Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 15

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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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Animal politics:

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Patience:

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Meet The PetMorons

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This is Justice, our new kitty. He was a feral cat hanging around my parents house, but now he's a great indoor kitty that has made friends with Tucker and Dottie. He's so sweet.
Jennifer

Justice is a lovely cat. And it is remarkable that he has made friends with Tucker and Dottie after being feral. They are all lucky to live with you.

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From Dimuse:
I have previously highlighted a few of my nine grand furballs, since I have no grand children.
Here is Lina, another of the family, who is an incredibly smart Aussie Shepard. She knows dozens of hand signals and is starting agility training. The first picture is of her regal stature. The second is her arguing for dog’s rights to eat ice cream from her human’s bowl!

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We put our 9 year old Anatolian Shepherd mix down two weeks ago. He had cancer of the spleen. He was the best dog we ever had. We rescued him from an adoption fair in San Diego years ago. We buried him in our backyard.
Stephanie

So sorry that you have lost your wonderful dog Otto. Thanks for rescuing him. That photo is full of personality. Keep in touch.

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These two tribbles (tripod pitbulls) are 11 year-old Eartha Kitt (left), and her foster brother, the ironically named 1.5 year-old Dodge, who joined the three-legged club back in December when he failed to dodge a car and ended up in the rescue I volunteer with. I don’t expect him to stick around too long, though. He’s pretty much perfect. Unlike Eartha, who came to me as a foster 8 years ago and just decided to stay. Obstinate little bastard.
Long time lurker “Rabidsquirrel”

Quite a story! Thanks for sending us their photos, too. They have great faces.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

I found this guy in the sink in the bath house at the campground where we are staying this weekend. He was friendly and healthy. I suppose his job is rat patrol.
fd

Lots of cats like sinks. A good place for rat patrol in this case.

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Found this little guy sleeping the day away in the breezeway of one of the buildings on campus. This isn't the first bat I've found like this. Saw one hanging from the ceiling tiles in a hallway once.
I left it alone, of course, but took a picture because I thought it was neat.
"Perfessor" Squirrel

He could become a character in a book quite easily.

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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, March 8.
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 03:18 PM

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1 Is this thing working?

Posted by: KT at March 15, 2025 03:25 PM (xekrU)

2 Saw a good looking shepherd mix with his nose out a car window. "There's a good dog!" I said and he looked like "how'd you know?"

Big Bear Bald Eagle mystery. Been watching three chicks all week. Yesterday only two visible. So much snow one may be just out of sight. Minute by minute video gives no clue. Good luck Jackie and Shadow!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 03:31 PM (XB804)

3 Good funnies up top, KT. Thank you for another great pet thread.
Sorry about your doggo, Stephanie.

Posted by: scampydog at March 15, 2025 03:33 PM (41CYW)

4 A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Precious the ancient Bichon's back legs gave out. No warning, just one morning they didn't work. A quick trip to the vet and some meds for a week made a big difference. She is 90 percent back to normal and can prance and wag her tail again. Considering it could have been something more serious or fatal, we are thrilled. She's approaching 17 years old so every day is a blessing.

Posted by: JTB at March 15, 2025 03:34 PM (yTvNw)

5 Otto is such a sweetheart!

And Justice seems to be right at home!

Good on yall. Lucy the Fink says Happy Caturday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 15, 2025 03:35 PM (Jc4YY)

6 I have been seeing bats flying at sunset this week. We have had an unseasonable warm spell so there are lots of bugs about. It's very early for the bug eaters.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 15, 2025 03:37 PM (dyL4B)

7 The Legend of Sink Cat!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 15, 2025 03:38 PM (l3YAf)

8 I always enjoy the petmoron photos, so cute and so much personality of display. But that top funny photo will have me smiling all afternoon.

Posted by: JTB at March 15, 2025 03:38 PM (yTvNw)

9 We hve thunderstorms blowing through here on the beach. Lulu is up in her nest napping by the window.

I love looking out the window. Always have.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 15, 2025 03:39 PM (mT+6a)

10 Very sorry to hear about Otto, Stephanie. He looks like he was a good boy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 15, 2025 03:40 PM (bss/y)

11 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 15, 2025 03:44 PM (sAmhv)

12 Pretty clean bath house.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2025 03:46 PM (63Dwl)

13 That Chihuahua is rocking a festive little hat!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 03:46 PM (YSM/8)

14 With the approach of spring weather and all the variations of temps and rain, the ground is, apparently, releasing different aromas all the time. Considering that with her 4 inch legs her nose is never far from the ground, each walk with Precious becomes an voyage of discovery for her.

