Ace of Spades Pet Thread

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Hopefully you are underway in a 3 day weekend. Enjoy the world of animals.

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A Little of This. A Little of That.

Cat wars has been settled.

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K-9 cops being taken care of.

Meet The PetMorons

This is Dhabi. As a little puppy he was rescued from a desert workers camp in Abu Dhabi. The first time he ever saw grass was when arrived in Tennessee - he loved it. Abu is Arabic for "good or great." Dhabi means "gazelle." He certainly runs like one. - Tim

Hmmm an interesting story. I wish there was more. I suspect he also enjoys the cooler weather in TN. Thanks for sharing Dhabi with us.

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Well "the boys" (Bingo and Eli) are putting up with another move, this year. We finally found everyone's "forever home"! They still enjoy their doggy car seats for the 500 mile drives between houses but are glad to be done! Here they are enjoying the new couch in the new house.
Thanks for your Pet Thread and letting us share adventures with you. - South Dakota lurker.

What an adorable pair of pups. So do they need a ramp to become couch potatoes? Thanks for lurking and coming out to share this story with us.

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From JohnFNotKerry:
Red is a very good boy who is over 12 years old. He is a retired autism service dog for our son, and he is enjoying his golden years as our family dog. He is a "German Retriever", being half German Shepherd and half Golden Retriever. He and his siblings were bred to be service dogs. Sadly, he is the last one who is still alive.
Mika is our 4 year old cat, who we got after our first cat Sneaker passed away in 2016. He was featured here many years ago. Mika is obsessed with food, and she would be a major chonk if we I indulged her more. She is very affectionate and talkative, bringing lots of laughter to our home.

Red must be one very sweet dog since he was a service animal. Mika is the perfect example of a pet, one who brings joy to your world. Sweet critters you have there. What a wonderful contribution today.

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This picture is from back in 2004. This is Noodle and Banjo on a camping trip. Noodle is a white Anatolian Shepherd Dog who weighed in at about 120 lbs. We got her from an awesome breeder out of NC. She was a wedding gift to my wife and me. Anatolians are bred to sit in fields by themselves and guard goats from wolves in Turkey. They are bred to be on their own and think for themselves. As a result, Anatolians are absurdly stubborn dogs when it comes to training. We had some heated training sessions but she turned into the greatest dog to ever walk the planet. So calm, so sweet and great off leash even though Anatolians are supposed to be nearly impossible to train off leash. She never strayed far and always came back when called. Whatever their stubbornness, the upside to Anatolian's personalities is that they are extremely loyal. That she was. We lost her at 10 years old to cancer.
Little Banjo in the picture is an Australian Cattle Dog. He's about 5 months old in this pic. The reason I'm sending this now is that we just recently lost him after over 15 years. He might be the second best dog ever after Noodle. Unlike Noodle who came from an excellent breeder, we paid $50 for Banjo. Cattle dogs can be obnoxious bastards and he certainly was but he was also the smartest and most loyal guy you'll meet. Noodle and Banjo were the best of buds. RIP Noodle and Banjo. - Andrew

What an outstanding photo! I hope that you have it enlarged, frame and displayed in your home. So sorry that both of your pals have passed over the Rainbow Bridge.

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Hi MisHum,
Here is a pic of our 1+ yr. old White German Shephard, Maggie, doing her favorite thing - fetching a tennis ball in the water. She was a natural at swimming and maybe a reincarnation of Esther Williams. Just have to teach her to dive now.
She has kind of an interesting history - the breeder sold her and brother at 8 wks. to a skeevy couple who reneged on payment. She called FBI and after a few months, FBI found her because white shepherds aren't very common and was parked at some doggie resort in CA. Apparently skeevy couple was wanted for fraud from a number of other scams. Maggie came to us at 8 mths and after working out some behavior and medical kinks, she's a wonderful dog. - Last

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Long time lurker, Crash from Bama here. This crew is a result of my kids. Agrippa is the Rhodesian Ridgeback. 100 pounds but wants to sit in your lap. Dixie ( can I say that? ) is the mutt closest in the pic. Gentlest dog ever unless a rodent gets in our yard. The retriever mix preening for the camera is Zeus. Barks a lot but won't leave my side. The small black one is Ophelia. She wants to stay outside 24/7. The bed gets awful crowded at night.

