For a real dog a Siberian Husky. Only two places needed then, either home or the nut house. Like Jack Nicholson said in the movie, “You can’t handle the Husky.”
I lost my first and only best friend to suicide. We were both 17 at the time. I haven’t reached out to make a friend since then. I like folks and folks seem to enjoy my company, but I don’t let anyone get too close. I don’t want to go through that grief where I can help it. Now at 73, I look back and it still bothers me that our yearbook committee put his senior photo on the very last page. Uggg!
The Silver Tabby Years. (In my original attempt to reference a certain large, lovable Cat that is named after the state of Maine, I discovered that a part of its moniker is on GoComics’ banned list. But tabbies are just as preferable over humans.)
We have had 2 golden retrievers, and they certainly gave us many golden years. In our old age, we have a much smaller shih tzu. Much easier for us to handle.
I’m a cat guy but I get the idea. Our younger cat, whom we got as the successor to the 17 year old who has dementia, is a golden. Well technically she’s a golden ticked British Shorthair.
Our current dogs are three dachshunds (one short-hair, two long-hair), a chihuahua mix, and a chiweenie (chihuahua/dachshund mix). I won’t go into our past (passed) dogs.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
The dog doesn’t want to spend time with you.
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
Shih tsu.
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
Toy Fox Terrier thank you! (please see avatar)
eromlig over 1 year ago
Old football players get a wide retriever.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 1 year ago
I’m 65 and I have no dog. Am I doomed?
Nobody_Important over 1 year ago
I’ll enjoy my goats for as long as I can.
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
Aging isn’t all that much fun, but I can’t work up a lot of enthusiasm for the alternative, either.
mr_sherman Premium Member over 1 year ago
I have a nice pit mix.
blunebottle over 1 year ago
My neighbour, who raises goldens, has a warning sign: WARNING: My dog can lick anybody!
Gent over 1 year ago
Ageing, the natural and inevitable process of wear and tear on the body.
Sanspareil over 1 year ago
Ageing makes wine and cheese better, why can’t humans be like wine and cheese!
iggyman over 1 year ago
Clever Rat, clever!
cdward over 1 year ago
…or you find it’s just you and the people who dress you, feed you, and take you to the bathroom.
MayCauseBurns over 1 year ago
Be the person your dog thinks you are.
bittenbyknittin over 1 year ago
I was just thinking how my 2 dogs and 2 cats are the best company.
colddonkey over 1 year ago
For a real dog a Siberian Husky. Only two places needed then, either home or the nut house. Like Jack Nicholson said in the movie, “You can’t handle the Husky.”
SusieB over 1 year ago
Or your cat
ajr58(1) over 1 year ago
In my case, the Covid shut downs have amplified the effect.
Croc Holliday over 1 year ago
As I age, my fuse, much like my telomeres, keeps getting shorter.
HOTLOTUS1 over 1 year ago
not so bad after all
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Death helps you whittle that list down, too. I have lost my whole family and my best friend. At least I still have my wife and cats.
PeaceWouldBeNice over 1 year ago
And when I die, the dog gets one last meal…
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Rats only have four or five years to live, so Rat’s already entered his golden years.
mrwiskers over 1 year ago
I lost my first and only best friend to suicide. We were both 17 at the time. I haven’t reached out to make a friend since then. I like folks and folks seem to enjoy my company, but I don’t let anyone get too close. I don’t want to go through that grief where I can help it. Now at 73, I look back and it still bothers me that our yearbook committee put his senior photo on the very last page. Uggg!
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
I lived with a pit bull for almost 13 years. The first 11 were fine, but his last year was…unforgettable, in all the wrong ways.
rhpii over 1 year ago
I can’t get any better than your last friend being your dog.
The Famous Eccles over 1 year ago
Tempus edax rerum.
Croc Holliday over 1 year ago
Golden years is a pretty decent David Bowie song.
Ignatz Premium Member over 1 year ago
We don’t “whittle them down,” they die.
My God, I just got more depressing than Rat.
roydiehl1 over 1 year ago
Labradoodle Days!
aerotica69 over 1 year ago
The Silver Tabby Years. (In my original attempt to reference a certain large, lovable Cat that is named after the state of Maine, I discovered that a part of its moniker is on GoComics’ banned list. But tabbies are just as preferable over humans.)
larslarson over 1 year ago
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
This almost true , Rat! Only you have to include kitties
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom Premium Member over 1 year ago
Boston terrier and a Chihuahua.
William A Short Premium Member over 1 year ago
Or the Flat-Coated Retriever years.
oish over 1 year ago
You never hear anyone say Dog in a way that rhymes with Log/Fog/Bog/Nog. I usually hear it pronounced as Dowg or Dawg
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Dogs for men,cats for women.And hamsters for rats
raybarb44 over 1 year ago
And then there was one….
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 1 year ago
*Cat
zeexenon over 1 year ago
The co-pay years … and the rest is not a pretty sight.
KEA over 1 year ago
just me, myself and I, actually
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
Lately I’ve found I’m less interested in socializing regularly, and it does make me feel older. Or at least it coincides with feeling that way.
cactusbob333 over 1 year ago
We have had 2 golden retrievers, and they certainly gave us many golden years. In our old age, we have a much smaller shih tzu. Much easier for us to handle.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
I’m a cat guy but I get the idea. Our younger cat, whom we got as the successor to the 17 year old who has dementia, is a golden. Well technically she’s a golden ticked British Shorthair.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 1 year ago
Dogs.
Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago
Beagle days here! I think in equalized ages, she is probably older than I am now.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Rat makes getting older sound unpleasant.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
If only! Unfortunately, dogs don’t live long enough (in most cases). I’ll go with aging rather than being whittled down….
AndrewSharpe over 1 year ago
Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. — Groucho Marx
Pony99CA over 1 year ago
Our current dogs are three dachshunds (one short-hair, two long-hair), a chihuahua mix, and a chiweenie (chihuahua/dachshund mix). I won’t go into our past (passed) dogs.