Posted by: JTB at March 15, 2025 03:46 PM (yTvNw)

15 If you remember the last pregnant kitty we took in, Brie, was the 'feral' outside calico. She gave us 6 kittens, 5 boys, on March 13 2024 so the Cheese babies are babies no more. Now adult cats. Very active, zoomers, and friendly to us and to all the other cats. Each one was named after a cheese: Serena (Little Girl), Cheddar (ginger face), Colby (pale face), Jack (as in Pepper Jack, dark nose), Monterey (Monty) (little nose stripe) and Reggie (Reggiano/Romano, wider nose stripe).
All have been fixed except 2 boys. Vet bill is kinda large at the moment. Wish we had one of those discount or State/county vets who would do it for cheap. In Africa the pound charged about $10.

Posted by: Ciampino - love all the pets at March 15, 2025 03:50 PM (KjLnc)

16 The top pic: My sister had a cat that would wag her tail almost all the time. Angry, happy, playing, walking, any reason at all, that tail was moving. Persian kittuh too so she had a long, fluffy, tail. Queen Sophie was a nice kittuh. Live to be 18.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 15, 2025 03:52 PM (sAmhv)

17 Justice the tuxedo cat is beautiful! Looks exactly like my Angus cat who died at 17, except Angus was blind. It's great to see how he would have looked with eyes.

Posted by: skywch at March 15, 2025 03:52 PM (uqhmb)

18 That face in the top picture, for me I could never pass up the pleasure of hugging that. We have no dogs but even as a child dogs have always liked me. I can remember so many occasions of being warned "Don't even try petting, he'll bite." Next thing I can't get rid of the dog.

Posted by: Ciampino - love all the pets at March 15, 2025 03:55 PM (KjLnc)

19 I learned something about dogs this week. Nothing too surprising, just something I hadn't thought about. Dogs have an ACL and they can tear it just like a human can. After which, they have to be carried up and down stairs to go outside and poop.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 15, 2025 03:59 PM (/y8xj)

20 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties - CHEESE EDITION

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

Cheese kitties photo update #302 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

Posted by: Ciampino - love all the pets at March 15, 2025 03:59 PM (KjLnc)

21 Stephanie, I am so sorry to hear about your puupy. What was his name?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 15, 2025 04:02 PM (k7hZK)

22 Found this little guy sleeping the day away in the breezeway of one of the buildings on campus. This isn't the first bat I've found like this. Saw one hanging from the ceiling tiles in a hallway once.

I left it alone, of course, but took a picture because I thought it was neat.
"Perfessor" Squirrel

Wait. If you're a perfessor, is the bat faculty, too? Someone has to teach the night classes.

Posted by: mikeski at March 15, 2025 04:07 PM (DgGvY)

23 To Stephanie the Anatolian Shepherd person:
I lost my pit/beagle/lab mix in this past fall. For years, his best friend was an Anatolian Shepherd who outweighed him 2:1: 130 pounds to 65 pounds. Given the strength and energy level of my dog, when the two wrestled, it was a fair fight! They loved to wrestle each other to the point of mutual exhaustion. The Anatolian Shepherd pre-deceased my pit/beagle/lab mix by a few years, but I like to think they're somewhere, together again, wrestling the day and night away.

Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at March 15, 2025 04:10 PM (bWR5k)

24 I tried to make a cow into a pet, but it was an udder failure...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2025 04:10 PM (ynpvh)

25 22
Wait. If you're a perfessor, is the bat faculty, too? Someone has to teach the night classes.

Posted by: mikeski at March 15, 2025 04:07 PM (DgGvY)
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Yes but bats all teach in the belfry.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:11 PM (KjLnc)

26 23
Sweet story.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:13 PM (KjLnc)

27 25 22
Wait. If you're a perfessor, is the bat faculty, too? Someone has to teach the night classes.

Posted by: mikeski at March 15, 2025 04:07 PM (DgGvY)
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Yes but bats all teach in the belfry.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:11 PM (KjLnc)

On a cross-country trip may years ago when, while driving at night, a bat hit the windshield and its claw caught on the passenger side-mirror. The poor little bastard would twist one way around it's claw, then another, doing this for over 500 miles until we stopped for gas in Yuma...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2025 04:13 PM (ynpvh)

28 but I like to think they're somewhere, together again, wrestling the day and night away.