Yes, you may say Dixie here. Great group of pooches you have there. And no, the meme above the fold was not based upon your herd of doggehs.

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Such a great group of pets today. Such wonderful stories and folks with big hearts. Thanks for sharing.

If you have something pet/animal related you would like to share, you can reach us at petmorons at gmail dot com.

Have a great week!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 03:00 PM

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1 Bless the animals and all the people who love and care for them.

Posted by: gp at September 05, 2020 02:59 PM (qpX6U)

2 Wonderful looking pets!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:00 PM (dUJdY)

3 Mr Joe is getting a bit long in the tooth but not so much as he won't go after a squirrel every time they encroach on HIS backyard.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 05, 2020 03:01 PM (axyOa)

4 I love the pet morons.

Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at September 05, 2020 03:04 PM (lgiXo)

5 Moose almost caught a rabbit yesterday. It was just a baby and thankfully found the gap under the fence just in time.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:05 PM (dUJdY)

6 Love Dhabi's ears.

Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at September 05, 2020 03:05 PM (lgiXo)

7 Nice pic of the Anatolian Shepard and the Blue Heeler.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 05, 2020 03:06 PM (BKuiW)

8 Nice Pets Y'all!....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 05, 2020 03:06 PM (Z+IKu)

9 Bless the animals and all the people who love and care for them.
Posted by: gp

Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 05, 2020 03:08 PM (ECUyd)

10 Pet Thread!
WeaselDog, WeaselCat v2 and Little Joe all say howdy!

Posted by: Weasel at September 05, 2020 03:08 PM (MVjcR)

11 Got exciting news from Shep's Place where I volunteer. Callie and Sophie found their forever homes. Callie has hip dysplasia so I was shocked someone took her but grateful they will be willing to spend the time with her. The vet said it eventually will get to a point where she would have to be helped to go potty. For now she can manage on her own. So grateful for these people who take on senior dogs.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:09 PM (dUJdY)

12 Bingo (unless it's Eli who is the dog on the left) looks like he's wearing goggles.

Posted by: Vendette at September 05, 2020 03:10 PM (SbDwL)

13 Puppy attack!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc6db8qfZEw

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 05, 2020 03:15 PM (pmpob)

14 Afternoon Horde!

Miss Dolly (our 6 yr old Brittany) is quite good about the bed. Her spot is at the foot on my side, where she can watch the hall and the stairwell at the end for my arrival.

She's not a bed hog at all. All she wants is a few minutes of cuddles and belly rubs before lights out.

We did have a bit of excitement last night. When I called her to come inside, she made a detour on the way to the door to swoop something up off the ground.

I figured it was either a toy she took outside, or a rawhide chewy, which she does tend to take out to let them age and tenderize in the rain.

She blew by me and dropped the item in the dining room. Surprisingly, the thing she dropped made some twitches!

On the floor was a juvenile opossum. It was barely breathing and making feeble leg twitches. And its face was in a sharp-toothed grimace of pain.

Apparently, Dolly had caught it, crunched its ribcage, but didn't shake enough to snap its widdle neck. She kept it close and under surveillance, though.

Mrs IMG declined to inspect this.

I scooped it up in a dustpan (it was about 10 inches snout-to-base of tail) and went outside and flung it over the dog-pen fence.

The corpse was gone by sunrise.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 05, 2020 03:15 PM (8C7+r)

15 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2020 03:20 PM (OjZpE)

16 Yay! Not late to the Pet Thread for a change.

Our three kitties say hello.

