The Ace of Spades Pet Thread

Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Miss KT is absent today and yours truly is attempting to fill in. Tough shoes to step into. But, let's give it a whirl. Let's talk about anything pet and/or animal related. And by all means let's keep the politics and current events out at the curb.

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Our society continues to roll off the rails. Woman drowns her dog for strictly convenience sake.

OK, you can talk about this one.

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I rate the following Meme as True

Hopefully Miss KT will be back tanned, rested and ready to serve you up some fine pet and/or animal content.

Have a great week!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 03:00 PM

Comments

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1 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 22, 2025 02:49 PM (Vqx30)

2 Mwaaaaahhhh

(Meow in Persian Kittuh language)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 22, 2025 02:50 PM (sAmhv)

3 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 02:51 PM (fwDg9)

4 Meme is very good

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 02:52 PM (fwDg9)

5 Good afternoon, I am reading a book with my dog who is in the "Cone of Shame" after winning a fight with a Woodchuck. Got some good scars though.

Posted by: Picric at March 22, 2025 02:53 PM (13tTk)

6 Don't fuck with fido!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 02:54 PM (OQLKT)

7 I see the top meme as a tautology.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 02:54 PM (bss/y)

8 Things are back to normal here. Jake got a long trip in with me, to meet up with Mr and Mrs Salty for lunch. I was concerned it might get too hot for Jake to be in the car but it went fine.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 22, 2025 03:00 PM (cvWHI)

9
+5.56 lobotomy for fools.

Posted by: Allen at March 22, 2025 03:00 PM (JYpjP)

10 Well, to be fair, the guy is trying to harm/steal my dog, he is self identifying as a worthless cretin anyway.

So really, who's fault is this?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 03:02 PM (bss/y)

11 "...it means that you value your dog more than someone's life"

Nah. It means that someone values my dog more than their life.

Posted by: Gosport at March 22, 2025 03:04 PM (7PUnr)

12 Aww, cute pic of the kitteh.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 22, 2025 03:05 PM (iwhil)

13 Kitty Cat Report:

Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:07 PM (cweKM)

14 The woman who drowned her pup should be given two Florida choices 1) jail or 2)swim across a gator infested lake

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 22, 2025 03:08 PM (1vqcm)

15 The left does a lot of those "if you are willing to shoot someone for X you value X more then human life".

It seems to me though the reverse is true. If someone is willing to steal your pet for example, they value the money they can get from it more then they do their own life and shouldn't be upset about the results.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 22, 2025 03:08 PM (t0Rmr)

16 The woman who killed her dog could have just left the poor creature in the ladies room. Someone nice would have adopted her dog. Awful story.

Posted by: Beverly at March 22, 2025 03:09 PM (Epeb0)

17 The woman who drowned her pup should be given two Florida choices 1) jail or 2)swim across a gator infested lake
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 22, 2025 03:08 PM (1vqcm)

No choice. #2, and, if she survives, then #1.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 03:10 PM (VNX3d)

18 My dogs are family. That should answer the question.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2025 03:10 PM (LkLld)

19 Thanks, MisHum. The opening pic makes it somewhat of a mashup pets-and-guns thread!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 03:11 PM (CQE5S)

20 Woman ‘drowns her dog in airport toilet to avoid missing her flight’

If Obama had a son...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 03:13 PM (OQLKT)

21 If anyone has an elderly moggy who has chronic constipation issues, according to a British veterinarian, you can give the cat 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of powdered unflavored Miralax mixed in something like a Squeeze up. This is safe because it is just a stool softener.

I had taken my moggy to the Animal Hospital on two occasions where she went through total panic and several enemas, and then I saw this tip online, and it has worked like a charm ever since.

Here endeth the public service announcement!

Posted by: Beverly at March 22, 2025 03:14 PM (Epeb0)

22 13 Kitty Cat Report:

Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:07 PM (cweKM)

Yay, Kaylee?

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 03:14 PM (CQE5S)

23 Our cat is an Egyptian Mao, the fastest domesticated cat. This morning I saw her race after a bird in the backyard. She is unbelievably fast. She has an extra long flap of flesh on her rear quarters that allow her to extend her legs for extra speed.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 22, 2025 03:15 PM (/U5Yz)

24
JackStraw my dogs are family too.

People who do dog fights steal other people's dogs, even small dogs, to use as bait dogs to teach their fighting dogs to kill other dogs.

