Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 25

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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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Don't try this at home . . .

A dog and a jaguar were separated for safety, but became so depressed they stopped eating. pic.twitter.com/n5GP20gmD0
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 23, 2026

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Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis, directs his orchestra on the notes of Nora the cat playing the piano.

She earns a standing ovation.pic.twitter.com/DhzvHvb2hZ
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 22, 2026

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- It's a lie that dogs resemble their owners.

The dog and its owner: pic.twitter.com/hnm097xpUR
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 17, 2026

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Princess Ava knows how to run!

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It is Wasabi Ruckus’ birthday today! He turned 6. I can’t believe it.
Piper

AWWWW . . . . Piper's kitty is wonderful.

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

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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, April 18

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.

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1 It would be worse. I knew a guy, a human, whose nickname was "Jimmy Badbreath".

Posted by: Ib1netmon at April 25, 2026 03:17 PM (9ZOKH)

2 Godzilla the Goldfish remained Godzilla until his fish flush.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 25, 2026 03:19 PM (diia5)

3 One of our cats has the formal name of "Rubby McFurmaster." His nickname is Rubbies. Or asshole.

It's usually asshole. 🙀

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 25, 2026 03:23 PM (jehhT)

4 Dog and jaguar. Awwww shucks.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 25, 2026 03:23 PM (Kt19C)

5 Meow!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 25, 2026 03:24 PM (sAmhv)

6 Both my neighbors dogs are nicknamed Shut Up.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 25, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)

7 Piano player kittuh is amazing!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 25, 2026 03:27 PM (sAmhv)

8 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 03:30 PM (Ia/+0)

9 My mischievous but well-meaning dog Charlie went to Chuck to Chuckles to now Chaloooch!

He doesn't seem to mind.

Posted by: Boswell at April 25, 2026 03:37 PM (V7158)

10 One of the feral cats at the jobsite was named Crackwhore.

She was never deprived of dry food or wet food, but what she wanted was treats.

And she got them from everybody. But she was smart, and never got chewed up in the machinery like her littermates.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 25, 2026 03:37 PM (Fbc0I)

11 When I die, I wanna come back as one of my dogs. Then I can chillax all day, get snacks and people food treats, and get tummy rubs on demand. I just don’t want to have breath like Tha’ lil nuggs.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 25, 2026 03:38 PM (3Ope8)

12 I doubt that I could count the number of goofy nicknames we have for our dog, Luna. Most frequent is Luna Tuna or LTM (for Luna Tuna Moona). We often call her variations on Your _____ness depending on her particular behavior: Your Sniffiness, Your Whinyness, Your Zoomieness.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 25, 2026 03:38 PM (FEVMW)

13 Good afternoon all,

Update on our kitty clan.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

There is a beautiful cat at our county shelter that they suspect has broken hind legs. I hoped our local cat rescue could get it out of the shelter, but they are currently full with 71 cats and kittens. I'm so sad for that cat and can only hope someone local will step up and adopt.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 25, 2026 03:43 PM (2F0/Y)

14 Our black chow was Bridget and then Katie. Somehow she became Kate Doggy Dogg and Kay-Dogg.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 25, 2026 03:43 PM (gKWVE)

15 Afternoon, Pet Folken!

I will say that my nicknames for my cats are -- by human standards -- not that demeaning. Stirling is known as "The Duke of Vicksburg." Dagny, well, okay, she's Stubby Tail, but she's also the Princess. Chekov . . .

Actually, now that I think about it . . . I have been guilty of too-precious nicknames. Pretend I didn't say anything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 03:45 PM (+2QQb)

16 Princess Ava is a beautiful dog.

Piper, tell Wasabi happy birthday!

Posted by: Joyenz at April 25, 2026 03:46 PM (2F0/Y)

17 The Pampered Princess Jasmine is sitting my lap right now.

Rumble-kitty Penny is sitting on top of my computer tower.

Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all), aka "Whisper Kitty" and "Kaylee Monster" is lurking in my sunroom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (gnNyN)

18 I will repost - maybe y'all have encountered this behavior before:

I don't know why doggeh, who is 9, has decided he wont eat if is place is in its usual spot by the family room wall.
Now he only eats if we put the plate right next to a human sitting in the room.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (LmPA0)

19 . I just don’t want to have breath like Tha’ lil nuggs.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 25, 2026 03:38 PM (3Ope

Solution: don't eat poop or your own ass.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Bob451AD work phone at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (AyCDG)

20 Piper, Wasabi Ruckus (and I can just imagine how that name came to be) is very handsome. Age 6 is approximately 30 in human terms. (Yes, I know it's not linear. A cat reaches adolescence, about age 12, in the first year, and then it slows down. But if they live to be about 15, and we live to be about 75, it's a 1-5 ratio overall.)

Theoretically, then, he should be less kittenish and more mature now. Theoretically.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (+2QQb)

21 /off theme sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 25, 2026 03:50 PM (AyCDG)

22 Dog and jaguar? That's no 200 lb. jaguar. I wonder what else was made up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 25, 2026 03:50 PM (QLZE2)

23 Now he only eats if we put the plate right next to a human sitting in the room.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (LmPA0)

I don't know much about dogs, but sounds like dog is wanting human security while eating. Maybe something is scaring/worrying him?

Posted by: Joyenz at April 25, 2026 03:52 PM (2F0/Y)

24 Tha lil nuggs, Hercamus, Xenapup and Panchopup.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 25, 2026 03:54 PM (3Ope8)

25 https://tinyurl.com/yv6wcthu
Dog got haircut and looks like gave up drinking and got his life together
( From Doug Ross Substack 20 posts

Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

26 Wasabi Ruckus! That's a great wrestling name.

The Nationwide wacky pet name winner was Cheddar Big Booty Cheeseburger:

https://tinyurl.com/3c8nhh7n

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 25, 2026 03:57 PM (kpS4V)

27 I don't know much about dogs, but sounds like dog is wanting human security while eating. Maybe something is scaring/worrying him?
Posted by: Joyenz at April 25, 2026 03:52 PM (2F0/Y)

It's just the chupacabras lurking inside the wall, waiting to leap out when you least expect it. Nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 25, 2026 03:57 PM (QLZE2)

28 Joyenz, you may be right

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 03:58 PM (LmPA0)

29 18 I will repost - maybe y'all have encountered this behavior before:

I don't know why doggeh, who is 9, has decided he wont eat if is place is in its usual spot by the family room wall.
Now he only eats if we put the plate right next to a human sitting in the room.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 25, 2026 03:49 PM (LmPA0)

Have not encountered. Could be anxiety, wanting a lookout watching for tigers while his head is down? Not sure what could cause it, I suppose if he experienced a loss...

Posted by: SciVo at April 25, 2026 03:59 PM (Sy6m/)

30 25 https://tinyurl.com/yv6wcthu
Dog got haircut and looks like gave up drinking and got his life together
( From Doug Ross Substack 20 posts
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

Our doodle got a haircut yesterday Shaved... Went from curly with bushy tail to slick with a tail that looks like a snake.... Unfortunately we let her get too overgrown and too many mats....At least now you can see the poodle face.. LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at April 25, 2026 04:03 PM (FtULh)

31 Top cartoon is hilarious because it's so true.

My kitteh is named Bogey. I call him Bubbie a lot but not when I'm mad at him. Only in the First World. We really do have it good.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 04:03 PM (kxLc1)

32 "The world’s first “slotharium”, Sloth World Orlando, was slapped with a stop-work order Thursday after a probe alarmingly found 31 sloths had died in the care of the Florida company prior to its grand opening last month."

This pretty much speaks for itself. I don't think Sloth World is meant to be.

