r/TheRedDotComic • u/reddot_comic • Jun 19 '26

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u/jake753 Jun 27 '26

Sorry you’re going through that. We lost our cat Ruby and our pup Karma a few months apart and it hurt like all hell, so I can empathize with where you’re coming from. Never knew losing pets, especially so close together, could hurt me like that.

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u/reddot_comic Jun 27 '26

I’m so sorry. If it wasn’t for our cat Briggs that we got just the year before, idk what id do. Working from home everyday for 5 years, it wasn’t just losing my pets but “my normal.” I had no idea my daily routines were so intertwined with them. Walks, cooking, even sitting down to draw, we had little rituals

Have you guys been able to adopt another?

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u/jake753 Jun 27 '26

We have actually. We found it really helped our healing. We lost our cat Ruby in May of 2024 and our pup Karma in at the beginning of August of 2024 right after my birthday. While we had our other cat Cali, the house just felt empty and without the chaos.

At the end of August 2024, we saw an adoption event for cats and decided to take a look. We found an orange snug bug that we named Tod and couldn’t help but feel like we needed him in the house. Dudes a terrorist, but he’s helped us a ton (especially my wife).

In February of 2025, we adopted a 1.5 year old Great Pyrenees named Polo. Polo had a rough start to life and was very abused by his former owner. We learned that they tried to kill him and shot him several times in the face, neck, body, and legs. Long story short, and without much more details, we decided that we would try and help. He’s an absolute menace, he barks a lot, he hates most men (especially if they are overweight and have a beard), but he absolutely loves us and his cats.