Dogs thieves are scum.

Posted by: Speller at March 22, 2025 03:16 PM (pSotA)

25 She has an extra long flap of flesh on her rear quarters that allow her to extend her legs for extra speed.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (OQLKT)

26 Kitty Cat Report:

Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:07 PM (cweKM)
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Maddie - Sleeping
Schroedinger - Lying on my left wrist.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (6K6Eu)

27 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (2UnvF)

28 All that meme is missing is a picture of John Wick....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (SRRAx)

29 Does the Egyptian Mao come with a little red book?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (6K6Eu)

30 Princess Lucy status:
Upstairs in her nest snoring.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2025 03:19 PM (mT+6a)

31 Does the Egyptian Mao come with a little red book?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (6K6Eu)

How about his own pyramid?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 03:20 PM (VNX3d)

32 Caught wind that an ex was looking for a vet to euthanize her umbrella cockatoo. Granted the bird was an obnoxious spoiled brat. That bird is likely still alive and well, while she is not.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 03:22 PM (OQLKT)

33 But then did she eat it?

Posted by: Barky McDogeaterface at March 22, 2025 03:25 PM (vFG9F)

34 Caught wind that an ex was looking for a vet to euthanize her umbrella cockatoo.
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I see from Wiki that that species is listed as "endangered." I wonder if a vet would go along with euthanization.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at March 22, 2025 03:28 PM (6K6Eu)

35 Why is it a problem when people shoot others for hurting their pets, when shooting a k-9 unit is the equivalent of shooting a police officer? Counterpoint: cops ALWAYS shoot the dogs,, so perhaps this increases prosecution of triggerhappy cops?

Also, per the left, all slavery is bad, anf all slaves, especially the oppressed underclasses, should revolt and kill their masters. BUT killing a criminal who is stealing property is wrong--even though the years of compensation/work required to purchase that property are all sacrificed to the unpunished criminals leftism defends and creates. Leftists really only have problems with slavery when they aren't the masters,

Posted by: PITA animal owner at March 22, 2025 03:30 PM (vvX0g)

36 We had one. It's very hard to rehome cockatoos. They are very loud and destructive

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 22, 2025 03:30 PM (cvWHI)

37 Kitty Cat Report:

Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:07 PM

Shouldn't you be finding a "these pants" photo for tomorrow's Book Thread? And then feeding us?????????

Posted by: Kaylee at March 22, 2025 03:30 PM (a3Q+t)

38 But Kaylee is the cutest kittycat of them all...'Bothering me' ?!

Posted by: Nazdar at March 22, 2025 03:37 PM (NcvvS)

39 Kitty Cat Report:

Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:07 PM

Shouldn't you be finding a "these pants" photo for tomorrow's Book Thread? And then feeding us?????????
Posted by: Kaylee at March 22, 2025 03:30 PM (a3Q+t)

The others are dreaming dreams of destroying the Perfessor's pants before tomorrow's Book Thread.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)

40 Oh YES to the top meme. Especially here, and with my mutt but probably almost everywhere nowadays and regardless of breed, its a good assumption that someone stealing a dog is involved in illegal dog fighting. Not likely that they are stealing the dog to sell it to some loving family and I've always felt like yes I would kill to stop someone torturing any dog, cat or horse of mine or even after the fact to save the next critter.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 22, 2025 03:39 PM (bP/i4)

41 A thermal imager would be a great thing to have if they're trying to steal your dog at night.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 22, 2025 03:39 PM (a3Q+t)

42 38 But Kaylee is the cutest kittycat of them all...'Bothering me' ?!
Posted by: Nazdar at March 22, 2025 03:37 PM (NcvvS)

Maybe she's bothering him with her cuteness?

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 03:40 PM (CQE5S)

43 28 All that meme is missing is a picture of John Wick....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 22, 2025 03:18 PM (SRRAx)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2025 03:41 PM (bss/y)

44 I just added FINALLY send in pictures to the Pet thread.

Our, well my, dog Ralphy used to stay with my late mother ALL THE TIME! He sleeps with me in the room and stays with me at night. But during the day, he enjoys sleeping by the toilet on the rug there which make me kind of sad.

I brought his blankets here. Nothing. He probably likes the cold and the occasional humming.

