Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 7

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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NEWS:

Master Criminal

A sneaky cat burglar has been tormenting a town by stealing dozens of clothes from unsuspecting homeowners.
Taboo, a 12-year-old black and white moggie, has nicked gloves, socks, underpants and shoes from properties across Otley, West Yorkshire.
Her owner, Sandra Danskin, 62, has now been forced to share regular pictures of the items on social media so residents can collect them.

'This morning I had four pairs of socks and a pair of underpants. She loves bringing back items of clothing like that, but also we've had a mop head and kitchen rolls.
'We even had half a dozen eggs once, still in their box, but all broken. . .
She also said the moggie is quite fastidious and brings back a 'full set' of anything she managed to find.
Sandra said: 'If she brings back a sock she will always go back and get the matching one so there's a pair.

Courtesy Grateful

Love is the only explanation I can think of.

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Storytime:

Two women were out for a Saturday stroll. One had a Doberman and the other, a Chihuahua. As they walked down the street, the one with the Doberman said to her friend, "Let's go over to that bar for a drink."
The lady with the Chihuahua said, "We can't go in there. We've got dogs with us."
The one with the Doberman said, "Just watch, and do as I do."
They walked over to the bar and the one with the Doberman put on a pair of dark glasses and started to walk in. The bouncer at the door said, "Sorry, lady, no pets allowed."
The woman with the Doberman said, "You don't understand.
This is my seeing-eye dog."
The bouncer said, "A Doberman?"
The woman said, "Yes, they're using them now. They're very good."
The bouncer said, "OK, come on in."
The lady with the Chihuahua thought that convincing him that a Chihuahua was a seeing-eye dog may be a bit more difficult, but thought, "What the heck," so she put on her dark glasses and started to walk in.
Once again the bouncer said, "Sorry, lady, no pets allowed."
The woman said, "You don't understand. This is my seeing-eye dog."
The bouncer said, "A Chihuahua?"
The woman with the Chihuahua stepped back and then said,
"WHAT! A Chihuahua ? They gave me a freaking Chihuahua !!"

Courtesy Hrothgar

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Courtesy Hrothgar

Don't let the dog drive, please.

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Meet The PetMorons

Hi all,
This is my buddy Huey Lewis, he found me at a shelter 10 years ago. Here he is as I'm reading the nightly cafe, the best part of our evening!
If I do comment it's usually as TC.
Thanks y'all!

Huey is obviously a wonderful dog! Love his eyes.

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My Sam learning to read. Nothing good on TV.
Conservative Hippy

A fine choice, Sam, you sweetheart.

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A gracious good evening, K.T.,
I don’t post a lot, but I’m Appycay when I do.
Thank yous first:
I really appreciate what you do to put this thread together - and the gardening thread (and others, but I don’t always keep track of who is doing what.) But thank you. And thank you to Ace, for providing a place for relief from everything else that’s going on. Knowing there are other people who see through the BS helps keep me sane, but sometimes the BS gets to be too much, and that’s when I really appreciate the pet thread. It’s really the only one that I will go back and read from beginning to end, even if I have missed it in real time.
Y’all have kindly accepted and posted an earlier photo I sent of Bob the Cat, and of Insom. Sadly, Bob has shuffled off this mortal coil, but it took friends only two months to suck me into taking a kitten that had been dumped in their condo community. And he came with a name, Turd Ferguson, which the ladies at the vet clinic love getting to yell in the waiting room. The reason he was at the vet clinic was to get his manhood altered. I felt kind of bad about it but it needed to be done. This picture is of him in his post surgery stupor when I first brought him home. It’s the only time since I’ve had him that he’s not been a little asshole racing around the house. Well, when he’s not sleeping.

So sorry to learn that you have lost Bob. Turd Ferguson is delightful.

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Thelma and Louise. But mostly Louise
Meet Miss Louise, of the Misses Thelma and Louise, from deep in the Piney Woods of East Texas. We rescued the teeny, tiny sisters from a likely drowning and brought them home; so young, they didn't really know how to eat so we spoon fed them til they decided to bury their little faces in kitten kibble. Three years and 17 pounds later, Miss Louise is unbothered, moisturized, happy , in her lane, focused (sort of) and flourishing.
S.

