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Ororo Munroe's avatar

BWAHA. OMG, I loved his answers and I loved that it was in the voice of The Dude.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

🥰🙏

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Bill Southern's avatar

Apollo seems more qualified than most of my colleagues - when can he start?

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Haha. Tomorrow. 😊

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Sue Ferrera's avatar

This was fun. Love our animals! 💜

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

This is soooo clever! I can tell your dog gives you plenty of great material to work with.

“Yo, dude, I know you can’t reach that Great Dane’s asshole, so you just gotta trust that he’s cool.” 😂😂😂 and “I guess

I just like slapstick.”

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx, Julie. 🥰

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Every time I felt I couldn't laugh any more I read another line... and laughed some more! Absolutely BRILLIANT, post, Carissa!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx, Rebecca. 🥰

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Joanne McHugh's avatar

Bravo! Brilliant job capturing the mind of the dog

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx for reading and commenting! 🥰

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Kim Van Bruggen's avatar

Can’t stop laughing! The puking grass and bile as I race to move Ryder off the carpet, or better yet outside. Check (just yesterday 😂)

And the swallowing of pills!!! Clamping their jaws shut like somehow that will make the pill go down.

I loved this. And Apollo.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx! 🙏🙏

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Donna McArthur's avatar

The pictures😍😍

I love Apollo’s life purpose and that he says Dude!!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Hehe.

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Katharine Strange's avatar

Hilarious! I have 2 cats. In my mind, one has the voice of Marc Maron and the other sounds like Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Haha! Those are great voices for cats. Love it.

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

That was fun

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Victoria Fann's avatar

I did pet sitting for a couple of years when I was a digital nomad, and this piece brought it all back. It's wonderful to see the experience from your dog's point for view. Apollo is the best!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx so much!

You probably have some good pet sitting stories. 🙏

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

"I don’t have the right hardware for the chortle." is the best 😂 and that Apollo's universal currency is "balls". Oh, to come back in the next life as Apollo!

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Chris Stanton's avatar

Pills are the worst! I’ve been finding success lately camouflaging them in cheese, but those calories add up.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Ah yes, the cheese. Apollo also has a weight issue. Sigh.

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Chris Stanton's avatar

Ugh. Nothing is easy!

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prue batten's avatar

LOVE this.

Am going to copy and paste just for fun. Great post CK. PS: Balls would be my dog's answer as well.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx! 🙏🏻

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Mark Dolan's avatar

So fun. Apollo has a pretty good life. Gonna check out rover.com the next time we have to board the dog. The bill from commercial boarding seems more like a 5 star hotel bill :) Our dog takes two medications a day now. He is very chill and will let me put my hand in his mouth as long as he gets carrots or cucumbers before and after :)

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Why have I not heard about your dog? Did I forget?

Rover is great. We lucked out finding our sitter. She was reasonable. Many are as you say, think they’re running a 5 star hotel.

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Mark Dolan's avatar

I think I wrote about Denny pretty frequently in my old Substack and included some occasional photos. He is now closer to 18 than 17 and still going strong. He's a cocker spaniel BTW. I often wrote about his unusual food habits. Here's an old photo of him. https://photos.app.goo.gl/iZFcmTwz6uxFHefm9

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Wow! What a cutie. And living a long wonderful life. ❤️

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Mark Dolan's avatar

Here's a very old story with the ultimate clickbait title -- it's a little bit about Denny and includes a photo https://markdolan.substack.com/p/all-hail-crucifer -- I actually got a couple of messages from people outraged by the title :) -- absurd -- it is a shame that sense of humor is not a gene everyone gets

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Haha. Great title! Thx for sharing pics of pooch and cruciferous veggies.:)

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Mark Dolan's avatar

Dogs are great. Wonderful idea to interview them :)

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Vicki Tashman's avatar

Hilarious!! I can totally picture Apollo saying and thinking it all. Well done! ❤️

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thx, sistah. 🥰❤️ You know your nephew well. Hehe.

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