How is the cat sharing working out??!!?

Very well. Snowflake and Trumpy come into the house around 11:30 every morning, look around and go to sleep. This week, it's on the guest bedroom bed. They sleep for close to 5 hours, come down and if they are zoomy, they get put outside until the next morning.

My friends handle food and water. Because they are outdoor cats, I did get them Advantage for fleas. They hang around the house a lot peering into wimdows but when they stayed here for 4 months, I learned their schedule.

This has been working out nicely.

Outdoor cats, still worry about them though.

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 03:41 PM (jvJvP)

45 Allowing it - Lord knows that I've been almost terminally bothered by cuteness: e.g. the toddler niece who preferred my lap to her aunt's because, 'Uncle lap is bigger'.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 22, 2025 03:43 PM (NcvvS)

46 Penny - Sleeping
Jasmine - Sleeping
Kaylee - Bothering me
Hexie - Presumably sleeping
Allie - Sleeping
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That's a lot of cats.

You must have EPIC games of "Where are the cats?"

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 03:43 PM (jvJvP)

47 I've been playing Portal today.

Does a Companion Cube count as a pet?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:47 PM (cweKM)

48 That's a lot of cats.

You must have EPIC games of "Where are the cats?"
Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 03:43 PM (jvJvP)
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Cats are strangely predictable, but yes, sometimes I do go looking for them to make sure they are all here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 22, 2025 03:48 PM (cweKM)

49 At least three of Brie's brood, who have all turned one-year old, have taken to zoomies at ungodly hours, 2-5 am. The other favorite is to dig into the kibble bag even though a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it.
Ever since getting back home from the hospital I have had a few kitties that used to ignore me or even avoid, come on my chair. I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder applies to cats as well.

Posted by: Ciampino - kitty power at March 22, 2025 03:48 PM (sPQoU)

50 Talk about entitlement. No, Marxist, you do not have the right to make me a victim of your felony crimes.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 22, 2025 03:49 PM (QSrLX)

51 Stateless, we have a younger (guessing 1-2 yr) male who is trying to adopt us. Our almost-8-yr-old female is resisting a bit, but he is not aggressive toward her. She is primarily outdoor, but overnights in our garage. At any rate, 'Where are the cats?' can get exciting.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 22, 2025 03:50 PM (NcvvS)

52 Early gubs? Awwww

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 22, 2025 03:51 PM (QSrLX)

53 Perfessor, it sounds like you are a cat butler more than a cat "owner".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 22, 2025 03:51 PM (q1ouM)

54 Pictures here:

Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #303 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 - kitty zoomers at March 22, 2025 03:51 PM (sPQoU)

55 Stateless,

I’m so happy Snowflake and Trumpy have shown you so much love and acceptance. Cats, especially cats who are outdoor/indoor, only go and sleep where they feel safe and protected. Your energy and kindness will return to you in spades, my friend.

Have you figured out what you want to be when you grow up?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2025 03:52 PM (Jc4YY)

56
Does the Egyptian Mao come with a little red book?
Posted by: Captain Obvious

She had one but she knocked it off the bookshelf.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2025 03:52 PM (63Dwl)

57 Thanks for filling in for KT, MisHum. Up at the property this weekend. Saw 4 bald eagles on the drive up. Turkeys coming down from their roost in some pine trees this morning. Later while walking in the woods with my doggo, 10 or so turkeys got up and flew! Sadie, the doggo is in heaven. She out for her second walk in the woods today with the lovely Mrs.

Posted by: scampydog at March 22, 2025 03:53 PM (LVaYG)

58 44 Our, well my, dog Ralphy used to stay with my late mother ALL THE TIME! He sleeps with me in the room and stays with me at night. But during the day, he enjoys sleeping by the toilet on the rug there which make me kind of sad.
Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 03:41 PM (jvJvP)

Maybe he's prioritizing having a source of water.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 03:54 PM (CQE5S)

59 I'm sure all those protesters gat W2s from their employers. Right, Bob?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 22, 2025 03:55 PM (QSrLX)

60 Yeah she got 86'd from the then active bird club. And they told me "don't bring your ex". Heh. Teh cancer got her. Karma.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 03:57 PM (OQLKT)

61 I rate the following Meme as True
______________________

That one is just, fantastic. Norman Rockwell would get a laugh and be chagrined that he didn't think of it.

