Pickles by Brian Crane for March 01, 2022

Keep doing what you’re doing Opal. Roscoe is enjoying it very much.

The dog seems rather kneady.

Opal should be fully house trained soon

I kinda wish if they were gonna do so many reruns they’d start from the beginning. This 1 is from 2002 and Pickles here on gocomics doesn’t start from the beginning (starts at 2003) so I’ve never seen them and I imagine most people that did see these really old ones doesn’t remember anyway. The 1st Pickles strip was in 1990 so there’s a lot of strips that aren’t available here on gocomics

how else do you expect a dog to lead a healthy lifestyle, Earl?

Did anyone else think of Sunday in the Park with George?

I bet Earl’s thinking about how much HE would like a massage…

Our two cats, a male Bombay and a female Torte, love getting massages. They ask for them. I have a small massage unit (about the size of my hand) that I use on their backs and around the head area. I tried using it on the dog’s back but she was not that crazy about it. The unit is small and her fur is thick so maybe she does not get the benefit that the cats get? I once posted about this on a cat FB page and some members tried to sexualize it and that really annoyed and disgusted me to no end.

The same thing works on a cat. We’ve always referred to a petting session as a massage. The kitty loves it and usually goes in for a long nap afterwards.

Oh go knead some dough Opal.

It seems to work in a similar way with people. The more some get kneaded (by getting a massage or an adjustment), the more they seem to need to see a masseuse or go to a chiropractor.

The last panel, pure ecstasy ! Beats the other day when she crated him!

Some dog’s don’t like to be touched except by their owners.

Nice to have a somewhat Roscoe-based arc…

It’s true, it’s true!

When this is done with a cat, they are purrrfectly putty in your hands.

I knee’d a dog once……. He wasn’t happy.

I hope she doesn’t rub him the wrong way.

It worked on my dog, qnd I wasn’t even trying.

Oy! Opal needs to take a ride to the fabric shop….

When I pet a pooch I thank them. Does me good.

o-w-o-o-c-h so bad

Cats like their head rubbed, especially behind their ears. I think all cats, including the big ones, like it too. Unfortunately, no one has the guts to do it to the big ones.

She owes him after sticking him in the crate the other day for trying to purr

Brian Crane, stretching things to get a humorous line, and crashing and burning in the process.

seems like it will always need you to feed it, house it and provide medical services whether you knead it or not

Some cats like deep massage; some don’t. Kirby would simply bliss out. “Sure, go ahead, dislocate my leg, just put it back when you’re done.”

Massaging your dog is wonderful after all they are our best friends.

Earl wishes he was the recipient.

I need you to knead me!

I got kneed in the crotch as young boy once.. don’t recall any degree of liking the kid that did it.. as I recall, there was a considerable degree of revenge enacted once I could stand up.

Hey, if they can have dog psychologists why not a dog masseuse?

Who needs a book? Just massage a cat or dog’s neck, shoulders and back the same way you would another human. The human loves it and so do the animals, for the same reasons. Same muscles, pretty much, right?

That’s how I won over my son’s dog. Now she’s waiting for my visits:)

Folks, is that a rising ‘pink thing’ I see?

That hound is spoiled. He’s a scritch addict.

Groan.

Very true Opal. We have 3 all want different. The oldest wants his chest rubbed.

Earle: “Good, Opal. Now I knead some dinner”

Roscoe seems to be liking it.

Roscoe certainly agrees with what that book says.

Oh how I love the look of bliss on Roscoe’s face!

Opal deserves a BADA BOOM CHE rim shot.