Posted by: mindful webworker
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at September 05, 2020 03:21 PM (V+bdf)

17 Jake, the young springer, comes to bed with me at night. But he's not comfortable. He'll get on the floor then back on the bed. When he's had enough, he gets on the bed and lays his head across me. That's when he wants out of the bedroom.

I feel bad because Gary, the other springer, would love to sleep in the bedroom by me. But he scared my cat by barking at her. She lives in the bedroom and it doesn't seem fair to have her deal with him in her space. I really need to work on getting the two of them to be buddies.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2020 03:23 PM (YynYJ)

18 11---...So grateful for these people who take on senior dogs.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:09 PM (dUJdY)
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I don't think I would ever do that.
God bless those stronger hearts with such a deep, sacrificial love!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 03:24 PM (M/9m0)

19 I love the pet morons.

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My favorite dish !

Posted by: Baracky O'Cracky at September 05, 2020 03:25 PM (zr5Kq)

20 Love Maggie the swimmer and her story! Imagine having one's dog located by the FBI.

Posted by: skywch at September 05, 2020 03:25 PM (Y/Ps0)

21 Yay! Not late to the Pet Thread for a change.

Our three kitties say hello.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Hello kitties!
(Waving like Forrest Gump)

Posted by: rickb223 at September 05, 2020 03:25 PM (ECUyd)

22 Cinnamon our cat can end up under blankets so one must be careful .

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2020 03:27 PM (OjZpE)

23 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2020 03:27 PM (6rnrs)

24 So nobody sent in pics of their pet sea monkeys this week then?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 05, 2020 03:30 PM (wPVhA)

25 Seeing Maggie in the pool makes me wish I had a good swimming hole for my white GSD (Calvin). He loves water, but we can't take him anywhere there might be other dogs. About the best we can give him on a hot summer day is a good spray down with the garden hose. Watching him snap and snarl at the stream of water is hilarious, though I wonder how he doesn't drown with all that water going down his yap.

Posted by: PabloD, make commies fly again! at September 05, 2020 03:30 PM (JpEVK)

26 Just going on the record here that bears are not pets.

Posted by: Muad'dib at September 05, 2020 03:34 PM (fZqIv)

27 So glad to see a cat on pet thread this week. My girls Judy and Daisy look forward to seeing their feline friends and their stories so very much.

Posted by: Sharon S Neff at September 05, 2020 03:41 PM (Sj6Mv)

28 Beautiful pet morons, again!

My Rusty continues to recover from a tick borne illness. Antibiotics coming to a close tomorrow. He's off the lasix and really doesn't need the periactin. Still a bit tired, but things are looking better. This was a dastardly tick season.

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 03:45 PM (ONvIw)

29 Lots of lucky dogs in this thread!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2020 03:46 PM (ORD9/)

30 Just going on the record here that bears are not pets.

Treadwell would agree...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2020 03:46 PM (6rnrs)

31 My tale of stress:

I was moving dried food into different containers and there was an old plastic scoop that I had used to move food from the old containers into the new ones. Somehow that plastic scoop wound up on the floor with a trace of food dust on it. Since Conor is convinced he is slowly being starved to death, he made off with the scoop, and I didn't notice quickly enough. Next thing I knew, he was chewing on the scoop trying to get every last trace of flavor out of it. The stressful part is that he apparently managed to break off a small piece of the scoop and I was never able to find it. Crawled around on the floor with a flashlight for more than half an hour. He has since eaten three meals, gone for a walk and done three poops without apparent incident. I think I will wait until I see him in distress before I go the emergency vet route.
I have other family business the rest of the day that requires me to leave him alone until later tonight, so I hope he will be OK.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -Your Rulers Have, and Deserve, Different Rules! - at September 05, 2020 03:47 PM (2C38g)

32 I request seeing more photos of Bingo and Eli. They look like they could get up to some hijinks.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2020 03:47 PM (ORD9/)