Posted by: Orson at March 22, 2025 03:58 PM (dIske)

62 re dog thief:
It also means the thief values the dog more than his own life.

Posted by: iowaan at March 22, 2025 03:58 PM (YGA+D)

63 Back in my hospital room after first test, feeling the leftover anesthesia and oxygen. Not. Bad. Closest things to pets are birds flying by.

Posted by: KT at March 22, 2025 03:59 PM (t2fNN)

64 Hang in there KT!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 04:00 PM (OQLKT)

65 Take care, KT.

Try to be patient with yourself and the staff. Being in the hospital is difficult. No one really wants to be there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2025 04:00 PM (l+ral)

66 49 The other favorite is to dig into the kibble bag even though a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it.
Posted by: Ciampino - kitty power at March 22, 2025 03:48 PM (sPQoU)

It's fresher.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)

67 Back in my hospital room after first test, feeling the leftover anesthesia and oxygen. Not. Bad. Closest things to pets are birds flying by.
Posted by: KT at March 22, 2025 03:59 PM (t2fNN)

KT's back. Everyone behave!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:02 PM (VNX3d)

68 Get healed up and back to good health, KT.

Posted by: scampydog at March 22, 2025 04:03 PM (LVaYG)

69 Afternoon, Animal Folk,

The first Pet Thread of spring, hey? Or fall, for Pixy in AU.

The Killer Kittens From Outer Space are doing well. We treated them with one of the topical flea killers about a week ago, and it has reduced their scratching and the little flea-bite crusts on their skin under their fur. At least it's obvious for Stirling the big black. Little gray Dagny La Siberienne, I'm not so sure, but when I pet and scratch her neck and head the welts seem fewer. Or maybe I'm just tellilng myself that.

She is still an aloof little female. You have to go to her for petting. She likes it, she rolls on her back and loves belly scratching, but she still is not one to come to you. She's enthusiastic about meals, but not otherwise very sociable. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:04 PM (omVj0)

70 Ummm...
I value nothing that cost me cent

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2025 04:05 PM (/lPRQ)

71 KT, I hope tomorrow looks brighter for you!

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:06 PM (CQE5S)

72 66 49 The other favorite is to dig into the kibble bag even though a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it.
Posted by: Ciampino - kitty power at March 22, 2025 03:48 PM (sPQoU)

It's fresher.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)
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I should have said 'a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it, and just poured a moment ago.'

Posted by: Ciampino - kitty zoomers at March 22, 2025 04:06 PM (sPQoU)

73 The left does a lot of those "if you are willing to shoot someone for X you value X more then human life".

It seems to me though the reverse is true. If someone is willing to steal your pet for example, they value the money they can get from it more then they do their own life and shouldn't be upset about the results.
Posted by: 18-1

One cent or one quantum of my time is worth more.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2025 04:07 PM (/lPRQ)

74 72 66 49 The other favorite is to dig into the kibble bag even though a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it.
Posted by: Ciampino - kitty power at March 22, 2025 03:48 PM (sPQoU)

It's fresher.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)
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I should have said 'a couple of feet away is a bowl with the same stuff in it, and just poured a moment ago.'
Posted by: Ciampino - kitty zoomers at March 22, 2025 04:06 PM (sPQoU)

It's fresher by a moment.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (CQE5S)

75 Our cat is an Egyptian Mao, the fastest domesticated cat. This morning I saw her race after a bird in the backyard. She is unbelievably fast. She has an extra long flap of flesh on her rear quarters that allow her to extend her legs for extra speed.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 22, 2025

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A house cheetah!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)

76 Get em, Churchill!

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (05i3R)

77 67
KT's back. Everyone behave!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:02 PM (VNX3d)
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Does it mean I have to put pants on?

Posted by: Hospital, where they even wipe your butt at March 22, 2025 04:09 PM (sPQoU)

78 Back in my hospital room after first test, feeling the leftover anesthesia and oxygen. Not. Bad. Closest things to pets are birds flying by.
Posted by: KT at March 22, 2025

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We're all pulling for you, KT!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:09 PM (omVj0)

79 KT's back. Everyone behave!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:02 PM (VNX3d)
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Does it mean I have to put pants on?
Posted by: Hospital, where they even wipe your butt at March 22, 2025 04:09 PM (sPQoU)

Let's not get hasty. It isn't the Book Thread.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:10 PM (VNX3d)

80 75
A house cheetah!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)
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Don't ever let it deal the cards.

