Not to mention starting at middle age you start to do the same thing. Slow down, relax under the shade with a drink in your hand wondering when you became middle aged and not young.
Yeah. I have a standard poodle who is now 14, going on 15. She’s due for her annual checkup and shots, but the vet wants to get her heart condition stabilized before they do that. She mostly wants to lie around too. It hurts for her to get up and down, because she’s got hip dysplasia and arthritis, so once she’s in one position, she maximizes it.
But if I go pick up her leash, or if I unscrew the lid of the peanut butter jar, I can turn my head just slightly and see that she has somehow teleported to my side and is ready and waiting for whatever I’m preparing. ;-)
If we were reading this strip for the first time, we would take the joke for what we see here today. And it’s worth a chuckle at least. Some of us have read the entire 29 years of the strip before and see today’s strip as “foreshadowing”. It isn’t. Farley is 15 years old. That’s the equivalent of 105 years old (not counting the months since his birthday sometime early in the year). You’d slow down too at that age.
“Farley used to run around like that.” That’s a little Farley retcon. There were no comic strips of Elly and Connie sitting around watching Farley run around with Elizabeth.
angelolady Premium Member about 1 year ago
Stop that foreshadowing!!
Asharah about 1 year ago
Dog isn’t the only one.
snsurone76 about 1 year ago
Whatever their age, dogs aren’t nearly as much trouble as toddlers—especially “Aypo”.
Robert4170 about 1 year ago
sigh…such a foreshadowing…..
baraktorvan about 1 year ago
Not to mention starting at middle age you start to do the same thing. Slow down, relax under the shade with a drink in your hand wondering when you became middle aged and not young.
dcdete. about 1 year ago
Oh my! I guess I must be getting close to Farley’s age! Because I love doing the exact same things as Farley does on a hot day like this.
saylorgirl about 1 year ago
Older dogs aren’t stupid. They know what they can handle and what they can’t.
rebroxanna about 1 year ago
Oh Geez. Here it comes.
kaycstamper about 1 year ago
Come on, you guys are YOUNG yet!
Billys mom2022 about 1 year ago
Farley has a lot of hair and may get hot outside. Staying in the cool AC is where he likes it. Age has to do with it also.
birkemeyerjulie about 1 year ago
I hate the thought of losing Farley. I know it’s only a cartoon, but losing a pet is so hard!Julie
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Starting to slow down doesn’t mean you’re getting old, but getting old means you’re starting to slow down.
flagmichael about 1 year ago
“….a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Daltongang Premium Member about 1 year ago
Sign of aging or adjusting to the habits of their masters? You decide.
Doug K about 1 year ago
Are these the dog days of summer? Have they entered the dog years of their lives?
delennwen about 1 year ago
Well, we do know that Sera and Farley will get a little action very soon! He’s not too old for that, apparently.
ladykat about 1 year ago
Not just dogs.
calliarcale about 1 year ago
Yeah. I have a standard poodle who is now 14, going on 15. She’s due for her annual checkup and shots, but the vet wants to get her heart condition stabilized before they do that. She mostly wants to lie around too. It hurts for her to get up and down, because she’s got hip dysplasia and arthritis, so once she’s in one position, she maximizes it.
But if I go pick up her leash, or if I unscrew the lid of the peanut butter jar, I can turn my head just slightly and see that she has somehow teleported to my side and is ready and waiting for whatever I’m preparing. ;-)
dlaemmerhirt999 about 1 year ago
I’m a THIRTY-FIVE year old man with still a sizeable gut! BUT . . . if there is ANY pool on even a mildly warm day, I am IN THERE.
planostanton about 1 year ago
Sign of aging? Or a sign of intelligence?
JanLC about 1 year ago
If we were reading this strip for the first time, we would take the joke for what we see here today. And it’s worth a chuckle at least. Some of us have read the entire 29 years of the strip before and see today’s strip as “foreshadowing”. It isn’t. Farley is 15 years old. That’s the equivalent of 105 years old (not counting the months since his birthday sometime early in the year). You’d slow down too at that age.
g04922 about 1 year ago
Yeah… these two aging menopausal women like to lie in the shade with a cool drink, too ;-)
howtheduck about 1 year ago
“Farley used to run around like that.” That’s a little Farley retcon. There were no comic strips of Elly and Connie sitting around watching Farley run around with Elizabeth.
The Great_Black President about 1 year ago
Elly is looking forward to the big day with Farley and April and hearing those words:
“I now pronounce you dog and wife”.
:P
kamoolah about 1 year ago
Snoopy is older and in better shape. What’s Farley’s excuse?