Posted by: fd at April 25, 2026 04:08 PM (vFG9F)

33 Hope they keep Jag well fed.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 25, 2026 04:09 PM (kxLc1)

34 Eromeros have two cats which have lives chronicled on this bleg. MadisonTheCat, a black beauty who was rescued with broken back legs from a busy intersection on July 4th of 18 was named after James Madison at the bleg's suggestion. She is wise and in charge despite a grass addiction.
Mineola from Mineola was named Mineola and forced to wear checked overalls, and followed by the bleg from tiny kittenhood. Came to us in summer 0f 23, she currently answers to Minnifer and is one smart kitty who hates closed doors.

Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2026 04:09 PM (LHPAg)

35 Ruby, Ruby-boo, Boobers, Sweet Pooh.

Piper, you sweet idiot, you moron, you complete dork.

They are both very sweet, but it is clear which one got the brains and which one is.... deficient.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 25, 2026 04:17 PM (DwqWV)

36 vmom, simple test. Put a treat in his dish in the normal spot and see if he will eat that without company.

Posted by: Bob Ben Had at April 25, 2026 04:17 PM (Cif43)

37 There is a long history of silly nicknames for people in my family. I had a great uncle Kink, a great uncle Minnie, and nobody ever called my Dad by his given name, unless they were an insurance agent calling to sell us something. My sister was Squeak, I was Lil Bear, and my poor brother was the Coyote Kid.

No idea why, but there it is.

One of our dogs was named Mukluk. Of course, we just called him Muck, which I think disturbed some people.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 25, 2026 04:20 PM (DwqWV)

38 Yay yay pet thread. The furriest thread of the week.

When the kids who found our Malinois loose on the highway first brought her by our place, looking for anyone who might have owned her, they were calling her Little Dog as compared to their own two dogs, also Miz Wiggles, because her tail wags her whole body (and still does). After she adopted us, we started out calling her Honey, for her fur color, but since everydoggie gets called Honey, that got abandoned in favor of Daisy. No idea where the name came from. But she is Daisy.🐕

And sometimes Dipsy Daisy Doodly Doo Dah Doggie Day, if we have time.

Are there other Malinois besides Belgium?

🐧
BluebirdOfBitterness.com has two posts for Caturday. One is a video of trained cats (amazing - can your cats do any of this?), the other is comics for Happy World Penguin Day, which is apparently a thing, as some Cafe commenters would squee about.

🐶
Here's some funny dog tricks c/o PoliNation
https://bit.ly/bang-play-dead
X really needs to have its own URL shortener.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Daisy! What's on the outside of a tree? at April 25, 2026 04:26 PM (y3Pql)

39 My GSD is officially "Calvin," but most of the time we call him "Dingus." When he does something I don't like, it's "Fur-Coated Jackass."

Posted by: PabloD at April 25, 2026 04:36 PM (zUFRX)

40 When Stirling misbehaves, which is often, I don't call his actual name. Usually it's "Dammit" or "StopThatYouOvergrownBeast." "Thug" for short.

With Dagny, it's "Darnit" or "You Damn Kitten."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 04:40 PM (+2QQb)

41 one smart kitty who hates closed doors.
Posted by: Eromero
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Eddie hates closed doors too. Can't sleep with the doors closed anymore...can be an issue since the master bedroom opens to the living room. Cat don't care.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 25, 2026 04:41 PM (DYEui)

42
Dog and jaguar? That's no 200 lb. jaguar. I wonder what else was made up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Dog and Butterfly

Posted by: Gotta have Heart at April 25, 2026 04:41 PM (Cqx++)

43 Dagny is also known affectionately as "Dagnetta." Not too demeaning, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 04:46 PM (+2QQb)

44 Linda just sent me a pic of some Delectables treats labeled as "For Stirling." I asked whether Dagny likes them too. She used to be a little picky about her food in her first year with me, but has turned into an enthusiastic eater and lover of treats since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 25, 2026 04:47 PM (+2QQb)

45 Could be on the anxiety. Its like when dogs poop, they usually look at you to make sure you are there, keeping watch while they are vulnerable.

Food anxiety that late is odd. Did something else in the environment change?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 25, 2026 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

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