Posted by: Ciampino - Hospital, where they even wipe your butt at March 22, 2025 04:11 PM (sPQoU)

81 75 A house cheetah!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)

Cheetah! I didn't even know'ah.

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:13 PM (CQE5S)

82 "15 The left does a lot of those "if you are willing to shoot someone for X you value X more then human life".

It seems to me though the reverse is true. If someone is willing to steal your pet for example, they value the money they can get from it more then they do their own life and shouldn't be upset about the results."

Any law will eventually comes down to is it important enuf to lose ur life if u break it. Which is why you should limit laws to the absolutely necessary ones. Anything from jaywalking or running a red light to selling untaxed cigs to assault with a deadly weapon either starts out involving risk of death or can be escalated to that by resistance.

Posted by: BobM at March 22, 2025 04:14 PM (s9g+6)

83 Get well very soon KT

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 04:14 PM (fwDg9)

84 A house cheetah!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)
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Don't ever let it deal the cards.
Posted by: Ciampino - Hospital, where they even wipe your butt at March 22, 2025 04:11 PM (sPQoU)

That cat only plays poker with puppies.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:15 PM (VNX3d)

85 "A house cheetah" made me think. People have done some odd things with cat breeding in the last hundred years or more. Siamese, Persians -- though you can still adopt "traditional" Siamese who don't look like anorexic, masked fashion models, and "doll-faced" Persians who do not look as if they ran face-first into a wall. There's the Mau, the Bengal, the Himalayan (crossbreed of Siamese and Persian), and cats with curly coats. And the Sphinx (shudder).

Most of the results of cat tinkering still look very much like the ancestral wild cat or like tiny versions of tigers and lions. While with dogs -- An alien arrived here would think a Chihuahua or a bulldog was *not* the same species as the wolf!

My suggestion: a housecat who looks like the snow leopard! Perhaps not with as long a tail, but one with a pale but spotted coat and thick plushy fur. Or one that looks like the Pallas's cat, with a broad face and low rounded ears.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:24 PM (omVj0)

86 For the book thread, but it works here too:
Free Range Survival Chickens
https://shorturl.at/kwHy2
"Everything likes to eat chicken...."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 22, 2025 04:25 PM (Vqx30)

87 Back in my hospital room after first test, feeling the leftover anesthesia and oxygen. Not. Bad. Closest things to pets are birds flying by.
Posted by: KT

An outdoor hospital?

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 22, 2025 04:26 PM (sAmhv)

88 Is it o.k. if we make you laugh, KT?

Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:27 PM (CQE5S)

89 Love Pallas Kittuhs!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 22, 2025 04:27 PM (sAmhv)

90 88 Is it o.k. if we make you laugh, KT?
Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:27 PM

Let's not be kitten around...

Posted by: Oh, no. Pet puns at March 22, 2025 04:29 PM (dg+HA)

91 Bless the beasts and Morons.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 22, 2025 04:30 PM (jc0TO)

92 90 88 Is it o.k. if we make you laugh, KT?
Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 04:27 PM

Let's not be kitten around...
Posted by: Oh, no. Pet puns

Pawsitively not.

Posted by: Groan at March 22, 2025 04:31 PM (dg+HA)

93 Let's not be kitten around...
Posted by: Oh, no. Pet puns

Pawsitively not.
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It would be a cat-astrophy.

Posted by: Make it stop at March 22, 2025 04:32 PM (dg+HA)

94 If you value stealing my dog more than your life, that's on you.

Posted by: demonsheep at March 22, 2025 04:34 PM (DvKPL)

95 Closest things to pets are birds flying by.

You see that in your room? What anesthesia they giving you?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 04:36 PM (OQLKT)

96 Love Pallas Kittuhs!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 22, 2025

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I'd read about Pallas's cats in the encyclopedia as a kid, and had never seen a real one on film on in life. Then, in '21, we visited the Birmingham (AL) zoo. They had several in a rocky, glassed-in enclosure. They are larger than I thought they'd be, though smaller than a bobcat, and they look wild but not terribly fierce, with rather cute faces.

