Citizen Dog by Mark O'Hare for June 30, 2013

I cry easily enough, this just makes it worse. Sniff!

Good Morning, cleo, sugar, Fellow Baby & the rest of the CD gang who have lost loved ones.

Good morning, CDers!

As I said yesterday…. “STEEL YOURSELVES!!!” This goes on for several days. If anyone has some stray jokes or comic strips laying around, dig ‘em out and post ’em…..or there’ll be several of us crying in our coffee all week!

@nighthawks

I gave a lot of thought to your second panel of “Retired and Lovin’ it”, but I never could have come up with anything half as funny as you did! That was perfection!!! Very well done!

@nighthawks

and a golden oldie….

Okay….gotta save some for the rest of the week….hope that helps!

I wish to die the day after all my cats and dog are buried.

(just a thought: if I wanted to sit here and start grieving the loss of all of the dogs I ever had, I really don’t need a comic strip for that. I’d just have to allow my mind to think about them and how much I miss them all. Tears follow within seconds. To me, comics are a vehicle to allow me to “forget”, however briefly, the sad losses in life, and inject some lightheartedness into the day. just sayin’…..)

Thanks Stel, but did you mean the first or second version?your comment about lost doggies reminded me of that 1998 Robin Williams movie ‘What dreams May Come’ In it, Williams is in the afterlife and he happens across his dalmatian who was put too sleep at the beginning of the film because age issues . the doggie was not old and and slow gray and in pain and crippled but was bouncing ,frivolous and young again.it made the idea of an afterlife appealing, being reunited with a long lost friend (like the Rainbow Ridge story)But , there was only the one dog, and it got me thinking, what if you only get one pet to be reunited with? and if it was your own choice, which one would you pick? If you’re as old as I am, then you would be faced with a hard choice.

btw, wow! the ears on that basset (assuming nobody photoshopped it) are THE largest in relation to the head I have ever seen. this little guy would have serious stumbling issues just going from point A to point B.

I am reminded of The Twilight Zone episode called The Hunt.

No matter how often I hear this song, I never grow tired of listening to it. Groovin’.

Thank you StelBel.This one does hurt.

“Toons are my spirit lifter.”+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Well said. Mine, too.

Yes, a comic that makes one a little sad but then great pictures to make one smile. Thanks again StelBel.

I remember you mentioning that… on Dogs of C-Kennel perhaps? I’m so sorry for your loss. Most of us here know exactly how sad and painful it is. And, everyone has their own way to deal with it.

I always opt to adopt a new little one fairly soon after the loss of one of my dear, beloved dogs…. not to replace the one that’s gone, but to help me grieve while maintaining some sanity. I find the house way too quiet without the “pitter-patter” of paws. And, I know I can provide a good and loving home to an orphaned pup (no matter how old, they’re all a “pup” to me!) that needs one.

That’s how I deal with it, but I know everyone needs to go at their own individual pace. I hope that as time goes on, you’ll figure out what’s best for you…and you’ll always have the sweet memories of Venus….

Good morning Fellow Baby, sugie and cleo and all ye gathered here.

Thanks for the happy photos Stel! It helps with all the sad and happy memories of all our beloved pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

Unseasonably warm here this weekend, but I am loving it. Our bathroom remodel has rendered the room into an empty shell with drywall dust leaving my eyes bloodshot and itchy.

at this point, I’m shutting up! It’s a nice day and frankly, I don’t want to be crying all day long! So, instead, I’m going to plant some flowers, go swimming with Max and then, we’ll have a cook-out! There are no dark clouds… anywhere in my neck of the woods…literally or otherwise!

Max, on his own private float in his pool that he allows us to use….and, previously to living with us, he was on “death row” in Tennessee at only 4 months old. I miss my StelBel and the rest of the crew now passed away, but I’m glad we were able to give a home to this great little guy. And, he hears all about his “aunts and uncles” that were here before him.

Have a great day, everybody!

Good morning kids. As I have lived a different type of life, I’d rather choose between relatives in the afterlife, than my dearly departed pets.To lighten the load a little, I do have a sweet and some what humorous story. Back in the winter, our school held a mother/son carnival. You know how you sit there and think pleeease don’t pick his name and they do? Well little man won a beta fish, in a small bowl, in a leaking plastic bag. Got the boy and fish home, one handed, told the hubby just feed it once a day and I’ll deal with it when I come back home. (I was leaving for a girls weekend) I get back that Sunday to the fish, now dead, and its bowl in the Britta pitcher. They thought it needed more room to swim. Poor little guy, they didn’t know any better. I hid the pitcher and planned on telling him fishy didnt make it. When they got home little man tells me….mom I don’t think my fish likes me. I asked why and he said because he won’t swim around and he’s not interested in me at all. He was heart broken and in turn broke my heart. I told him the fish was just tired after his big weekend and we should let him rest. So 1 day and $200 later, (a mom has gotta do what she’s gotta do) we are now the proud parents of Sy the red beta fish. Long may he swim!