33 Great little buddies as always. Dhabi is a great looking dog and Zeus was the name of our first Golden when I was a kid.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 03:47 PM (ZLI7S)

34 I am always most comfortable when I have a doggeh nearby, so a pooch at the foot of the bed is ok by me.

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 03:48 PM (ONvIw)

35 This was a dastardly tick season.
Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 03:45 PM (ONvIw)

I put Conor on Bravecto (vet prescribed) three years ago and it worked wonders for keeping the ticks from staying on him.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -Your Rulers Have, and Deserve, Different Rules! - at September 05, 2020 03:49 PM (2C38g)

36 ZOD.

Posted by: Zod at September 05, 2020 03:49 PM (xK9An)

37 Dhabi is a good looking dog.

*salute* to Noodle and Banjo.

Hearty endorsement of Australian Cattle Dogs. Ajax will be 11 in November. In all that time, he has maybe lost half a step. Wonderful guy. I honestly do not know what I will do without him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 03:50 PM (A5zUN)

38
Hello all!

Hmmm, where are the cats?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 03:50 PM (G51Gf)

39 Great-looking pets--Red looks like a good guy.

Canis Zod Jr. has taken to chewing on Zod's newly planted boxwoods. Earlier, he was finding dead salamanders and eating them. Strange dog.

Posted by: Zod at September 05, 2020 03:53 PM (xK9An)

40
Moose almost caught a rabbit yesterday. It was just a baby and thankfully found the gap under the fence just in time.
Posted by: Jewells45

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Nacho ran halfway up a tree the other day, enchanted by a squirrel. I was hoping for a little action, but as usual, Nacho decided the risk wasn't worth it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 03:54 PM (G51Gf)

41 In the past couple of weeks with our cats...

My fuzzy golden buddy Charlie caught and brought inside some large rodent. (Did I mention this last week?) Did not inspect what, in my haste to throw them back outside. (Mercifully, Charlie did not drop his prey while I picked him up.)

Charlie gets praise and treats for his rodent kills. Not so much the adult female cardinal.

Rather than chow down, he left both kills for me to pick up. Paper towels, ziplock bag. Wash hands thoroughly afterward, even though there was no contact with the critter corpses.

The old gray kitty Spirit still has it. She brought in a mouse. Again, Milady could pick her up and throw her out and Spirit didn't drop the mouse on the way. Yay. (Don't know, but figure Spirit feasted on her catch.)

Charlie has a special kind of growling mew to let us know he's got something. (Totally different from his "wake up and let me out and feed me" morning call, or his squeak that we swear sound very much like "Yogurt!" Milady spoils him.) Big surprise was, he made the same sound when Spirit brought her mouse in.

Working farm cats.

Posted by: mindful webworker
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at September 05, 2020 03:55 PM (V+bdf)

42 31: If you really think he got a big enough piece to puncture his intestine or cause a blockage, why wait? My Topsy got a hold of something and ended up having a good piece of intestine removed. Had the vet known earlier he could have removed it before the perforation took place.

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 03:55 PM (ONvIw)

43 dogs...

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2020 03:55 PM (zr5Kq)

44 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 03:54 PM (G51Gf)

There are several here that love to taunt him. He'll stand at the base of a tree for several minutes not moving and the squirrel will be up in the tree, then pretend to climb down, only to scurry back up the tree. Poor Moose lol!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:56 PM (dUJdY)

45 Moose almost caught a rabbit yesterday. It was just a baby and thankfully found the gap under the fence just in time.
Posted by: Jewells45

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Nacho ran halfway up a tree the other day, enchanted by a squirrel. I was hoping for a little action, but as usual, Nacho decided the risk wasn't worth it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 03:54 PM (G51Gf)

Thankfully, Ajax has always instinctively not wanted to actually catch the rabbit or squirrel. Even when he has them cold and dead to rights, he will slow down just before he reaches them and let the little bastards get up the tree or into the brush or through the fence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 03:57 PM (A5zUN)

46 If you die because a cat murdered your hand while you were rubbing its tummy, you go straight to Valhalla. Look it up.