A wonderful story and a great photo! We look forward to seeing her sister.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From By-Tor: Master of All He Surveys. Obviously.

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What a great collection of pets today. Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 31. Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:29 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

2 Woof!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 03:31 PM (8tkni)

3 I posted this 2 threads ago.

Trumpy's doing fine. I'll arrange cat box. Thanks to everyone for input.

264 Ughhh...our neighbours are gone until tomorrow. I've been feeding their outdoor cats.

One of them, my favorite, Trumpy, showed up at the porch at 3am. Hadn't seen him in days. But has a horrible limp. Back leg, barely using it.

He's been resting in here since 3am. Didn't move until almost 11am. Ate a little, drank a bit. His sister.....and maybe lover, came over....no reaction. I put him out to go pee, and he was limping across the street.

Hell no, Grabbed him. Brought him back in the house. He's resting while I have beer.

I've never been a cat person before these. As an outdoor cat, will he just pee and crap wherever? I'll try to go with him outside. The neighbour just said out him out, but he's really limping. I'm fine with taking care of dude.
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 02:23 PM (jvJvP)

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 03:34 PM (jvJvP)

4 Howdy, everybody! Not much of a nap today, so I'm here early to enjoy the critters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:34 PM (omVj0)

5 Stupid camera on Obama phone.
Trying for snaps of feral cats zonked out from 100°+ heat.
They look miserable.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 03:36 PM (8tkni)

6 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 07, 2024 03:39 PM (2UnvF)

7 Dogs like a squeaker because it rewards the killing instinct. They eat the squeaker and stuffing out with their instinct to pull out innards.

It's cute, but it's a sanitized play of what's partially going on in the dog brain.

Posted by: Axeman at September 07, 2024 03:40 PM (krQz2)

8 Yay! Pets!

Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 03:40 PM (EdYR/)

9 I've never been a cat person before these. As an outdoor cat, will he just pee and crap wherever? I'll try to go with him outside. The neighbour just said out him out, but he's really limping. I'm fine with taking care of dude.
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 02:23 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024

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Stateless, if he's an outdoor cat, I guess he'll let you know when he needs to go out. If you are going to keep him indoors while his leg heals, then you'll need a plastic litter box and some litter, and a scoop. You can get them at Walmart or Petco; the box and scoop aren't terribly expensive, and they have scoopable litter now that's $7 for 14 lbs. at WM.

Disclaimer: All of my cats have been indoor felines. Miss Linda had one, Annabelle the pure white shorthair, whom she took in after Hurricane katrina. A. was used to going out; when Linda steered her around to the box, she adapted immediately and seemed just as happy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:41 PM (omVj0)

10 4 Howdy, everybody! Not much of a nap today, so I'm here early to enjoy the critters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:34 PM (omVj0)

And I've learned that cats can stay in the same spot for hours and hours.

Like crazy amounts of hours....

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 03:42 PM (jvJvP)

11 Dogs like a squeaker because it rewards the killing instinct. They eat the squeaker and stuffing out with their instinct to pull out innards.

It's cute, but it's a sanitized play of what's partially going on in the dog brain.
Posted by: Axeman at September 07, 2024

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I suspect a similar event goes on in the cat brain when they shred a roll of toilet paper or paper towels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:43 PM (omVj0)

12 OT: The rain appears to have stopped here, and it IS a little more tolerable out there as regards heat and humidity. It won't last long, but I'll enjoy it while I can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:44 PM (omVj0)

13 osted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:41 PM (omVj0)

Thanks so much.

I'll probably grab some litter from the neighbors.

Dude's doing well.

And our dog Ralphy has been incredibly good with CATS in the house..

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 03:45 PM (jvJvP)

14 Louise, 17lbs, yeah I know how that goes. I brought this little boy kitten in back in 2015, all legs. Now 20lbs later! His name is Shadow because he followed me everywhere.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i piccoli degli animali sono sempre molto carini #26 at September 07, 2024 03:45 PM (qfLjt)

15 I suspect a similar event goes on in the cat brain when they shred a roll of toilet paper or paper towels.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:43 PM (omVj0)
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I also think that dogs ripping apart paper towel and Kleenex feel powerful.

Which is why we can't leave any of either lying about.