Dusty in here at the moment.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 04:16 PM (n3uHw)

29 On a cross-country trip may years ago when, while driving at night, a bat hit the windshield and its claw caught on the passenger side-mirror. The poor little bastard would twist one way around it's claw, then another, doing this for over 500 miles until we stopped for gas in Yuma...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2025 04:13 PM (ynpvh)

And that little bat was Dracula.

He slaughtered everyone in Yuma after jim drove away.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 15, 2025 04:17 PM (bss/y)

30 The Tornado sirens went off last night - ALL the cats just stopped or went to hide, either from the sirens or the storm noises. It became amazingly peaceful - no zoomies.
Neither of Brie's babies or Biscuits' babies like storms and get very scared by thunder.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:17 PM (KjLnc)

31 28 but I like to think they're somewhere, together again, wrestling the day and night away.

Dusty in here at the moment.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 04:16 PM (n3uHw)

Yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 15, 2025 04:17 PM (bss/y)

32 Jim how are you doing?

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:18 PM (KjLnc)

33 Here's a lovely story with a great outcome.

https://tinyurl.com/5d3s5htu

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:24 PM (KjLnc)

34 Knock knock

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:27 PM (KjLnc)

35 Afternoon, Pet Folken!

Stirling the great black cat is half on and half off my lap at the moment. No idea where little aloof Dagny is. I bought some Pet Armor flea treatment this morning and dosed them both. They've been scraching some, even during the so-called "winter" here, and I can feel all the little flea-bite crusts on their shoulders, heads, and necks under their fur. I hope the stuff works.

The little red kitten in the video on the bed with the dog? A dead ringer for the late Arizona, who was a six-week kitten when I adopted him from the SPCA in June more years ago than I want to reckon. He grew to be a massive 14-lb. longhaired beauty. Maybe this kitten will too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 04:27 PM (omVj0)

36 That top picture is pretty familiar to every Golden owner. Yea, they smile.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 15, 2025 04:29 PM (LkLld)

37 I have been seeing bats flying at sunset this week. We have had an unseasonable warm spell so there are lots of bugs about. It's very early for the bug eaters.
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 15, 2025

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Someday I would like to be there at Carlsbad Caverns when the clouds of bats emerge at dusk to forage. When I visited the Caverns in '93, they told us about it and said it happens almost every evening in the summer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 04:31 PM (omVj0)

38 Happy Caturday everyone
And the weekend is here

Posted by: Skip i at March 15, 2025 04:32 PM (fwDg9)

39 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2025 04:33 PM (2UnvF)

40 29
He slaughtered everyone in Yuma after jim drove away.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 15, 2025 04:17 PM (bss/y)
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Nothing can suck you drier than the Government.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:33 PM (KjLnc)

41 32 Jim how are you doing?

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:18 PM (KjLnc)

At home, needing to get lots of work done, but not feeling very motivated.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2025 04:35 PM (ynpvh)

42 Is my email/picture not getting through to the pet morons email? I have sent an email with a picture both last week and this week, but I haven't seen it on here.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 15, 2025 04:36 PM (SRRAx)

43 Woof! What amazing pet stories. Wonderful companions to those fortunate to have them in their lives. Much love to those who crossed the rainbow bridge. Thanks K.T. for the pet thread.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 15, 2025 04:37 PM (lZohv)

44 Yay. Did not sleep through the Pet Thread. Thanks, KT. Hope your heart is holding strong.

Great bunch of Moron pets. I have a special affection for Aussie Shepards, ever since my late brother had one, decades ago.

Speaking of shepherds, a couple of days ago, Daughter was visiting, and when it came time to leave, loaded her two dogs (Chowie and Maya) into the car. I went out on the porch to see them off, and Daisy the energetic Malinois, slipped out the door.

Daisy stood there next to me for a moment, staring off South, and then in a blink of an eye, she was out in the pasture, herding cattle. Apparently, we aren't past that behavior.

A couple of things about her herding:
• The cowboys had just picked up all the calves the day before, so the mamas were wandering around, spread out more loosely than Daisy liked.
• Daisy won't obey my calls at all, had to drive out to the pasture and get her to get into the car, once her work was done.
• Never trained, but does a great instinctive job of getting all the cows into a huddle, so far without getting her face kicked in. Hard to get too mad at her when watching her work is so beautiful.

Amazing, really.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woofy woofy at March 15, 2025 04:38 PM (h7Ym/)

45 • Never trained, but does a great instinctive job of getting all the cows into a huddle, so far without getting her face kicked in. Hard to get too mad at her when watching her work is so beautiful.