That's why you always rub dat tummy.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 05, 2020 03:57 PM (t+qrx)

47 Never seen a white German Shepherd.

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2020 03:58 PM (563Rr)

48 46 If you die because a cat murdered your hand while you were rubbing its tummy, you go straight to Valhalla. Look it up.

That's why you always rub dat tummy.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 05, 2020 03:57 PM (t+qrx)

Respiratory shutdown qualifies you for Valhalla now? They have really relaxed the standards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 03:58 PM (A5zUN)

49 35: Rusty is on a preventative but one or two is all it takes, and bad luck. They tell me we caught it early, I hate to think what late looks like. Some anemia but no other CBC abnormalities. We missed bone marrow failure

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 03:58 PM (ONvIw)

50 Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 03:57 PM (A5zUN)

Oh Moose has caught several but it's been a few years, I think he's just slowing down.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:59 PM (dUJdY)

51 >>Never seen a white German Shepherd.

They're gorgeous dogs. Very regal looking.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:00 PM (ZLI7S)

52 A 45-pound Lab puppy becomes a lapdog when he gossabone.

Posted by: Zod at September 05, 2020 04:00 PM (xK9An)

53 Kid with 17yo granddog is in the process of getting a puppy. Can't bear the thought of doglessness

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 04:01 PM (ONvIw)

54
Poor Moose lol!
Posted by: Jewells45

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I wonder if wild animals have a sixth sense that another animal is tame. Saw a funny cartoon once about a dog and a wolf. The wolf is a tough street fighter and comes to the dog's aid one night when the dog fails to protect the chickens and the farmer beats him. They have a long talk and the wolf mentions some of the dog's behavior towards him -- almost getting him killed, running him off when he's hungry etc. The dog sighs. "I was just doing my job."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 04:01 PM (G51Gf)

55 Oh Moose has caught several but it's been a few years, I think he's just slowing down.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 03:59 PM (dUJdY)

It happens. You try running down a squirrel in a foot chase now. See how 'you' do. ;p

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 04:01 PM (A5zUN)

56 PabloD,
that must be a thing with white gsd's. Maggie loves to attack the water coming out of the hose too. It's like it's a personal affront and she has to stop it.
She's just great with humans, but cannot abide other dogs. We have her going to a class called Prickly Pooch to try to get over that, but it's going to be a long slog.

Posted by: Last at September 05, 2020 04:01 PM (BdIMF)

57 The dogs in the top photo look a lot like my Pogo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 05, 2020 04:02 PM (zqUej)

58 You try running down a squirrel in a foot chase now. See how 'you' do.

*snort.. horribly since I truly cannot run anymore. If I ever have to run for my life I'm dead.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 05, 2020 04:03 PM (dUJdY)

59 57: Either the one in the foreground is tubby or that bed became a nesting box.

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 04:05 PM (ONvIw)

60 57: Either the one in the foreground is tubby or that bed became a nesting box?

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 04:05 PM (ONvIw)

61 For a second there, looking at Mika, I thought MisHum had posted a pic of my big black Wolf. A shame it is that black cats are thought of by some silly people as "bad luck" or "evil" or "might have a demon inside," as one woman told Linda about her black cat Marie, years ago.

I'll admit that a black cat often has a wild or ferocious look to his face and expression. And the cat himself might be wild or ferocious. But if not, and you look beyond their exterior, black cats in my experience are often the most easygoing and adaptable of any.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 04:06 PM (rpbg1)

62 Anatolian Shepherd and Great Pyrenees--both bred to be independent and both are difficult to train.

But, they tend to be gentle dogs.

Great pics, as usual.

