Red and Rover by Brian Basset for January 28, 2022

Sweet, and sad. I know.

I dont like this one. Especially right at bedtime.

I’m old and gray, and I remember every last one of them. I know they will be waiting for me on the other side, and that makes me very happy.

I’ll still remember this comic when I’m old and gray.

I’m glad this is a comic strip and that Rover will never die.

A little heartbreaking.

Crying…

This is were just simple gratitude will work! Be present, for the present.

There’s a big heartbreak coming.

As if anyone could forget…

Poor Red doesn’t realize what a short lifespan dogs have…

I remember my Lassie like it was yesterday. Over fifty years.

Oof. In a couple of weeks it’ll have been two years since we lost our 13-1/2-year-old dachshund Geddy, and last month we said goodbye to his sister/littermate Sadie – I know we’ll never forget them.

Awww! How can anyone forget their beloved companions? They’re part of the family!

Both will be old and gray! Rover, will you remember Red, too?

Male dogs never become old!!

LOVE – LOVE AND MORE LOVE

Awww.

I don’t remember Rover addressing his human as ‘Red’ before, but he probably did because I am old and gray, lol! And I do believe Rover is an imaginary friend who will be with Red forever!

If you can handle tearjerkers, A Dog’ Purpose, and A Dog’s Journey by Bruce Cameron. The books, not the movie

Not a coincidence that many of the followers of Red & Rover have dog photos as their avatars. And every single one of us holds an invisible heartache for our faithful companions whom we remember forever … even when we are old and gray.

They also had a sad strip once where mom commented to dad on being worried about Red someday without Rover.

Pets I had 40-50 years ago will occasionally slip into my memory for a tender, misty moment. They’re all still with me, and still loved.

*P*O*W*!!! Right in the feels……………

If only…(wiping a tear from my eye)

If that were only true…….

Dang wind … blew something in my eye. … BOTH eyes …

Our memories are B&W

that’s a sad :(

This is too much for a Friday morning. I’m over here blubbering like a fool!

My daughter’s emotional support cat is 18 1/2 and she has had her since she was 8 wks old. The cat has hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, inoperable liver cancer and has had one stroke. Right now she is doing ok (we take her to the vet regularly). My daughter is 38 and is on the autism spectrum (high functioning) and we are both concerned about what her reaction will be when her cat finally passes away. She can, at least, envision getting another cat, but does not want to talk about the actual event. Which I can understand. We are just taking it one day at a time and enjoying her cat while we can (and the cat is such a love bug).

This is, at the same time, the sweetest and saddest Red and Rover I’ve ever read.

I am 70 and still cry when I think of my wonderful pal Oreo. He was the best

Seems to me that even if he lives that long, he won’t be gray.

Oh man, this one just breaks my heart.

Remember “The Rainbow Bridge” story.

Been there too many times myself and remember ’em all; but the human face I will never forget is that of a 17-year-old boy with his 18-year-old dog coming into the office of the veterinarian where I worked for the last time, carrying that elderly friend as tenderly as a mother carries her baby. We are a large company, we who will never forget.

I just realized that it almost seems like Rover understands that he will be gone when Red is old and gray.

Only wish at that age they could grow old and gray together. Nothing worse than seeing your friend go after such a short time (comparatively).

When they asked me if I knew you I’d smile and say you were a friend of mine And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes Oh, when I’m old and wise

Oh my sweet summer child

The Power of the Dog THERE is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and women to fill our day;And when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we always arrange for more?Brothers and Sisters, I bid you bewareOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.

 Buy a pup and your money will buyLove unflinching that cannot lie—Perfect passion and worship fedBy a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.Nevertheless it is hardly fairTo risk your heart for a dog to tear.

 When the fourteen years which Nature permitsAre closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,And the vet’s unspoken prescription runsTo lethal chambers or loaded guns,Then you will find—it’s your own affair—But … you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.

 When the body that lived at your single will,With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).When the spirit that answered your every moodIs gone—wherever it goes—for good,You will discover how much you care,And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

 We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,When it comes to burying Christian clay.Our loves are not given, but only lent,At compound interest of cent per cent.Though it is not always the case, I believe,That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve:For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,A short-time loan is as bad as a long—So why in—Heaven (before we are there)Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936).  Verse: 1885–1918.  1922.

It’s sad and sweet that Red doesn’t know that dogs don’t live as long as we do. May he keep his joy and innocence for a long time.

Red is too young to know the dogs don’t grow up with us. Red may have a few Rovers in his life. Sniff!

I have loved and buried many best friends/aged dogs. It is the toughest thing we do. I finally have a dog that I hope outlives me so I don’t have to go through the heartache again. Don’t worry—I do have a succession plan.

I’m only 60, but I clearly remember several beloved dogs who have expired of old age at different times throughout my life. Difference between human and canine lifespans. The fact that Rover will be old and at death’s door when Red is just coming of age into adulthood is beside the point.

Oh, how I wish this was true.

Oh Red, life does not work that way. Enjoy your time with them while you still can.