It turns into a pile by the time you come back, dog nowhere in sight.

Posted by: Axeman at September 07, 2024 03:45 PM (krQz2)

16 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's a photo update #269 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.

https://is.gd/WQ5JcT OR http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

/\_/\
( o.o )
// ^ \

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i piccoli degli animali sono sempre molto carini #27 at September 07, 2024 03:47 PM (qfLjt)

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And I've learned that cats can stay in the same spot for hours and hours.

Like crazy amounts of hours....
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024

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And given the slightest stimulus, like a lizard, insect, or mouse, they turn into whirling, dashing dynamos.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 03:49 PM (omVj0)

18 Meow

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at September 07, 2024 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

19 I've never been a cat person before these. As an outdoor cat, will he just pee and crap wherever? I'll try to go with him outside. The neighbour just said out him out, but he's really limping. I'm fine with taking care of dude.
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 02:23 PM (jvJvP)
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Show him the litter box and he'll figure it out pretty quick. My cat Hexie was an outdoor cat until I brought her indoors after she found me. She adapted rapidly to the indoor lifestyle without any trouble. Uses the litter box just fine.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 07, 2024 03:56 PM (BpYfr)

20 Those lights are fun.

The sticks with strings and toys lead to so much human flesh and bloodloss....

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 03:56 PM (jvJvP)

21 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:00 PM (NLjWT)

22 I've got to rig up some toys for little blind kitty, because he's making his own now.

Posted by: KT at September 07, 2024 04:01 PM (xekrU)

23 21 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:00

Thought of you because I'm acting nurse.

Drinking beer!

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 04:02 PM (jvJvP)

24 OT
292 Leaving this for SanFranpsycho, something you will find very worth reading at the elderofziyon blog
Posted by: Ben Had at September 07, 2024 03:16 PM (G3Ji7)
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Got it, thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2024 04:04 PM (RIvkX)

25 Ja, the Pet Thread is most festive and joyous. As some of you may know, Werner is well-disposed to the catly race, and delights in their antic japery. I would post a photo of my gray tabby, Commander Star-Sprinkles, but she is not given to favor the capturing of her image in a visual medium. Alas, Werner must yield to that, for all of us who know cats understand that Kitty is not about to do the thing she disdains doing.

Some have asked about The Merry Kitten, the song that Commander Star Sprinkles demands to be sung while she feasts on her dry and wet food, and also when scritches are given. It is an obscure bit of music, and may pre-date even Goethe and Schiller. It begins thusly:

Toll, toll, fröhliches Kätzchen
Die ganze Welt fürchtet sich davor, etwas zu tun, was gegen deinen Befehl ist.
Alle werden sich vor dir verneigen und niederknien, wenn sie wissen, was gut für sie ist.
Im Ernst, Leute, bekreuzigt sie nicht, es wird in Tränen enden.
Ihr Zorn und ihre Vorliebe für Gewalt übertreffen sogar die von Ayn Rand.
Sie wurden gewarnt, dieses Kätzchen ist Gangsta.

There are more stanzas, but Werner feels this captures the essence. Danke for this captivating thead.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 07, 2024 04:04 PM (tcQGp)

26 Great pet photos, and the man in the car with his dog made me laugh. Thanks for all the photo submissions and pet stories folks, and sorry about the loss of Bob the cat, appycay.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:04 PM (dTTBf)

27 I’ve got a cat put a smile on your face,
ain’t nothin’ better than than that.
……is it?

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2024 04:06 PM (o2ZRX)

28 DILIT’s cat, a large fluffy white rag doll, comes into Mrs. Red’s and my room, and helps himself to socks, slippers, shoes, etc and takes them over to DILIT’s side of the house.
That involves two full staircases.
He “may” have also graced her with my used underwear.

Posted by: RI Red at September 07, 2024 04:07 PM (GE64X)

29 Louise is clearly laying a trap for unsuspecting belly scritchers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2024 04:08 PM (RIvkX)

30 Turd Ferguson is an awesome name for a cat. Hissy Fit is my favorite though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:08 PM (aH/pT)

31 Great pet photos, and the man in the car with his dog made me laugh. Thanks for all the photo submissions and pet stories folks, and sorry about the loss of Bob the cat, appycay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024

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There's a meme that predates the Internet about how people either choose dogs that resemble them, or they come to resemble their dogs. Anyone who has seen a fat person waddling along with his Corgi or overweight poodle will know what I mean.