I suppose, at our current level of genetic knowledge, to achieve a domestic version of one would require a crossbreeding program. And the results would still be more wild than not for quite a few generations. Unlike with dogs, our regular housecats are still part-wild even after 3000 years or more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 22, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)

97 >>Is it o.k. if we make you laugh, KT?

>>Let's not be kitten around...

>>Pawsitively not.

. . . or we'll put you on a time-out in the dog house!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 22, 2025 04:40 PM (Cki93)

98 My cat stays close by when I'm at the computer.
She wants to keep an eye on the mouse.

Posted by: Oh, please... at March 22, 2025 04:40 PM (dg+HA)

99 Hurt my dog
Hurt a family member
Key my car.
It don't matter. The results will be the same.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2025 04:42 PM (W/lyH)

100 I wish the stupid bitch cunt nothing but anguish for the balance of her misbegotten life, and if the foregoing statement results in a banning then tough shit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at March 22, 2025 04:43 PM (hKoQL)

101 I like big cats, any cats, really. Always wanted a Maine Coon cat. Pallas cats are very cute, ocelots are cute, cheetahs, panthers.
I draw the lion at mountain lions, tho'. yuk, yuk

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 22, 2025 04:45 PM (c6hLR)

102 My kitty is sitting beside my laptop, purring. She did well with the move, but is hanging around us more than usual.

Still got boxes all over the place. Gonna be a while unpacking and organizing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in Idaho at March 22, 2025 04:46 PM (0aYVJ)

103 My kitty is sitting beside my laptop, purring. She did well with the move, but is hanging around us more than usual.

Still got boxes all over the place. Gonna be a while unpacking and organizing.
Posted by: Pug Mahon in Idaho at March 22, 2025 04:46 PM (0aYVJ)

Are you sure she isn't waiting for you to unpack so she has all those boxes to play in?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2025 04:48 PM (VNX3d)

104 She has already examined every box we have unpacked. Cats are so silly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon in Idaho at March 22, 2025 04:50 PM (0aYVJ)

105 Sorry, I was doing dishes.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 22, 2025 03:50 PM (NcvvS)

Keep us informed. It's nice to know outdoor cats can live to be 8 years old. I did my best to turn these 2 into indoor cats but outside always beckoned, even in very cold Canadian winter.

Your energy and kindness will return to you in spades, my friend.

Have you figured out what you want to be when you grow up?
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2025 03:52 PM (Jc4YY)

HELLO nurse ratched!

Thanks so much as always. I've turned a corner and have been reclaiming the house after the renovations and Mom's passing.

I have several ideas of what I'd like to do and have been using Grok3 to explore those ideas. Grok3 is amazing!

Have a very happy week! That goes to all of you.

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 04:56 PM (jvJvP)

106 Maybe he's prioritizing having a source of water.
Posted by: m at March 22, 2025 03:54 PM (CQE5S)

I hope not. Sadly, it'd probably be cleaner than the water in a lot of places in the world. But eewww. lol

Posted by: KT at March 22, 2025 03:59 PM (t2fNN)

KT, I hope everything improves soon!

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 04:56 PM (jvJvP)

107 I would estimate that I value my dog's life more than the lives of 90% of the people on Earth. Maybe 95%.

Possibly 98%.

Posted by: BillyD at March 22, 2025 04:58 PM (Yt3ED)

108 Actually, you all reminded me that I actually was involved in a dog theft!!

My late mother who was a nun for 14 years married my father and came to Canada to teach. She was dear friends with the secretary at the school.

The secretary lived next door or close by to a house where in the backyard was a small pen with a caged up dog that would bark day and night.

They were determined to rescue it. For some reason, I was brought along even though I was barely ten years old.

I remember us silently pulling up in the alley, them getting the dog, putting it in the car and driving off. The poor thing was terrified, matter up. Miserable.

It was cleaned up over the next few days and brought out to a farm to live with another of my mother's teacher friends where it had a very happy, long life.

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 05:02 PM (jvJvP)

109 FART Tubing..... Let's Gets two it Peeple !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 22, 2025 05:03 PM (FDlb9)

110 next few days and brought out to a farm

That one upstate where dad took old shep?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 05:05 PM (OQLKT)

111 Dog crashes orchestra performance and seems to enjoy the music."Faith pot" site;

https://tinyurl.com/3wcyk5t9

Also, prayers for you, KT.