I'm sitting here writing this with my Great Pyr/Golden Retriever mix keeping an eye on things.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 05, 2020 04:06 PM (WEBkv)

63 Oh, forgot to mention, our big guy, all 85lbs of him, loves to climb on the couch and put his head in a lap.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at September 05, 2020 04:07 PM (WEBkv)

64

A 2-year-old boy in Michigan found his perfect match in a puppy sharing the same birth defect.

https://tinyurl.com/y6flwutb

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 05, 2020 04:10 PM (aKsyK)

65 Cinnamon our cat can end up under blankets so one must be careful .
Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2020

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The late Marie-Antoinette was the only cat I've ever known who liked to sleep under the blanket with me. Only on afternoon naps, for some reason. She'd leap up and nuzzle at the top of the sheet; I'd lift it; she'd go in, turn around, and stretch out next to me (usually hitting me in the throat with a paw as she stretched); and relax. Sometimes she'd stay only a few minutes; other times, she'd be there with me still when I woke up.

I've been trying to get Wolf to do the same, but he doesn't care for the sheet and blanket touching his head.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 04:11 PM (rpbg1)

66 Thanks for another swell Pet Thread, Mis Hum! I love seeing the Pet Morons every week since we have no pets of our own anymore.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 05, 2020 04:12 PM (WFcrO)

67 Seeing Maggie in the pool makes me wish I had a good swimming hole for my white GSD (Calvin). He loves water, but we can't take him anywhere there might be other dogs. About the best we can give him on a hot summer day is a good spray down with the garden hose. Watching him snap and snarl at the stream of water is hilarious, though I wonder how he doesn't drown with all that water going down his yap.
Posted by: PabloD, make commies fly again! at September 05, 2020 03:30 PM (JpEVK)
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We used to get plastic kiddy pools from Walmart for our Labs. Didn't have a regular pool or pond, but the Labs loved being able to lie down in the water for as long (and often) as they wanted.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 05, 2020 04:13 PM (WFcrO)

68 Not only can you look at great pets on the pet threat, but you can learn some Arabic too; I had no idea that "Abu Dhabi" meant "great gazelle." And he's a cutie. For some reason, dogs with big ears make me smile.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2020 04:13 PM (WkPC9)

69 "Abu" means "father of" in Arabic; not "good". "zain" is the Arabic word for "good".

Posted by: Clark H. at September 05, 2020 04:22 PM (jqPkK)

70 Dropping in to say hello, and thanks for another great Pet thread!

Posted by: attila the reasonable at September 05, 2020 04:23 PM (w7KSn)

71 Mis Hum, did you get the pictures of our pets that I sent you last week?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at September 05, 2020 04:29 PM (SRRAx)

72 Well! After technical struggles, details of which I will not share, I FINALLY got some kitty pix off Milady's cell. Going to try to composite a single pic and get it off to MisHum.
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'Nother cat tale: Our cats spend a lot of time outside. They're safe enough, staying close to the house; there's an open door for them.

When it gets dark, we bring them in.

In recent weeks, Charlie seems to have a good time-sense, and comes inside on his own, which is our cue to make sure the other two are in, and close the door.

Sometimes, lately, I'll go out on the porch and tell them it's time to come in, and they all actually come in under their own steam. Cats doing that! Amazing! They're all getting kind-of old, so it's reassuring they know to stay close and come in.

When we can't find them, we have a talk with the St Francis statue (which we bought for, and then inherited from Milady's late and sainted mother). When Spirit wasn't showing up night before last, Milady had just enough time to finish a request to St Frank, and suddenly, there was Spirit! Funny how often it works.

Wish my prayers to the patron saints of lost and hopeless causes worked as readily.

Do you think it makes a difference I'm not Catholic?

Posted by: mindful webworker
a short and tall tale
at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (V+bdf)

73 Come for the pets, get a free Arabic lesson!

And speaking of Arabs, our neighbor down the road just got a beautiful Arabian horse they named Money.