The same, I guess, could be true of cat people and cats. But cats, except for a few points like fur length and face flatness, don't vary as much as dogs and people do. So you either look like your cat or you don't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:11 PM (omVj0)

32 Oh, Hissy Fit is a great name!

Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 04:13 PM (EdYR/)

33 The same, I guess, could be true of cat people and cats. But cats, except for a few points like fur length and face flatness, don't vary as much as dogs and people do. So you either look like your cat or you don't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024

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Come to think of it, Sphynxes (the least attractive cat, to me) are very different from other, normal cats. A tall lean balding runner might well choose a Sphynx, if people are inclined to pick cats who look like them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:14 PM (omVj0)

34 Hi Stateless!

If Trumpy doesn't have any open wounds, you don't need to worry too much. Bit if he's still gimping come Monday, I'd take him to a vet. Please keep him indoors and perhaps ask the neighbors if you can keep him. Sounds like he's nuzzled himself into your heart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:15 PM (qtjaJ)

35 I don't look like my cat; He's entirely black. I don't even have dark hair color anymore (mostly)..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:15 PM (dTTBf)

36 Big black Stirling is sitting like a statuette on the arm of the couch -- blocking my reading light, of course. Little Dagny is busy being aloof in the other room. She is The Cat Who Walks By Herself, and All Places Are Alike to Her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:18 PM (omVj0)

37 Lovely pets today!

With the colder weather, the cats are rampaging. Even Fanny has been acting a bit crazy. At some point, we'll have to make adjustments for Mr Trouble to sleep inside. For now, he's still out at night and comes in to eat. Have not seen any of the visiting cats but I think they still come by for a snack.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 07, 2024 04:18 PM (MpVUb)

38 Don't look like my parrot,
Though he is built like a PBY Catalina.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:19 PM (8tkni)

39 With the colder weather

Heh! If only! Maybe by Christmas.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:21 PM (8tkni)

40 I don't look like my cat; He's entirely black. I don't even have dark hair color anymore (mostly)..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024

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I'm lean though not huge, and my hair is dark, but brown, not black. Thus Stirling resembles me only slightly. Dagny is sturdy and with a triple coat in grey-brown with black striping, so again, no resemblance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:21 PM (omVj0)

41 And that certainly sounds lik a cat!

"Great, great, happy kitten

The whole world is afraid of doing anything that is against your command.

Everyone will bow and kneel before you when they know what is good for them.

Seriously, guys, don't cross them, it will end in tears.

Her anger and preference for violence even surpasses that of Ayn Rand.

You have been warned, this kitten is gangsta."

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 07, 2024 04:21 PM (MpVUb)

42 Lucy the Fink is napping in her window hammock. It took her almost a month to decide she liked it.

She has still not acknowledged the new cat tree in my bedroom upstairs. It has a great view of her kingdom. I guess she'll figure it out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:22 PM (9jKO6)

43 Woman pretends to talk on phone. Dog perks up at various words and finally races to the door because he hears that they're going for "tacos":

https://tinyurl.com/mvrs5b6z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:25 PM (dTTBf)

44 There's a dead clump of decorative grass up near the back of the house. It was dried like straw and is now all beat down into a bowl shape.

Our mama cat's bed for napping. She's in it daily. Nice and shady at times, full sun at other times.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 07, 2024 04:25 PM (Q4IgG)

45 The similarity between the visages of pets and their owners is noted by many. Werner wonders, however, if there may not be a philosophical resemblance as well. Commander Star Sprinkles, my beloved Gray Tabby, seems to be aligned with my views on the meaning of life, death, and small engine repair, among others. She knows of the Austrian Menace, and the reason that all in Europe shun the French, and will brook no dissent on these matters. Were she to speak, she would proclaim her rule and demand that all fall in line. Is this not the feline way? Ach, she demands now her Friskies treats. Werner must comply.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 07, 2024 04:26 PM (tcQGp)

46 Bless the animals and the people who love and care for them.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 04:30 PM (wNh9V)

47 Woman pretends to talk on phone. Dog perks up at various words and finally races to the door because he hears that they're going for "tacos":

https://tinyurl.com/mvrs5b6z
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024

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My late red tabby part-Coon, Arizona, seemed to know three English words: his name, "No" (though he'd look at me when I said it, he'd usually go right on
with whatever I wanted him to stop doing), and "feed." Probably because I usually said at his mealtimes, "Time to *feed* a beast."

