Ace of Spades Pet Thread, February 28

Courtesy Troy Rubright

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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 for just a little while.

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Courtesy Terry Glenn

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Meet The PetMorons

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This was our Plott Hound / Pitbull mix Wiley. My wife worked with a rescue to get him out of a kill shelter where he was scheduled for euthanasia in 2015. We were able to have him with us for 11 years, during which he was a wonderful companion who loved his family. He passed unexpectedly the night before writing this and is already greatly missed.
Best Regards,
MauserMedic

So sorry you have lost your wonderful Wiley, in whom you invested so much love. Thanks for letting us meet him. Keep in touch.

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My boy Koda on the beach in Carrabelle, Florida. A quarter moon on a clear night, taken with my iPhone. The cameras on these phones are getting better and better.
JMM (A loyal lurker)

A beautiful, calm photo with a wonderful dog! Just what we need today.

And to go with it, something a little off-topic that I forgot to add to the Gardening Thread. We love our pets in the rain, too:

Music

R.I.P. Neil Sedaka

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

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, February 21

I closed the comments on that 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 03:05 PM

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1 early

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:08 PM (CWTWj)

2 very early

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:09 PM (CWTWj)

3 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:10 PM (CWTWj)

4 grand slam

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:10 PM (CWTWj)

5 Blessed are the animals.

Posted by: Piper at February 28, 2026 03:10 PM (OoFl2)

6 re 5: not the ones in tehran apparently

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:11 PM (CWTWj)

7 I have grand plans for the back of doggrh's crate

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 28, 2026 03:14 PM (vfth7)

8 The one in the middle is definitely Willie Nelson.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 28, 2026 03:15 PM (Kt19C)

9 twitchy:

BREAKING: Ayatollah Khamenei DEAD, Body Found

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:15 PM (CWTWj)

10 Tabby cats are the sedans of the cat world.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 28, 2026 03:18 PM (CHHv1)

11 BREAKING: Ayatollah Khamenei DEAD, Body Found

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 28, 2026 03:15 PM (CWTWj)
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Oooh, I hear laughter in the rain.

BDE Neil Sedaka, Tribe member.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2026 03:18 PM (MFAsx)

12 Always such a sweet thread; thank you.

And also for remembering Neil Sadaka & his happy music.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 28, 2026 03:22 PM (NFX2v)

13 Meow

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 28, 2026 03:23 PM (sAmhv)

14 Brindle is such a pretty pattern on short coated dogs

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 28, 2026 03:25 PM (C0Nlv)

15 Patsy has recovered from the spay. I'm starting to let her outside a bit. When she was confined inside, I would put her in the large crate by the back door. She would sit patiently under Jake and I came back in and I let her out. Took her to the vets for her rabies shot. Vet gave her the shot. I turned her towards the carrier and she walked right in. The vet was impressed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 28, 2026 03:25 PM (gQ15S)

16 Dog can balance things on his head:

https://tinyurl.com/5hxpzc98

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 03:26 PM (Nx5jP)

17 Thanks KT!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at February 28, 2026 03:31 PM (1JFYK)

18 I guess we can continue discussing non-pet related topics on the other thread?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 28, 2026 03:31 PM (QGaXH)

19 Sedaka sang with a smile, just like the voice coaches say.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 28, 2026 03:33 PM (Pq0OZ)

20 It involves a yoga mat and short bungee cords

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 28, 2026 03:36 PM (vfth7)

21 RIP Neil Sedaka (13 March 1939-27 February 2026)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 28, 2026 03:37 PM (hJH5n)

22 Ira. War opens with a PARTY at Msr A Lago
And Donny ,dancing to his fav song YMCA

PARTY ON ! Donny

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 28, 2026 03:38 PM (WqaVB)

23 Spouse takes care of the litterbox and although he loves the cat, I don't think he remotely feels like worshipping him😉 We call him Pynchon, the peripatetic puss He usually starts on in son's room, comes in our room and then is downstairs when I usually wake up in the early morning and ready to be a lap cat for spouse until he is ready to go to work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 03:42 PM (PFs9e)

24 Short, funny cat videos:

https://tinyurl.com/ybffmd9k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 03:46 PM (PFs9e)

25 Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 28, 2026 03:25 PM (gQ15S)

I'm glad Patsy is recovering and it's neat she impressed the vet as to going into her crate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 03:47 PM (PFs9e)

26 Took the little mama (who came up to DH and demanded that we feed her) to be spayed and one of her babies was neutered. Three more to go. A friend who gets cats deposited at her house took us in, so they got an ear snipped as ferals. We will be able to tell mama from the baby who looks just like her - the babies are starting to get big.

Posted by: KT at February 28, 2026 03:48 PM (7vIsy)

27 He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Sorry to go OT at February 28, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

28 Islamofascist talk is haram on the pet thread

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 28, 2026 03:56 PM (vfth7)

29 Does anyone's knows if Presdent Oona been briefed on Trump's illegull attack on Irun ???

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 28, 2026 03:59 PM (4MFaN)

30 Laughter In The Rain was on the Smooth 70's cd I had.

That cd was good all the way through as I recall and I never skipped LITR. I'm more of a rocker generally, but a good song is a good song.