I go back and forth on whether this is a good name or an awful one. Awful, I think.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (M/9m0)

74 I love that picture of Mika the cat; I had a cat who looked identical to that for 14 years, til she passed. Her name was Feline, although sometimes we called her by her latin name, Felonious. Still miss her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 05, 2020 04:38 PM (Kpl3J)

75 I go back and forth on whether this is a good name or an awful one. Awful, I think.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (M/9m0)

MO-NEY!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 04:38 PM (A5zUN)

76 Related: Ted Cruz uses a puppy analogy to describe the "reporters" trying to get Broken Brain Biden to attack Trump even more.

Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
When puppies are excited, sometimes they will try to hump your leg. Apparently, journalists do the same thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 05, 2020 04:38 PM (+y/Ru)

77 72---....Do you think it makes a difference I'm not Catholic?

Posted by: mindful webworker at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (V+bdf)
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Nope!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:38 PM (M/9m0)

78 And speaking of Arabs, our neighbor down the road just got a beautiful Arabian horse they named Money.

I go back and forth on whether this is a good name or an awful one. Awful, I think.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (M/9m0)

Well at least it wasn't their Daughter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 05, 2020 04:39 PM (Kpl3J)

79 75 I go back and forth on whether this is a good name or an awful one. Awful, I think.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:36 PM (M/9m0)

MO-NEY!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 05, 2020 04:38 PM (A5zUN)

That's Claude MO-NEY to you, buddy!

Posted by: Claude Monet at September 05, 2020 04:41 PM (Kpl3J)

80 78--- Well at least it wasn't their Daughter.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 05, 2020 04:39 PM (Kpl3J)
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Yes. In these days of despair over the decay of civilization, we must be grateful for little sparks of decency!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:43 PM (M/9m0)

81 Good doggehz.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at September 05, 2020 04:46 PM (NWiLs)

82 Awesome pups. I miss mine.

Posted by: jsg at September 05, 2020 04:48 PM (gWINO)

83 51 >>Never seen a white German Shepherd.

They're gorgeous dogs. Very regal looking.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:00 PM (ZLI7S)

The first dog that I called mine was a white German Shepard. Truly a beautiful specimen!

My parents had a female bred, and the resulting litter produced Snow (I'm good with dog names am I not). I was four at the time, so I spent more time in the puppy pen than outside it. Snow and I gravitated to each other immediately. She ended up being a little too protective of me, much to my mother's dislike.

She, along with one other pup (Col. Mosby) stayed with us. The other six litter mates were adopted out.

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 04:50 PM (BgMrQ)

84 Happy Pet Thread Day.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 04:52 PM (CKxoR)

85 I would steal Bingo and Eli in a heartbeat. I have a soft spot for Doxies.

Dhabi is very close to Brody in body type and size and sounds like mannerisms too.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 04:57 PM (CKxoR)

86 >>The first dog that I called mine was a white German Shepard. Truly a beautiful specimen!

>>My parents had a female bred, and the resulting litter produced Snow (I'm good with dog names am I not). I was four at the time, so I spent more time in the puppy pen than outside it. Snow and I gravitated to each other immediately. She ended up being a little too protective of me, much to my mother's dislike.

My family was good friends with a couple, the husband was a rocker of some note. They had two traditional GS that I often dog sat for when I was a teen.

The male was huge, biggest GS I've ever seen. He was Otis, named for Otis Redding. The female was also good size and she was Aretha, I bet you can figure out where that came from.

They became very protective of me. When I would take them on walks it was like I was walking two lions, people gave us a wide berth. In truth they were marshmallows but they looked fierce.

Always had a soft spot for shepherds.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:59 PM (ZLI7S)

87 Sometimes, lately, I'll go out on the porch and tell them it's time to come in, and they all actually come in under their own steam. Cats doing that! Amazing! They're all getting kind-of old, so it's reassuring they know to stay close and come in.