Most of the others have known their names when I said them. Marie-Antoinette recognized any part of her name, and even reacted once when someone on TV mentioned the famous French queen. And that was almost certainly not the name her first person had given her; she was rescued and dubbed M-A before Linda adopted her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:30 PM (omVj0)

48 Posted by: Notsothoreau

Ja, this is it, exactly. Such indeed is the cat.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 07, 2024 04:31 PM (tcQGp)

49 Was it, you, KT, who got adopted by a cat and was trying to figure out a name? If so, what was the name which you came up with?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:33 PM (dTTBf)

50 '"No" (though he'd look at me when I said it, he'd usually go right on
with whatever I wanted him to stop doing)'

Yup. Maine Coon. Stubborn and devious.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 04:34 PM (wNh9V)

51 Toddler age. Great aunt and uncle dog rinsie pie wire hair terrier could spell walk, leash, out, gum (he chewed gum), etc. also helped me learn to wall.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:34 PM (8tkni)

52 Wall = walk.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:35 PM (8tkni)

53 Chihuahuas are terrifying. Or would be if they were six inches taller

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 07, 2024 04:35 PM (Ydd86)

54 He also understood pig Latin for those words.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:36 PM (8tkni)

55 FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:33 PM

Still haven't chosen one. It kind of threw us off course when we found out he was blind. He is developing some interesting capabilities.

Posted by: KT at September 07, 2024 04:37 PM (xekrU)

56 "and even reacted once when someone on TV mentioned the famous French queen. "

That's a great story, Wolfus. Our cat knows the word (food) obviously and our names, and if I say "Where's ____" (son's name?) he'll look around and if I remark, "Go find_____" he'll often go upstairs to find the young man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:38 PM (dTTBf)

57 Chihuahuas are terrifying.

Stampeding herds of wild Chihuahuas still detail trains in rural mexico.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:38 PM (8tkni)

58 My two Siamese understand quite a lot of words:
Let’s go downstairs.
Who’s hungry?
Who wants to go out on the porch?
Snack?
Treat?
Nooo. (Understand but not necessarily comply)
Get down! (Same as above)
Catnip?
Bedtime.
I’m still working on “attack!”

Posted by: RI Red at September 07, 2024 04:38 PM (GE64X)

59 '"No" (though he'd look at me when I said it, he'd usually go right on
with whatever I wanted him to stop doing)'
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Yup. Maine Coon. Stubborn and devious.
Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024

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Cats in general, I've found.

AZ was an SPCA special, adopted as a tiny kitten, who grew like a weed into a fourteen-pound shaggy mini-lion. He had some of the physical traits of a Coon, but the chances that a real Coon kitten would have been loose in the city (in 1983, when MCs were not well known here) were vanishingly small. But I still call him the part-Coon cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:39 PM (omVj0)

60 Detail= derail

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:39 PM (8tkni)

61 In this season, my barrel-fat groundhog lies splayed out flat on his belly on the pavement in the sun.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 04:39 PM (wNh9V)

62 Herr Herzog, if you have a newsletter, I would surely like to subscribe to it.
In the meantime, I must say that I'm glad you joined the conversation here.

Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 04:41 PM (EdYR/)

63 My terrier knocked up a chihuahua once upon a time, and the puppies were great.

Thanks KT and hordians for another excellent pet thread!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 07, 2024 04:42 PM (UdbGC)

64 Still haven't chosen one. It kind of threw us off course when we found out he was blind. He is developing some interesting capabilities.
Posted by: KT at September 07, 2024

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Call him "Longstreet"!

https://tinyurl.com/4ne74u8n

Or "Duncan Maclain," the blind detective character who was the inspiration for this series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:42 PM (omVj0)

65 I’m still working on “attack!”
Posted by: RI Red

Even given that each kitty is unique, Werner would urge caution on this front. Feline fury, once unleashed, can be difficult to counteract. I think this is mentioned in at least one of the Geneva Conventions.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 07, 2024 04:44 PM (tcQGp)

66 He is developing some interesting capabilities.
Posted by: KT at September 07, 2024 04:37 PM (xekrU)

Sorry to hear that he's blind, but good he has some capabilities to make up for that. What does he do?