Amazing, really.
Posted by: mindful webworker - woofy woofy at March 15, 2025 04:38 PM (h7Ym/)

It's in their blood. Herding dogs KNOW everything has a place and it should be in that place. And BY GOD it will be in that place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 15, 2025 04:40 PM (bss/y)

46 44
• Never trained, but does a great instinctive job of getting all the cows into a huddle, so far without getting her face kicked in. Hard to get too mad at her when watching her work is so beautiful.

Amazing, really.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woofy woofy at March 15, 2025 04:38 PM (h7Ym/)
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Does she get work. Seems like she craves it. Wonderful story.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:40 PM (KjLnc)

47 Check the end of KT's earlier thread for ehat's happening now.

The one before the gardening thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2025 04:42 PM (j6NlC)

48 Talking of bats, in Italian it's a longish name: pipistrello, pronounced peepee.....

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:43 PM (KjLnc)

49 Repost
Cutest video you'll see today

https://x.com/ShouldHaveCat/
status/1900269874733056076

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:48 PM (KjLnc)

50 It has yet to rain here, despite the dire predictions. The wind keeps gusting, blowing leaves and humid thick air around, but no rain.

Miss Linda has borrowed the first season of the 2020 All Creatures Great and Small from the library, and we have been stepping through the episodes. The story of Yorkshire country vets in 1938 is charming and non-woke, at least so far. The animal stars range from a thoroughbred horse in one episode, to a valuable farm bull, and various dogs, including a Pekingese named "Tricki." His wealthy owner, played by Diana Rigg (!), indulges and spoils the hell out of him. There have been a couple of cats, but none who take the stage quite like Tricki.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 04:48 PM (omVj0)

51 4 A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Precious the ancient Bichon's back legs gave out. No warning, just one morning they didn't work. A quick trip to the vet and some meds for a week made a big difference. She is 90 percent back to normal and can prance and wag her tail again. Considering it could have been something more serious or fatal, we are thrilled. She's approaching 17 years old so every day is a blessing.
Posted by: JTB at March 15, 2025 03:34 PM (yTvNw)

Oh, my gosh! What wonderful news.

Posted by: m at March 15, 2025 04:48 PM (CQE5S)

52 Stephanie, that's a great pic of you upside down doggie. Sorry for your loss.

JTB, glad to know Precious is doing better.

jim (in Kalifornia), hope you're doing well. Got a schedule for reconstruction yet? (I don't.)

Knock knock —Posted by: Ciampino
*LOUD UPROAR OF BARKBARKBARKING* -Daisy

Posted by: mindful webworker - meowwww at March 15, 2025 04:50 PM (h7Ym/)

53 All of the Pet Morons are lovely. I'm sorry for the loss of your pup, Stephanie.

Justice the Tuxedo cat reminds me of my late Kittyman. Mine also became a good house cat after being feral. He also loved our dog. Tuxes are good kitties!

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 15, 2025 04:50 PM (i/l90)

54 If you get attacked by a semi-frozen vampire bat, do you get frostbite?

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 04:54 PM (KjLnc)

55 Does she get work. Seems like she craves it. Wonderful story. —Posted by: Ciampino

Well, she does need more activities, but she spends a lot of every day fetching tennis balls, speeding like a rocket. She seems to enjoy it. We just have to pick up the ball flinger, and she's doing circles and barking - quite loudly.

She has fun when her "cousins" come over. Besides Daughter's two, son M brings his big ol' Huskie Jarl and auxiliary dog Bandit out. When all five dogs are here, it's a wrestling, running riot.

Posted by: mindful webworker - meowwww at March 15, 2025 04:56 PM (h7Ym/)

56 47 Check the end of KT's earlier thread for ehat's happening now.

The one before the gardening thread.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2025 04:42 PM (j6NlC)

The end of the "Why don't they change? You know, in a more positive direction?" thread.

Posted by: m at March 15, 2025 04:58 PM (CQE5S)

57 There's almost 10 bells in Mr Senegal's cage. He rings the Dickens out of them. Even broke the cowbell!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 04:59 PM (tENpt)

58 m, yes

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2025 04:59 PM (j6NlC)

59 I love the videos where big cats that were released into the wild, go absolutely ecstatic to embrace the human that raised them, even years later.
That is pure love.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 05:01 PM (KjLnc)

60 Tuxes are good kitties!
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 15, 2025

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I've lived with two. Tuna Fish (named for his favorite treat) was a shorthair who lived with Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and me in the late '70s. Oreo (not my name, but it suited her) could have been Tuna's longhaired sister; I adopted her at a cat show in late '02. Both were very much alike: nobody's geniuses, a tendency to be plump unless I carefully watched their intake. Neither boasted the greatest health. But they were quiet and affectionate.

