continued by RKO and then reverted to MGM when RKO Studios closed down in the 1950s. In the original stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan’s ape companion was a little monkey named Nikima. Nikima appeared in a 1970s animated cartoon series called Tarzan – Lord of the Jungle in which there was no Jane.

As Rover is a fan of Lassie, Tarzan and Lassie might be a good combination. Lassie was another book character who was adapted for the motion pictures by MGM Studios

Ah Red, you’re the Monkey! Jane Goodall( Primatologist) would a agree. LOL

Try the bananas, Rover, I’m sure you will like them! My late cocker spaniel, Billy, loved them.

But Cheeta the chimp climbed trees.

Those were the days when one could climb trees! Sigh!

Love all the imaginative play Red (and Rover) are engaging in this summer!!!

Hmmmmm…maybe Rover can climb trees – we’ll see

Well, yes, Rover probably is.

My little corgi-cross childhood dog could climb trees! The easy ones.

Besides, I don’t think Rover can fling his feces like a chimp.

Rover ….. I guess you’ll just have to sit this one out …… at least until Red comes down …… then you can put him down and give him, licks ……. :)

Maybe he went with Cheeta so that Rover wouldn’t be insulted from being called Jane.

Gee, even some goats can climb trees. :)

Not a real Labrador then! Mine loved bananas!

I see Red ditched his socks. Must be warm weather.

My lab loves bananas. She can hear me peeling one from another room.

Rover could play Trantor. Tarzan’s elephant. He could trample a poacher flatter than a bad joke,

My last dog (since crossed the rainbow bridge) was a rescue. I had her for only a few short weeks when I dropped a piece of banana on the floor and let her eat it figuring she would spit it out. Nope, she loved it! Only problem was when I turned around my new dog was foaming at the mouth!!!!

Luckily it was just banana foam, I guess it was hard for her to chew?