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By the wonderful Grace Farris.
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Messages From My Dog
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This comic was a glimmer in my week.
“Mmmm, the world just smells so goood. Did you smell this thing? Gosh, C’mon! Smell this!”
Grace your work is amazing. The comments are hilarious!
We very unexpectedly lost one of our dogs last week. This comic made me tearful but also reinforced the recurring thought I’ve had – we are so, so fortunate to share our lives with these beings
So sorry for your loss. xx
My Shih tzu ask can he go out & play in the snow? Why not,? This cone on my neck is ruining my fun mom!
Garbage day is a great day, indeed?
My husband suggests this test to find out who is your truly best friend:
Put your spouse and your dog in the trunk of your car. Drive around for about twenty minutes. Then stop the car and open the trunk. Note well which of them is happy to see you. Question answered.
Why is my snow yellow?
My labrador would leave me multiple sticky notes asking to play fetch, tug of war, and going on a walk to find sticks.
I have nearly bought clients to tears in my veterinary consult room explaining that for us the dog is part of our world, but for the dog we are their whole world. Dogs truly live in the moment, every single day, and I firmly believe that is why they are the best.
My husband and I say this all the time, usually in the context of forgiving our dog for wanting our attention. We are her whole world and it’s our duty to give her enrichment and our attention. Granted, she’s insatiable, but we know we’re all she has.
I absolutely agree with you, my Cinco’s whole world is his mom, Me and neither of us would have it anyother way. Our time together is very precious as he is an old dog that nobody wanted till I came along and made him mine 100%. Rescued senior dogs have to much love and loyal to give when they find a forever home, they truly appreciate their new owners and new home.
My beagle is all about the trash snack. (I don’t understand why people throw food out the window, personally.)
As the owner of a Beagle I feel this so much. So many people seem to like, eat chicken wings and throw the bones in the grass at the park, where they are hidden…except from my dog who is a literal bloodhound and will find any disgusting snack within a 5 mile radius. Ugh, I’ve never more aware of the amount of trash in my city.
Love this, Grace. ❤️
Messages from my cat would be all,
My butt. Here it is. Really take it in. And another thing: My butt.
That email could use some iiiiiiidfa33
Bro have you TRIED this HOUSEPLANT?
Day is over. World is gone. Belly is all.
Could you not invite THEM over again?
Your coworkers like me better than you.
It’s snowing AGAIN?!… i’m going to the basement.
Also:
1. There is a shark under this bedsheet.
2. It’s 4 AM, isn’t your face lonely on the pillow all by itself?
3. It’s 7 AM, do you want to get breakfast started or listen to me disassemble the house? Your choice.
4. Gotta run….
Andrea, have you met my dog? (all dogs) hahahaha. Dogs are great.
These really make me smile & want to appreciate daily life wonders! Love this so much! Also, how fun is it to imagine what post-its my dog would leave for me–haha!
Could be retitled as “Messages From My Toddler” and be just as accurate 😂
Hahaha! My toddler once ate a dried out dog treat from the sidewalk before I could stop her so I have to agree with you lol.
Yes, Yes, Yes!!! 😅 That’s exactly what I was thinking! I am an Early Childhood Teacher for toddlers and I can totally relate to this! 🥰
I love this perspective!
My dog is provided with two square meals of nutritious kibble a day, plus an endless parade of specialty freeze dried treats, Dentastix, and choice tidbits from our plates. And yet, if you were to see us on a walk you would think we starve him. I never realized just how much loose trash is on our streets until I found myself pulling various choking hazards out of his mouth — chicken bones (always chicken bones!! Where do they come from?! Who is eating all this chicken??), frozen hunks of bread, once, an entire rotting raw chicken thigh (that was a low point, for both of us). We are currently under about a foot of snow, so right now a lot of walks involve guessing if he is digging in the snow for a piece of frozen trash, or just sniffing something mysterious that is beyond my limited human perception. My dog is a 10/10 and I love him to bits, but trash is his number 1 vice (his number 2 vice is gnawing on our couch).
Oh lord. This is such a point of contention between me and my dog. It gets me so irrationally frustrated on our walks. We lived in one neighborhood for the first 3 years we had him and there was never any trash around. Then moved 2 years ago to another neighborhood that seems to my overblown senses to be strewn with trash. Like you said, so many chicken (and other meat) bones!! How?? Why?? In 35 years I have never wandered outside eating bone-in meat. I have also had similar raw meat experience… twice! Once was a large pack of raw ground beef, plastic packaging ripped to shreds. Another time was a WHOLE RAW UNWRAPPED TURKEY just left upright, Monica Geller-style, near the sidewalk.
Search Engine podcast with PJ Vogt addresses the chicken bone issue today.
Andrea was just coming to say the same thing!! Couldn’t believe the serendipity when I saw Abbe’s comment :))
Andrea and Rebecca, thanks for the rec!! That is some truly wild serendipity. I listened to the podcast while finishing up some work bits — I won’t spoil it for anyone, but it did confirm my suspicions! I did find it rude that the podcasters seemed to think chicken bones are a city problem. As someone who lives in a small town, I can confirm — bones are everywhere!
Haha, I commented above about the chicken bones before seeing this. Seriously, WHY are there so many chicken bones on the streets? It’s so gross (and a serious hazard for intestinal injuries!)
There’s a spot near our house where my husband always solemnly asks when we walk by, “remember when the dog found a whole shrimp po boy here?”
Yes. Yes, I do recall.
Our puppy’s trainer recently said she has a “zest for life,” which is just a nice way of saying she’s overly excited all the time and wants to be friends with every person and dog. But, the reason I mention this, is because these notes really resonate! Except for the “let’s just veg” one – maybe when she’s older?!?
Haha I always said that my puppy was “excited to be alive” because anything made her zoomy!
Also sounds like you are doing a great job socializing your pup :)
Ha, so true! When our dog turned 2.5 years old I called my husband saying I thought our pup was ill, as he had done nothing but sleep on the couch all morning (by then it was 1pm) and this was the second day in a row. Yes, I have 2 kids, a full time job & a full life- it was just concerning because it was so out of character for our pup. My husband paused, thought and replied- “well, it seems like we no longer have a puppy, we now have a dog.” He was so right!
Our pup still has the same “zest” but more on a level of 7-8, vs the previous “zestiness” of 10+ & is still the best :)
Oh my goodness! I’ve always loved this character description in the novel, The Leopard:
“a riotous zest for life and a frivolous temperament contradicted by sudden serious moods.”
In fact, “riotous zest for life” has been in my social media bios since I read it on study abroad in college. Certainly works for pups, too!!
my 8-month old puppy calls him “enthusiastic” for all the same reasons. and he’s already learned to veg!
Haha, I frequently say that walking my 4-year old poodle is like walking “Buddy the Elf.” Everything is wonderous.What I imagine as her internal dialogue: WOW — Mom, did you SEE that squirrel? That is the BEST squirrel I ever saw! It needs a hug, can I give it a hug?? Wha– Holy cow, there’s a bike going by!! Hi Mr. Bike Man! HI HI HI…..
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