Good Morning Grog, Dry & all CDers both old & new.

stel ol’ Bel, our miscommunication issues continue. when I asked if you like which version, I meant which ‘finished’ version. I hate to tamper with ‘perfection’ (ha, hardly perfect) but I dumped the ‘bartender’ version and replaced it with Cleo ,in his usual dry humored way, something different that to me, was funnier.check it out— towards the end of yesterday’s comments

Actually our two cats (ashes) are in two cats (stone) in the back yard uner a tree, watching the birdies. My beloved Tina who died on Christmas Eve is (again ashes) in a Christmas Ornament. Not at all weird, we say hello once a year and she gets to enjoy the Tree from across the Rainbow bridge. Best Doxie in the world! I actually liked this panel, I got to think about my three best friends again!

Stel and Number Six I went to yesterday’s Andy to read the comments. Somehow, I JUST KNEW who you were talking about. SNERK! She seriously needs to get a life.

With heartful thanks to Skye, Torran, Ty, Range, Gray, Jem and others, this is the way it would be if dogs ran the world.

Fellow Baby, I left you a comment at Birdbrains.

Tuesday’s Gone

The hottest day of the year and a Canadian holiday means a busy day on the lake. Me, I have spent the day watering yard plants.

I’ve been flagging his(?) comments as I encounter them. Don’t think he’ll last too long!

@Stel, while true that cats and dogs ordinarily have short lifespans, parrots do not. Cuddles died because I did not push the local vets here to provide me with a medicine she had in IL that kept her from feeling hormonal so that she wouldn’t keep laying eggs. She was laying so many eggs (using the minerals from her bones) that they were weak and died of a prolapse.

She died at 24 and could have lived well into 50s (the day before, she was full of life and bringing me toys to toss for her. She was dying before sunrise when I got up, but was waiting on the tile floor under a bench in the kitchen. She could barely make a sound and I could see what had happened, thinking about getting her to vet (how to carry in that condition etc) but later (on the net) saw there was nothing to be done.

She lived a full hour in my arms as I stood at the kitchen counter holding her and kissing that little beak. She breathed her last little gasps after a while and her body was limp – then I held her as I thought of what way to preserve her remains. Not any box or cremation as she was still so lovely in death. My Holiday card that year honored her as an angel hovering over my house. and I could not speak of her for weeks and months after that without tears, as they form in my eyes even now (5 years later) She died on June 20 and I adopted Fitzroy in October; she was my companion over 20 years, he was a pet for 4 years and his ashes reside in a box. The drawing as you pointed out my style is crude as Irfanview lacks some f the tools of $ programs. I used that as my card 2008 and an actual photo taken by my daughter in 2009.

For a bit of dog cuteness- see today’s On a Claire Day.

He will be banned, StelBel. perhaps not today, but if he keeps this up tomorrow, he won’t stand a chance of lasting. It’s very rare that moderators will do anything on weekends, unless the flagging occurs after the turnover.

Shortly after turnover, that is.

Good night. I’ll be scarce until Thursday.

OH THE TWIT IS GONE! THE MODERATORS WERE ALL OVER THIS ONE, AND I HOPE THEY CAN BRING CHARGES AGAINST HIM/HER!

I sent gocomics an email praising them on their quickness to respond since this was the weekend.

Goodnight Fellow Baby! Drop in when you can! You will be missed!

Looks like I’’ve missed some excitement here. I’ve been run off my feet lately, so I dropped in to say good night.Nighthawks, I love your strip!StelBel, thanks for the great doggy pics. They cheered me up after reading today’s strip. Just when I was again crying about my Mua. But this is true to life and so it’s okay I guess.

Happy the profile page is pretty much what the SOB said in most of the comments and then some! Made threats against posters if they didn’t join it’s cause, etc.

What makes me mad is I praised the moderators in my email to them but maybe they will stop and think DUH They owe THE DECENT FOLKS ON THIS SITE AN APOLOGY FOR DROPPING THE BALL ON THIS ONE!

And back in 2008 they sent me an email telling me I would be banned forever from gocomics if I didn’t and I QUOTE, EXACT WORDS, I KEPT THE EMAIL, "IF I Didn’t CEASE AND DESIST from using the words He!! and D@mn (which I did in SOME posts. I admit) and lose my membership fee. And we come to this, AND THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND! GEEZ! WELL D@MN IT ALL TO HE!!!

Sorry I missed you Grog. I miss our chats. We’ll miss your comments this week. Hope you have a good week.

And to all my friends here- Good Night!(I’m glad I missed a troll. i hope he’s gone, whoever he or she is.)

((((((((((((((((((((((((DAZZ)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

JP Steve I know to click on the avatar, but since IT removed It’S comments, I can’t, and what is the blue name? I am going to say goodnight, but if you leave me a message, I will check tmr Good night, Buddy!

x-Tech, maybe you should work for gocomics. You seem to know more than they do. At least you tried, and like Happy said it will get what’s coming to it, we hope! Sounds like from what you said, this Troll has been around before. Only getting nastier and more hateful.

Goodnight. I will check tmr for updates.

Three long hard (good) days in a row.I have one client tomorrow, and I am tired and sore.Good night people and pets.Keep calm, and stay cool.And don’t get overheated.