Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for February 21, 2012

first comment dance My dog so does this! So do I!

I’m sure Aaron and Billy will have something to say about this one. Although LMB seems to have a great life with one of his buddies always around. I’m not sure I’d do well with sad puppy eyes myself…Good morning, Susan! Aaron will be late today – hope it all went well!Hello to GsMom, Billy, KFG, gmforde, rgcviper, lindz.coop, hendelca, Mona, serenaskitty and all the other Cathy nuts rolling around here today!

This is one reason that cats are easier to have — they don’t make you feel guilty every time you leave the house!

This very thing has happened to me more times than I can count. Oh the guilt!

There is no living creature better at guilting you out than a dog!

Sigh! My 3 pups do this every time….

Little Muttley Beagle is a guy and not into such trickery. I’d guess that this works only on females with female dogs. (Aaron is now raising one arm to protect his face and awaiting the female tirade to subside).

He is spoiled that he has either of us at home at all times. He does seem to know when I’m supposed to be home in the a.m. He waits on the bottom stair near the front door and he calmly sits and waits for me to pick him up instead of going nuts. In the late afternoon, he’s got his favorite spot to sit and wait for Dr Billy to arrive at home; at his supper dish in the kitchen. :-D

Time to nap for a bit. Test results will be out in a couple days. Dr Billy may reports his version of the day sometime this evening.

@ Mona – please pass the bowl of chocolate… I have decided to give up chocolate for Lent (collective gasp) so I am eating whatever I have in the house today. Hopefully I will get to the point where I don’t even want to see chocolate for 40 days. Even my kids couldn’t believe it because I always smell like chocolate.

Both of my little dogs are world class experts of the puppydog eyes. And I have no hope of being able to resist. Sigh

Geez Electra, could you teach me that? I’ve got a short list of people I’d like to give puppy dog eyes to. Bring ‘em right to their knees. I do see potential in LMB but he’s just over a year old.

LOL lightenup We didn’t find friend Aaron’s heart on the MRI. We did find feelings, but way way way deep. We also got a shadow of an outline that we’ve concluded is his evil twin. I suspect Evil Twin came out and spoke out of turn today. (I do know, by now, that few will take him seriously. Right? If some of the newer readers don’t know how to take his humor, take it as just his humor. He really is a nice guy. That’s 18 years of experience talking.)

I’m a bit amazed that he did go to work tonight. He slept a grand total of 4 hours in the last 24. As he’s done in the past on a day of bad/short sleep, he’ll ask for lighter duty tonight. Being half awake on an EMS run isn’t something he’ll do. Guess that means we found his heart after all. Hmmm, go figure.

Later all. Basketball awaits.

lindz.coop what you said last night — nice. Very nice. And I do, and will always promise to.

Dr. Billy: I’ve got news for you . . . based on your picture that you use as your avatar here . . . you’ve already got that sweet, “puppy dog eye” thing going on so quit trying to be so modest!

;-)

Aaron: I guess I should probably be mad at you for making such a sexist comment earlier but I just can’t because you’re absolutely right — at least where I’m concerned anyhow! I feel the same way about my dog as Cathy does right now about Electra. Whenever she looks at me with that wagging tail and those big, brown, hopeful eyes, I pretty much can’t resist anything I think she wants! She’ll be 10 years old next month and she’s had me wrapped around her little paw since the day we brought her home when she was 3 months old! I fully admit that I’m just a big softie where she’s concerned and if people think I’m crazy, then they can go kick rocks! She’s not just a dog to us . . . she’s a very important member of our family and we love her!

By the way . . . good evening, Aaron, Dr. Billy, lightenup, K.F.G., Susan, Mona, rgcviper, gmforde, lindz.coop, puppybreath, serenasakitty, hendelca and all the rest of the Cathy Fanatics joining us here tonight. Nice to “see” you all!

:-D

LOL @ Electra…my dog doesn’t really do this, as long as I pet her before I leave in the morning, she’s fine..although she does go kinda crazy when I come home in the evening to walk her…..Good evening y’all……too lazy/tired to type everyone’s names…you know who you are :)

@ Billy – LOL!!!!!! LOVE your explanation!! I wish I could save it somehow… it made me totally crack up!! :-))) Bad EvilAaronTwin! ;-)Maybe he’s like the Tin Man and we need to find the Wizard of Oz to give him a heart. If you find the Wizard, please ask him for a brain for me…@ GsMom – I know, Billy does have those sweet puppy dog eyes, doesn’t he? LOL!@ KFG – Some days I don’t even know which end is up, let alone who I am. Jeez, you’re asking for a lot… ;-)

Admit it, Cathy—you’ve been duped … by the dog.

Hello, everyone.

Hi Cathyites! Good to hear we all seem to be animal lovers.

Glad to hear Aaron got thru the day ok — hope the test results come out on his side!! (I know he is in good hands Billy!). Also glad to hear he has the sense to ask for a lighter load after the anxious days and arduous testing.

Good evening fellow Cathy Nuts – or good morning really. Finally got a chance to visit comics and I suspect I am here about 10 minutes or so from turnover.I think we really are all animal lovers here – cats are my favourite but no pets now – an probably not again. I take it way to hard that they don’t live as long as I do. (I was a 90’s kind of guy way way before the 90’s!)