You could also name him Homer after the blind Greek poet, but people would probably think of Homer Simpson, or you could go with Stevie (after Stevie Wonder) or even "Wonder". I am glad he has has you folks to look after him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:44 PM (dTTBf)

67 Still haven't chosen one. It kind of threw us off course when we found out he was blind. He is developing some interesting capabilities.
Posted by: KT at September 07, 2024
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For me, naming a blind male kitten is an obvious choice: "Jorin," a blind kitten from the Chronicles of the Kencyrath by P.C. Hodgell. The main character, Jame, rescues him from being drowned (because he was blind). She develops a psychic bond with him and eventually he learns to see through her eyes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 07, 2024 04:45 PM (BpYfr)

68 "a tiny kitten, who grew like a weed into a fourteen-pound shaggy mini-lion."

Very much like my Tom, found on the street attacking bystanders' pants cuffs. When I order him 'NO,' at least he waits until I turn my back to get back into his mischief. Headstrong, with marked intelligence for rebellion. Powerful and athletic. Bullies other cats.

He likes to chew certain kinds of plastic films, so I have to keep the trash up high out of his reach. He once emptied a whole wastebasket to get to a piece of cellophane at the bottom. 'NO' does not deter him a bit.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 04:48 PM (wNh9V)

69 Milton (Paradise Lost) would be another possibility for a name; he was blind I believe.

Posted by: skywch at September 07, 2024 04:48 PM (uqhmb)

70 Fenlon, thank you for your kind words. He was a good boy, but came to me as an abandoned adult, so I could only guess at his age, and I think the deprivations he suffered before my time with him shortened his life. But I am grateful for my time with him. And he knew 6 or 7 years of a secure home, with someone who was fond of him. (Me)

Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 04:48 PM (EdYR/)

71 and the puppies were great.

Spatchcocked and sous vide?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:49 PM (8tkni)

72 stateless, most cats are fastidious, they will use a litter box or if one is not available, a very secluded place to pee and poop.
Behind the sofa or in a closet are typical. If he pees or craps somewhere else it is a message to you or someone. That means you have to figure out what is wrong and address it.

One of the reasons I like to have a tilled garden and wood chips is the cats will use that instead of the litterbox inside. If you want him to stick local when you decide he can go out, you might consider something like that.
(When I was a little kid I had a sandbox. Yep, the cat shared it with me. I had a good immune system I guess)

Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2024 04:50 PM (D7oie)

73 could go with Stevie (after Stevie Wonder)

Naw, Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:51 PM (8tkni)

74 Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 04:48 PM (EdYR/

And I'm sure he was grateful for his time with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:51 PM (dTTBf)

75 "Stevie, the Wonder Blind Cat"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 07, 2024 04:52 PM (Q4IgG)

76 Herr Herzog, if you have a newsletter, I would surely like to subscribe to it.
In the meantime, I must say that I'm glad you joined the conversation here.
Posted by: Appycay

This is most kind, and Werner appreciates the sentiment. The fellowship afforded here at AOS HQ is a very positive quality little known elsewhere on the internet.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 07, 2024 04:52 PM (tcQGp)

77 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:51 PM (8tkni)

I've never heard of him. What kind of music does he do?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024 04:53 PM (dTTBf)

78 34 Hi Stateless!

If Trumpy doesn't have any open wounds, you don't need to worry too much. Bit if he's still gimping come Monday, I'd take him to a vet. Please keep him indoors and perhaps ask the neighbors if you can keep him. Sounds like he's nuzzled himself into your heart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 04:15 PM (qtjaJ)

Thanks nurse!!

He's letting me carry him. Moving around a bit more. I fed the cats, brought back some kitty litter. He'll be here tonight.

I went over and his aunt has a limp in the front leg. Is there a fight club these cats are going to?. And our dog has arthritis. I'm the oldest and healthiest.....

Have a happy week!

