I’m sure some of you are dog owners… if you are, I’m sure you know what this feels like as well.
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ALT - 0011: Walk
[ Panel 1 ]
AUTUMN: You SURE you don’t wanna come shopping with me?
CADENCE: Yeah, I need to walk Rudy. When you get back though we should get some lunch!
AUTUMN: KAY!
[ Panel 2 ]
:: Rudy walks up to a bush and inspects it. ::
[ Panel 3 ]
:: From his initial ocular inspection, he’s decided that he should use his sense of smell. ::
{ sniff sniff }
[ Panel 4 ]
:: This bush has passed his the first sense inspections, but what to do next? ::
[ Panel 5 ]
:: Touch! He has to touch the leaf, get a close look, make sure that this plant stands up to his standards. All of this, but why? Will he even pee on this particular bush? We may never know what is going through his head. All we know is that he’s happy doing it. ::
[ Panel 6 ]
:: Autumn has returned from shopping, bag full of things she bought. ::
AUTUMN: Perfect timing! Did you just get back from your walk then?
CADENCE: NO… we haven’t even left this bush yet!
:: She rolls her eyes. ::
[ Panel 1 ]
AUTUMN: You SURE you don’t wanna come shopping with me?
CADENCE: Yeah, I need to walk Rudy. When you get back though we should get some lunch!
AUTUMN: KAY!
[ Panel 2 ]
:: Rudy walks up to a bush and inspects it. ::
[ Panel 3 ]
:: From his initial ocular inspection, he’s decided that he should use his sense of smell. ::
{ sniff sniff }
[ Panel 4 ]
:: This bush has passed his the first sense inspections, but what to do next? ::
[ Panel 5 ]
:: Touch! He has to touch the leaf, get a close look, make sure that this plant stands up to his standards. All of this, but why? Will he even pee on this particular bush? We may never know what is going through his head. All we know is that he’s happy doing it. ::
[ Panel 6 ]
:: Autumn has returned from shopping, bag full of things she bought. ::
AUTUMN: Perfect timing! Did you just get back from your walk then?
CADENCE: NO… we haven’t even left this bush yet!
:: She rolls her eyes. ::
Puppies!! <3 … and baby Rudy.
I know that feeling. Two dogs that have an endless supply of urine in their bladders. One pees on something, the other pees on that same something.I swear they take turns with this.
Anytime I walk my dog with my mom’s dogs… My dog and her little shitzu do that very thing. It’s rather annoying.
If I could offer a suggestion? If you feel he’s taking too long to do his thing, just move on. Eventually, when he *needs* to go, he’ll go. Be the alpha male, the pack leader (just ask Cesar Milan ;-)
Oh I don’t really let Winslow sit there too long, I sort of overexaggeratedit for the purpose of the strip andexplanation. :P Generally I only let him behave that way in front of our house… once we start walking I don’t let him anymore. Gives him sort of a sense of ownership to where we live… but not to other people/dogs places.
i am constantly asked by neighbors to walk there aminals for them, why they ask me is somthing i will never understand, i cant keep a plant alive for more than five minutes without gaining sentience and realizing that it hates life and kills itselfim like the freaking monolith of suicide
Maybe that’s why they ask you. lol
lol, oh you guize.
Baby Rudy is freaking adorable… but yeah, puppies and dogs are like that. Had to walk one lady’s dogs once. Half an hour, and made it about 10 houses down.
Glad you like him, I feel like this is the way I should have drawn him all along.
Really liking the last few Alt strips! Also, baby Rudy? Freaking adorable. And a little thing I learned with my puppy – if I put him out he’d never go…if I sat there and waited on him, he would find something to play with, but if I actually walked him, I’d have to stop like 4 times for him to pee.
Thanks! Glad to hear it… these last strips have really made me RE fall in love with my comic. They’ve been a lot of fun and have a feel to them that I really enjoy.