Trying to Photograph A Puppy & Lots of Dog & Cat Cartoons

“Why are there no more pictures of your puppy on your blog?”

That’s what many of you have asked. Well, truthfully, no one has asked that. I mean that’d be like asking a new grandparent to see pictures of their grandchild. Only a masochist poses such a request. Or a really really good friend.

Sammy Adorable

Sammy Adorable

The other reason I haven’t posted any pictures of my adorable fur ball, Sammy, is that he is in constant motion. I took over 500 photos to get the above one. Most photos I’ve taken look something like this.

Sammy in motion

Sammy on one of his slower days.

My cat, Squeaky, on the other hand can sometimes be mistaken for being a catatonic.

squeaky-ready-to-take-off

My cat Squeaky showing some signs of life.

“Ha, ha,” Squeaky tells me via mental telepathy. “Puns, the lowest form of humor next to dead baby jokes. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I am. Mea culpa.

To make it up to you, here are some dog and cat cartoons. When shown to lab rats, nine out of ten of them died laughing. Squeaky ate the 10th one.

Insurance Cartoon 7355

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Contractor Cartoon 7912

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Carpentry Cartoon 6975

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Dog Cartoon 1548

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Plumbing Cartoon 7038

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Cat Cartoon 3490

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Disabled Cartoon 2709

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Cat Cartoon 6895

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Running Cartoon 3429

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Dog Cartoon 5398

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Pet Cartoon 6756

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More Dog and Cat cartoons are so cheap you can use them for paper training and as kitty litter.

My Life Has Gone To The Puppies

I just sent my first tweet:

Accident Cartoon 6708

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“The advantage of getting a puppy at 57 is your bladder holds about as much as a puppy’s, so housebreaking is easier.”

On March 29th, my old dog Sammy died of complications due to surgery for cancer. I was pretty devastated. My parents were visiting, and Dad said he’d buy me a puppy for my upcoming birthday. Oh how I longed to hear those words when I was a child, but I told him, no thanks because I always take in older dogs no one wants.

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