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio- Cortez at March 22, 2025 05:09 PM (yS1tC)

112 110 next few days and brought out to a farm

That one upstate where dad took old shep?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 22, 2025 05:05 PM (OQLKT)

I thought the same thing. Usually ends badly when a ten year old is told the dog is going to a farm to live out a long life . . .

Posted by: BillyD at March 22, 2025 05:10 PM (Yt3ED)

113 Id almost be willing to shoot the lady drowning the dog much less trying to kill my dog.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 22, 2025 05:20 PM (VofaG)

114 You are also allowed in Texas to shoot someone trying to steal your car.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 22, 2025 05:21 PM (VofaG)

115 Someone stole our Basenji from our backyard when I was a teen . I really loved that dog.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 22, 2025 05:22 PM (VofaG)

116 Hollywood produced a 4 part documentary that explained why trying to harm someone's dog is a very bad idea.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 22, 2025 05:24 PM (mF3TZ)

117 Hobby thread is NOOD

Posted by: Skip at March 22, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

118
Someone stole our Basenji from our backyard when I was a teen . I really loved that dog.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Good-bye, My Lady

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049271

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2025 05:33 PM (63Dwl)

119 Oh man.

I'm sorry I brought up so many bad memories...

I know the dog lived a happy life.

And as said. NOOD.

Posted by: Stateless...65% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 22, 2025 05:39 PM (jvJvP)

120 Penguin excited by favorite vet's visit. Short video:

https://tinyurl.com/566ubbh7

Posted by: Alexandra Ocasio- Cortez at March 22, 2025 05:41 PM (Q9C8X)

121 Ooops, nutty NY congresswoman sock off. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 05:43 PM (jT8xv)

122 Up all night with a dying 16yo setter...he is still hanging on. Barely. I try to tell him it is ok to let go, that the birds hold at point, rabbits are slower, and squirrels cannot climb trees where he is going....All of his other dog friends are already there waiting for him, and that I will be along to meet him there before to long as well. The only thing sadder than the fact that we all outlive our dogs, is considering what it would be like for them if it was the other way around. They are a big part of our lives...but WE are the entirety of theirs. This will be the first time since I was Toddler that we didn't have a dog and a replacement already being trained up, and will have NO dog for the 1st time in my life... But with caring for my 95yo Father, and my own cancer treatments, I'm not going to get another right away. Perhaps never. It is a watershed moment.

Posted by: birddog at March 22, 2025 06:04 PM (DszMB)

123 Posted by: birddog at March 22, 2025 06:04 PM (DszMB

Sorry about your beloved setter, birddog and that is a very long time to have dogs. Your phrased your comments so beautifully May his passing be smooth, may you have comfort and strength and prayers for both you and your mom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 06:47 PM (42Vb+)

124 Sorry. I meant "prayers for you and your dad." Sounds hard to deal with your own illness as well as that of your dad and your beloved setter as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 22, 2025 06:56 PM (42Vb+)

125 She named her beaver, Clint.

Clint eats wood.

Posted by: Statman at March 22, 2025 07:03 PM (hXrTI)

126 A big reason I liked Reacher so much last year is he BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF A MAN mistreating a dog!

My do is a better "person" than GWB!

Posted by: rodney stanton at March 22, 2025 07:07 PM (b+6qm)

127 If you value my dog more than your own life, that’s your choice.

Posted by: Marty at March 22, 2025 07:07 PM (ELmyf)

128 I think I may be a psychopath. (or would be one if I could spell it.) There is not a nano seconds thought about killing someone who threatened me, my dog, or anyone around me. I didn't, couldn't read about some human that needed killing leaving a dog tied up. I scare myself sometimes. But to be frank, not as much as I scare others. lolololol

Posted by: Pamazon at March 22, 2025 08:17 PM (b5MGU)

129 Only a *particular* someone's life, of course.

I agree with John Wick on the issue.

Posted by: KLA at March 22, 2025 11:21 PM (R1Eqe)

130 Photo is of guntuber Garand Thumb.

Posted by: front toward enemy at March 23, 2025 01:03 AM (TIizU)

131 Yes. And?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 23, 2025 04:04 PM (jNBTU)

132 #130 oh, look! A learning curve!

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 23, 2025 04:06 PM (jNBTU)

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