Hopefully, Neil will now be doing gigs in Heaven.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 28, 2026 03:59 PM (qIH9H)

31 Afternoon, Pet Folken,

MauserMedic, remember Wiley as he was; it's the best way to do him the honor he deserves.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:03 PM (wzUl9)

32 Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war........

Posted by: Donny T. at February 28, 2026 04:03 PM (X7dyz)

33 you never guessed that Neil Sedaka would be #3.....did you

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 28, 2026 04:04 PM (jrgJz)

34 The red kitten in the meme at the top, aside from being a little less kitten-fuzzy, is much like my late Arizona the part-Coon when I first met him at the SPCA in June of '83. Well, he was a classic tabby, I came to realize; stripes on head, legs, and tail, and the rest looks like a marble cake in the middle. This little fellow here is a mackerel tabby -- stripes everywhere. But his "head up and chest out" posture is very much like that of the tiny kitten who beamed up at me from his cage with a "Take ME home! I'm a great deal!" look.

And which I fell for.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:05 PM (wzUl9)

35 Neil will now be doing gigs in Heaven.
"Sedaka's Back!"

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2026 04:06 PM (zdLoL)

36 Spouse takes care of the litterbox and although he loves the cat, I don't think he remotely feels like worshipping him😉 . . .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026

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There is an old New Yorker cartoon. A man in dress shirt and tie is looking sourly down at the family cat, who is peering up at him. The man is saying, "The fact you were considered sacred in ancient Egypt cuts no ice with me."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:08 PM (wzUl9)

37 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:08 PM (wzUl9)

That's funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 04:09 PM (oT1li)

38 MauserMedic

So sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Joyenz at February 28, 2026 04:11 PM (2F0/Y)

39 Hawaiian judge Orders Trump to end the illegal attack on the Mostly Peaceful Ragheads in Iran....

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at February 28, 2026 04:15 PM (X7dyz)

40 Sedaka first hit the charts way back in the Fifties, when he was something like eighteen years old. I seem to recall a story that he and Carole King dated in high school, then both became songwriters for the same company not long after? Maybe I have the stories mixed up.

"Calendar Girl," "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (I prefer the original), his version of "Sunny" (I think it was the first one) . . . all good stuff. He co-wrote "Love Will Keep Us Together" for the Captain and Tennille.

He always seemed a bit effeminate in his mannerisms. But Wiki says he married in 1962.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:18 PM (wzUl9)

41 I will have to send in pics of the kittens now that they are getting big.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 28, 2026 04:19 PM (rbvCR)

42 yow! hot tub
youtu.be/ZCEbuuJeO80

Posted by: gKWVE at February 28, 2026 04:23 PM (gKWVE)

43 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)

44 My furry thugs are approaching their fourth birthdays next month. Stirling is still in the habit of trying to wake me at 3:30 to 4 am by leaping across me, kicking me in the ribs in the process.

Little Dagny has been more sociable of late. If she's curled up sleeping of an evening, I can scoop her up and put her on a cushion on my lap -- and she will happily stay quite a while for petting. Perhaps some day she will climb into my lap all by herself. Otherwise, she sits on the arm of the sofa in the morning, and sometimes in the evening, as a hint to her manservant that Food Should Be Forthcoming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:24 PM (wzUl9)

45 Sorry Mauser Medic

I'm glad your wonderful dog Wiley for a good long time and you loved him and he loved you back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 04:25 PM (lQ+/f)

46 Update on cats. Hopper may need a vet visit for his leg.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at February 28, 2026 04:25 PM (2F0/Y)

47 MauserMedic

So sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Joyenz at February 28, 2026 04:11 PM (2F0/Y)
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Seemed like a regal pooch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 28, 2026 04:26 PM (RIvkX)

48 Speaking of scooping . . . I've been using Petco's own litter, which is available as a refill once you have bought your first thirty-pound bucket. It's cheaper than Walmart's and has always worked fine. This past bucketful, though, failed to do its clumping job, and the box smelled horribly of ammonia. I changed it this week with Walmart's "Special Kitty," which is another standby. So far so good.

However, I think WM short-changed me. Fourteen lbs. fills the box. The tub said twenty lbs., but the entire contents of the jug just filled the box, and the jug did not look that full when I opened it. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)

49 Stirling, the big black cat, is sleeping atop the couch on a pad of blankets he no doubt thinks I placed there just for him. Dagny, I think, is in the bedroom window enjoying the already too hot afternoon sun. She sleeps on the same couch-top blankets at night, though she has been known to curl up next to me on the bed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 04:31 PM (wzUl9)

50 I do not support this egregious attack on the Band Duran Duran today while on tour in the Middle East!!!!!

Why did Trump do this ??? If I was POTUS this would have not happened !!!!!