Odd how they both wound up with "food" names.

Chekov the late Siberian was white with some black, so really not a tuxedo cat. More like a panda or a cow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 05:04 PM (omVj0)

61 go absolutely ecstatic to embrace the human that raised them, even years later.

Posted by: Ciampino - BELFRY was were I kept all my BAT files at March 15, 2025 05:01 PM (KjLnc)

Or eat them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 15, 2025 05:04 PM (L5An7)

62 Saw a good looking shepherd mix with his nose out a car window. "There's a good dog!" I said and he looked like "how'd you know?"

A few days ago I met a Pitbull mix and I asked him, "Have you been a good boy?"

His expression changed into "Oh heck, where's my lawyer when I need him" so I just answered for him "Always" and he was happy.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 15, 2025 05:09 PM (CHHv1)

63 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 04:59 PM (tENpt

I am fascinated by your stories of the birds. Did you have birds as a kid or you developed this appreciation as an adult?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2025 05:11 PM (N4yJx)

64 Sorry about your dog, Stephanie. He looks like he was a lively fellow. Sorry about his cancer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2025 05:14 PM (N4yJx)

65 I made, perhaps, the best smoked salmon chowder I’ve ever tasted.

Only improvement would be to use a firmer potato. The reds were a little soft. Maybe use Yukon golds instead? Or a plain brown. Hmmmmmm.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 15, 2025 05:16 PM (mT+6a)

66 Correction: Son's dog Jarl is an Alaskan Malamute. Big dog. They're part timberwolf, I'm told.

Posted by: mindful webworker - arflish at March 15, 2025 05:17 PM (h7Ym/)

67 We pick up our new Beagle puppy next weekend. We thought our boy Lincoln needed a friend. He was attacked by dogs in the dog park last fall and really hasn't gotten over it. He hides behind us on walks whenever he sees another dog and practically jumps out of his skin if a dog barks and he can't see it. We thought someone to play with will help him get over his fear. A beagle and a weimaraner, say prayers for us.

Posted by: Megthered at March 15, 2025 05:19 PM (wCr+o)

68 Poor Lincoln. I hope the new beagle puppy helps him regain his confidence.

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 15, 2025 05:20 PM (i/l90)

69 Fen: had a blue parakeet as a child.
Years later put two and two together and realized maw killed it with her "non stick" pan which give off toxic gas. Her maniac face loving the sadness she could deliver me still creeps me out.

Years ago a girlfriend brought home finches. I was love struck. Then she gave me a surprise a barely weaned lorikeet. "That *thing* is going back to the pet shop tomorrow!" Fell in love overnight. Took him to the wrong vet. Missed out on the class action against her. Met Mr Senegal December 97 and he must have thought I was his first owner he loved. But he married and had a child who got the attention now. Bit the wife and got exiled
Took him out of his cage and the gal that had him screamed "THAT BIRD IS VICIOUS!!". Ymean the bird I'm kissing the belly? I'm his fourth home but I'll been over 27 years.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 05:28 PM (ASx0Y)

70 Sorry about Lincoln, Megthered. How scary for him and you as well. Are weimaraners very active dogs.? We had a beagle once a number of years ago, but we were younger then. I hope they both get along very well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2025 05:28 PM (N4yJx)

71 About time for the cats' dinner. Dagny was sleeping atop the Mission armchair in the corner. Being a grayish-brown, she's had to see if there's no strong light nearby. She's popped up now, and both of them are giving me The Look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 05:28 PM (omVj0)

72 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 05:28 PM (ASx0Y)

Lorikeets live a long time, don’t they?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2025 05:31 PM (N4yJx)

73 Correction: Son's dog Jarl is an Alaskan Malamute. Big dog. They're part timberwolf, I'm told.
Posted by: mindful webworker - arflish at March 15, 2025

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Jarlsberg, Jarl for short, would be a great name for the right cat. Say, a Norwegian Forest Cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 05:31 PM (omVj0)

74 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip i at March 15, 2025 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

75 Lorikeets live a long time, don’t they?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2025

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The cage cards for the various conures for sale at the local Petco say twenty years. Lorikeets are like larger parakeets?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 15, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)

76 Lorikeets are not long lived like a big cockatoo
Barely got 12 years from the little guy. Should have been twice that. Mr Senegal ought to make 50. Best guess is he is 35 at most.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 15, 2025 05:42 PM (ctJ5/)

77 Wonderful moron pet pics today!

Posted by: Hal 9000 at March 15, 2025 07:26 PM (azP8t)

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