Pickles by Brian Crane for February 05, 2024

Nelson I think that’s the best, Roscoe can do.

Oh no, something’s wrong with Roscoe. Fix it! Saturday at the latest.

That looked painful. Poor Roscoe.

- continued… ? This should be interesting.

That’s the look I have when I’m constipated!

When I was a kid (70 years ago) our farm neighbor had a dog that “smiled”. It took me a while to figure out that big dog’s grin. She was a actually a very sweet girl. From her daughter’s litter I got one of her pups. He didn’t smile. He was big, loyal and protective. RIP Rex.

He looks cross-eyed first panel, hope he is going to be ok!

Might Roscoe look sad because Valentine’s Day will soon be here and he feels lonely?

Dogs “smile” with a wagging tail.

Looks like he’s pinchin’ a LOAF

Must have forgotten his dinner again. Give him a big chunk of your porterhouse steak.

If it’s a Roscoe-based arc, I’m all in!

If you are happy and you know it wag your tail. If you are happy and you know it then your tail will surely show it, if you are happy and you know it wag your tail.

At least he’s trying. Poor Roscoe!

Roscoe is Nelson’s friend of the day. Great smile Roscoe!

Outside of humans, no animal shows his teeth to express anything but aggression. And not every human society has considered showing teeth to be something positive.

Or, with fewer teeth.

“Fritzkiewicz”, a springer spaniel, could smile.

That wasn’t a smile, it was a bunch of teeth playing with Nelson’s mind.

“Lie back, and think of England.”

Cats grin

Roscoe looks constipated in the third panel.

It looks like Roscoe is constipated

Humans are never satisfied….LOL

My dogs are almost ALWAYS smiling! (Yes, dogs learned how to smile from us after CENTURIES of love.)

Looks like he’s constipated

Roscoe …….. just a grin would be fine ….. BTW …… you “DO” have big teeth ….. :)

Humans express happiness by exposing canines.

We rescued a Doberman from the street, long before “rescue” was in fashion. He (Sampson) smiled so hard, he would sneeze. He got along with our older Doberman, Barron. Barron the same. Miss them both.

Our dog does that when he really wants something, like I hafta poop now! But it’s not because he is mad, just desperate.

That looked more like a grimace.

Maybe he’s still bummed out about being adopted.

He should be using FEWER toothies, Pleze use gud doggie language and spelings.

Is he smiling or trying to poop?

Come on kid, give Roscoe a very gentle hug (from the look on his face, don’t squeeze!), lots of pets, and find gramma and grampa and show them that Roscoe isn’t himself! I had to take my dog to the vet today for a UTI. She was a champ, charming everyone there. (Dogs actually see a hug as aggression. That is one reason why puppies squirm so much when we try to hug them.)

The third panel looks like constipation to me.

That looks like a “bathroom smile”.