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 04:53 PM (jvJvP)

79 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson

Blues and Gospel. Died 1929.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 04:58 PM (8tkni)

80 I've never heard of him. What kind of music does he do?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 07, 2024

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My dim memory of The Simpsons says "Blind Lemon Jefferson" he was a blues singer character befriended by Lisa, Bart's sister.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:59 PM (omVj0)

81 Conservative Hippy could give Ace a lesson or two on shelving it appears. Nice looking librarian.

Posted by: javems at September 07, 2024 05:00 PM (8I4hW)

82 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Lemon_Jefferson

Blues and Gospel. Died 1929.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024

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He was an actual person? Then what Simpsons' character am I thinking of -- one named after him?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 05:01 PM (omVj0)

83 Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2024 04:50 PM

Thanks. I have some kitty litter on a lid.

We had house renovations, stuff is still moved so anywhere Dude goes will be found. Just want him to be alright.

I took care of his mom and aunt when they were reluctant house cats. So I actually have gotten pretty good with cats.

I've gone into their backyard, called out and cats would just pour out of the bushes running towards me and meowing.

As a dog person, that's pretty freaky....

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:01 PM (jvJvP)

84 "He was an actual person? Then what Simpsons' character am I thinking of -- one named after him?"

'Bleeding Gums' Something.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:04 PM (wNh9V)

85 called out and cats would just pour out of the bushes running towards me and meowing.

Have seen that with a neighbor and feral cats.
And of course, "Animals Unscripted" is on background TV.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 05:05 PM (8tkni)

86 Oh, pet thread!

Our local Tim Horton's will give people free plain timbits for the dogs if you ask. I'll drive Ralphy there, open the window, he howls and they actually say 'Hi Ralphy!'

He ofter scores 2 timbits. Sometimes more.

McDonald's has a pup cup of ice cream but youmhave to ask and it's a production.

But Arby's, which we like and is 20 minutes away, givesmpup cups of meat., Ralphy howls like anything! They know him there too.

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:07 PM (jvJvP)

87 "He was an actual person? Then what Simpsons' character am I thinking of -- one named after him?"
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'Bleeding Gums' Something.
Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024

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Murphy -- that was it. My mind simply transposed the two names.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 05:07 PM (omVj0)

88 'Bleeding Gums' Something.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:04 P

Bleeding Gums Murphy

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:08 PM (jvJvP)

89 givesmpup cups of meat.,

Does Obama know?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 05:08 PM (8tkni)

90 cats like an inch or three of cat litter, if you have a dish tub or a paint tray that should be enough for short time. He probably won't get over a high rimmed cat box with his bum leg.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2024 05:10 PM (D7oie)

91 Sorry, off topic, but I think Billy Jean King and Elizabeth Warren is one person

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2024 05:12 PM (o2ZRX)

92 check Trumpy for an abscess or a scab where he is limping. You can rub topical antibiotic on it, it may head off an abscess.
dumb toms want to fight.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2024 05:13 PM (D7oie)

93 My dim memory of The Simpsons says "Blind Lemon Jefferson" he was a blues singer character befriended by Lisa, Bart's sister.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 04:59 PM (omVj0)

Hey, an amazingly funny episode of 'Sanford and Son' had records Fred wanted to sell from an artist known as 'Blind Mellow Jelly.'

Krusty the Clown..."Redd Foxx. Bless your smutty heart.'

Full circle back. Cool.

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:13 PM (jvJvP)

94 Sorry, off topic, but I think Billy Jean King and Elizabeth Warren is one person

Injun name "squats to pee".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 07, 2024 05:13 PM (8tkni)

95 Kindltot with words of wisdom. Takes a bit for the abcess to show up.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 07, 2024 05:14 PM (G3Ji7)

96 OT: The past couple weeks, 99% of my weekday comments are getting deleted, often instantly. Does anybody know why?

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:15 PM (wNh9V)

97 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 07, 2024 05:16 PM (agte1)

98 96 OT: The past couple weeks, 99% of my weekday comments are getting deleted, often instantly. Does anybody know why?
Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:15 PM (wNh9V)
Did you use your Indian name?