The World has lost some great musicians because of Donald "Hei'll Hitler" Trump....

Posted by: Kami Harris at February 28, 2026 04:41 PM (YuOiR)

51 FWIW the previous thread crossed 700 and is still going...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 28, 2026 04:52 PM (QGaXH)

52 Just got back from Texas A&M where they brought Reveille out to meet everyone. Apparently she is the most popular "person" on campus... by far!

Posted by: lin-duh at February 28, 2026 04:54 PM (VCgbV)

53 Duran Duran is/was on tour somewhere?

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 28, 2026 04:54 PM (jrgJz)

54 I'm so sorry, Mauser Medic. He was a beautiful dog. We had to put our cat down yesterday, and gosh, it hurts.

Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026 04:58 PM (wLjpr)

55 Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026 04:58

I am sorry. Please tell us about your cat if you feel up to it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 05:00 PM (rZCVI)

56 Bob and Larry, the dogs in the photo up top are very cute and I like the caption. What kind of dogs are they? Anyone know?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 05:03 PM (rZCVI)

57 We had to put our cat down yesterday, and gosh, it hurts.
Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026

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What was his name, and what did he look like?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)

58 53 Duran Duran is/was on tour somewhere?
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 28, 2026 04:54 PM (jrgJz)

According to their website, they were in Sacramento in mid-January and next tour date is Redondo Beach in May.

Nothing about being in the mid-East.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 28, 2026 05:05 PM (QGaXH)

59 . A friend who gets cats deposited at her house took us in, so they got an ear snipped as ferals. We will be able to tell mama from the baby who looks just like her - the babies are starting to get big.
Posted by: KT

In the 30+ years we've been out here in the woods, we've had 4 cats. 3 of them have been feral. We found Mr. Rafferty ( formally Rafferty the orphan kitty) and his sibling two years ago. They had barely opened their eyes. Mom had abandoned them. We bottle fed them with goat kid milk replacement. His sibling didn't make it. He's pretty much my cat even though I didn't want another cat. He and Mrs. Sock acknowledge each other but I 'm the one whose lap he graces with his presence. He waits until I go to bed before he comes upstairs and takes up his third of the bed.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at February 28, 2026 05:07 PM (1JFYK)

60 Those might be German Shorthairs. Not sure.

Just got Patsy back inside. This reintroducing to the outside is a bit of work. But she likes Jake, like regular meals and enjoys pets. We'll work it out

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 28, 2026 05:18 PM (gQ15S)

61 What a proud looking dog Wiley is.

Posted by: t-bird at February 28, 2026 05:23 PM (IJqrQ)

62 I just heard the news. I liked Duran Duran!

Posted by: Joe R. Biden, Jr. at February 28, 2026 05:26 PM (DP6L/)

63 ***
What was his name, and what did he look like?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)

He was a domestic longhair named Scarf, because when we met him at the animal shelter, he draped around our necks. He was black and white, so he could make sure his hair showed up on any color clothing, he loved our dogs, and he laid on my side right after cancer surgery, certain his purring and biscuit making would make me feel better. One of them did, I leave it to you to guess which it was. He was not smart, but he loved big. He was a good cat.

Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026 05:29 PM (wLjpr)

64 He was a domestic longhair named Scarf, because when we met him at the animal shelter, he draped around our necks. He was black and white, so he could make sure his hair showed up on any color clothing, he loved our dogs, and he laid on my side right after cancer surgery, certain his purring and biscuit making would make me feel better. One of them did, I leave it to you to guess which it was. He was not smart, but he loved big. He was a good cat.
Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026

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The longhairs are always the best. (I'm biased; stipulated.) He sounds much like my late Chekov -- who was never a milk-treader; none of the Siberians I've known have been. But he certainly purred.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 05:32 PM (wzUl9)

65 Moki, please send some pics of Scarf to K.T. for a future Pet Thread. I'd love to see what he looked like.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 05:32 PM (wzUl9)

66 65 Moki, please send some pics of Scarf to K.T. for a future Pet Thread. I'd love to see what he looked like.

Thank you for your sweet words, Wolfus! If I can figure out how to get the photos from my phone to K.T., I will! Both Scarf and Abner, our Bullmastiff/Newfoundland, need to be seen!!!

Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026 05:48 PM (wLjpr)

67 Sounds like a wonderful cat, Moki. I am sorry for your loss.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2026 05:54 PM (Nx5jP)

68 So sorry about your kitty, moki

Hugs

Posted by: Joyenz at February 28, 2026 06:08 PM (2F0/Y)

69 Thank you for your sweet words, Wolfus! If I can figure out how to get the photos from my phone to K.T., I will! Both Scarf and Abner, our Bullmastiff/Newfoundland, need to be seen!!!
Posted by: moki at February 28, 2026

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Moki, you can turn on Bluetooth on your phone, share the pics to your home computer, then attach them to an email. It's what I do, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2026 07:09 PM (wzUl9)

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