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A6 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANuARY 2, 2019 Dogs are everywhere Dear Annie: I love most dogs once in a while. However, I totally and have had pets all my life, but understand your concern, and I there are times and places in which agree that dogs should not be put pets should not accompany their into food carts. There are benefits to being owners. Of course, trained service around friendly dogs. Pet- dogs are the exception. DEAR ting them is a known stress I am seeing so many ANNIE soother. It feels good and dogs being exposed to can lower your blood pres- crowded stores and out- sure. Studies have shown door festivals and sales. that petting a dog or cat They are generally on helps your body release a leashes, but some breeds relaxation hormone and are so protective of their cuts down on levels of a owners that they can become hard to con- ANNIE LANE stress hormone. Creators Dear Annie: I love your trol when another dog is Syndicate Inc. column, whether or not I present. I recently saw a agree with your responses. woman who had her medi- um-sized dog riding in her grocery I’ve never felt compelled to write cart — a cart that others would before, but this time I’m compelled. Your response to “Gramps With eventually be using for food. I think that most dogs are more a Kid’s Mind” was totally off base! comfortable in their home environ- Thank goodness we still have ment and should not be exposed some grandparents (whose ranks to crowded areas. It will proba- I recently joined) who are filled bly elicit some angry responses, with wonder, humor, kindness and but please give your thoughts on love for life and haven’t become leaving the pets at home. — Don’t grumpy old men and the kind of grandparents whom kids not only Bring Fido Dear Don’t Bring Fido: If can’t relate to but don’t want to one’s dog is well-behaved, it is a spend time with. I think most of us nice treat for the owner, the dog baby boomers remember the “pull and the people around them — the my finger” gag our grandpas did to ones who like dogs, anyway — for us with fondness. — Grateful for the dog to go on adult excursions Gramps TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can be angry with someone and love that person at the same time. You can be disappointed in an action and still stand behind the general plan. Complexities will come into play, and you’ll manage them beautifully. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As an intuitive person, you know that inner guidance can be illogical and sometimes doesn’t quite culminate into something you can make sense of. But it does often enough, which is why you’ll keep paying attention. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Get centered and do your best without looking around to see how anyone else is doing. The only thing you should be comparing yourself with is your own past performance, and even that might be a bad idea. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). When you really comb back over what you’ve been taught, you’ll find that you disagree with more of it than you care to bring up over the dinner table. Some battles are best shrugged off. Vive la difference. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s easy to get excited about your own idea, but when someone else’s idea has you excited and willing to work, you know it must be a good one. Be generous, but also clear about the arrangement going forward. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll take notice of who you are around different people — what each brings out in you — so you can surround yourself with people who bring out your best and brightest, and/or a lighthearted, surprising side of you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Experience always grows you. So when the choice is between what you know and what you don’t know, you’ll choose what you don’t know ... as long as it’s not terribly inconvenient or expensive. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Oddly enough, your work will be best noticed when you do not do it. So, pull back on the efforts. Let them feel the void. And then pull back a little more so they can understand the exact nature of your typical contributions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Relationships improve because you put thought into resolving your issues with another person. And the other person doesn’t even have to know about it! Your change is enough to change the whole dynamic. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The basics of good communi- cation aren’t universally distributed at birth. Eye contact, listening, affirming through verbal or nonverbal cues ... this must be learned. And not everyone you’ll deal with today has learned it yet. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Oscar Wilde summed up to- day’s predicament very well when he said, “Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s successes.” FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Basic niceties are well within normal expectations, but the problem is that not everyone was brought up with the same manners and customs. You may have to gently educate others about what you need. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 3). The beauty of this new chapter is in its breeziness. A burden drops within five week’s time, leaving you physically buoyant, mentally unfettered and emotionally exuberant. After that, a bout of financial luck creates further ease. Keep it small, save up and don’t complicate things with too many partners or contracts. Gemini and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 31, 4, 47 and 37.