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2024 05:17 PM (o2ZRX)

99 >>>>OT: The past couple weeks, 99% of my weekday comments are getting deleted, often instantly. Does anybody know why?
Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:15 PM (wNh9V)
*****
I had that problem when using a VPN.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 07, 2024 05:17 PM (yM17g)

100 Arrrrgh! Yes! Thank you, K.T.

Posted by: Appycay at September 07, 2024 05:17 PM (EdYR/)

101 Eromero, scritches for Madison and Minnie.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 07, 2024 05:18 PM (G3Ji7)

102 "Did you use your Indian name?"

gp stands for gutta percha. Sounds vaguely Indian.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:18 PM (wNh9V)

103 Yes, thanks KT. One of my favorites on Saturday!

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2024 05:19 PM (o2ZRX)

104 >>OT: The past couple weeks, 99% of my weekday comments are getting deleted, often instantly. Does anybody know why?
Posted by: gp

Are you posting from a different location with a different IP address during weekdays?

Posted by: Aviator at September 07, 2024 05:19 PM (HQ9Sl)

105 Aviator, hope you are both well.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 07, 2024 05:20 PM (G3Ji7)

106 102 "Did you use your Indian name?"

gp stands for gutta percha. Sounds vaguely Indian.
Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:18 PM (wNh9V
Well, you could use a dentist name. Like Payne, or Blood.

Posted by: Eromero at September 07, 2024 05:21 PM (o2ZRX)

107 "I had that problem when using a VPN."

That may be it. I've been an internet nomad since cancelling my home broadband a couple months ago. Now I use public WiFi and borrowed hotspots. IP address changes a lot. I assume the site blacklists certain IP addresses, and/or rapidly changing IP address behavior, as trolllish or whatever. Oh well. Too bad.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:22 PM (wNh9V)

108 >>Aviator, hope you are both well.

Posted by: Ben Had

Doing okay. Hope you are doing well also.

Posted by: Aviator at September 07, 2024 05:23 PM (HQ9Sl)

109 Thanks Kindlot!

He seems good as can be.

After taking care of indoor cats that turned into outdoor cats, I like the free range parents that let their kids just do stuff even more. Which actually are pretty much my friends next door.

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:24 PM (jvJvP)

110 @96 Rufus T. has got it. Somewhere in your normal set-up you're running a "tunnel" and it will fade you out. Look for the switch, and try it with the VPN turned off just once. For a while some time back, I had to cue it to off every time I posted, then flip it back on. You get used to it.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 07, 2024 05:25 PM (zdLoL)

111 >>I assume the site blacklists certain IP addresses, and/or rapidly changing IP address behavior, as trolllish or whatever.

If someone is banned their IP address is banned. innocent bystander ends up with that IP address down the road their posts will get zapped.

Posted by: Aviator at September 07, 2024 05:26 PM (HQ9Sl)

112 Last week as I was approaching the house I had a black buzzard fly right in front of me and then travel to the back deck. He looked old, and was moving real slow. He stayed on our deck railing for over 3 hours.

I can't seem to download his picture from my phone. My reference Birds of Kansas notes that no black buzzard has been seen even near my county ever. Their records go back 140 years.

Totally not a turkey vulture, which rest on the roof over my wife at least three times a week. No harbinger there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 07, 2024 05:28 PM (u82oZ)

113 110 I was mainly worried that I had offended the weekday cobs somehow. Worried because I have really truly tried to be inoffensive the past couple years, and I'd hate it if nobody noticed.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:28 PM (wNh9V)

114 111 Concur.

Posted by: gp at September 07, 2024 05:28 PM (wNh9V)

115 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at September 07, 2024 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

116 Funnest thing I ever rehabbed was a red tailed hawk. Found it on the side of the road and fortunately it stayed shell shocked until I got it home and in a cage.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 07, 2024 05:33 PM (G3Ji7)

117 Trumpy just meowed, got up a bit and used the leg a very tiny bit, so should be fine under my beer love care....

I'd take care of Trumpy with no beer. Sweetest dude.
Love that cat...

Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024 05:36 PM (jvJvP)

118 I'd take care of Trumpy with no beer. Sweetest dude.
Love that cat...
Posted by: Stateless at September 07, 2024

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I'll bet he knows that already.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 07, 2024 05:48 PM (omVj0)

119 Keep Trumpy.

He's made it pretty clear he likes you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 07, 2024 05:52 PM (/J7WI)

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