All Ducks Go To Bed !!!
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Temperate Temperature Critic ... at September 05, 2020 05:00 PM (LPnfS)

88 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 05, 2020 04:43 PM (M/9m0)

Considering the odd ways people spell and pronounce names nowadays, they could say "This is our daughter Money pronounced Mo-Knee."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2020 05:00 PM (WkPC9)

89 She, along with one other pup (Col. Mosby) stayed with us. The other six litter mates were adopted out.
Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020

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That'd be a good name for a big shaggy tiger cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 05:04 PM (rpbg1)

90 Great looking group of moronimals.

Just got back from Trump boat parade. My cats did not participate.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at September 05, 2020 05:09 PM (sUn/e)

91 Always had a soft spot for shepherds.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:59 PM (ZLI7S)

hi jack! (no I wouldn't say that on a plane, or a train, or even an automobile)

if it's not too OT, I wanted you to know that I never listened to the Dead too much, but this afternoon, I was driving and Sirius on Deep Tracks played Terrapin Station all the way through. I gotta admit, that was pretty good, and I was impressed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 05, 2020 05:11 PM (Kpl3J)

92 Thinking back over the types of dogs I have had.

Scottish Terrier, German Shepherds, Border Collies, Aussies, Greyhounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Aussie/Rot crosses, Doxies and Terrier mixes.

The Ibizan Hound and German Shepherd I have now will be the last.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:11 PM (CKxoR)

93 Cat wars has been settled.

I wondered about. I used to watch Cole and Marmalade videos ...

Posted by: Adriane the Temperate Temperature Critic ... at September 05, 2020 05:11 PM (LPnfS)

94 Always had a soft spot for shepherds.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:59 PM (ZLI7S)

Also Jack - I think you noticed this, but shepherds are a really smart dog, highly protective of those they love, and gentle to those they understand to be gentle. I absolutely love this breed, in all its forms. I would recommend this breed for first time families with infants and toddlers as the first dog. Simply a lovely animal in all respects.

Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:13 PM (w2LAm)

95 Always had a soft spot for shepherds.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:59 PM (ZLI7S)

Also Jack - I think you noticed this, but shepherds are a really smart dog, highly protective of those they love, and gentle to those they understand to be gentle. I absolutely love this breed, in all its forms. I would recommend this breed for first time families with infants and toddlers as the first dog. Simply a lovely animal in all respects.
Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020

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I grew up watching the Rin Tin Tin Western TV series and reading the Whitman novels based on it. Always wanted a Rinty, or a collie like Lassie. Now I realize I'm a cat person, always have been. But at age 9 I wanted to have adventures with my dog. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 05:18 PM (rpbg1)

96 Lets see how this works. Wifi tethered tablet to my cell phone.

Visiting Dad, for storm damage recovery in central Louisiana. He really didn't have anything damaged and only had a handfull of small branches down.

Getting to see his two kitties, Kitler, and Snowbie as well as his pit bull, Spartus.

Dog is as smart as a teenager and even though he hasnt seen me in two years, he broke out a great big doggie smile and whole body tail wag when he saw me.

Snowbie, this is a cat of pallor not an albino so hate away, recognized me too and wanted head scritches.

Kitler, barely lets me see his goose stepping mustache as he dissappears under the house.

Spartus was raised as an orphan puppy in a cattery so he thinks he's a cat. The cats groom him, he tries to gromm them back but its all slobber and they dont like it.

Gonna fix the headlight dimmer on Dad's Harley tomorrow and head back home to Smash and Ju ior-ette on Monday.

Posted by: BifBewalski 🂡 Moron at September 05, 2020 05:18 PM (hCoJE)

97 Steaks marinating and wife is making her tater salad after I boiled the potatoes and eggs.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at September 05, 2020 05:19 PM (i0Jhu)

98 Bif, safe travels.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:21 PM (CKxoR)

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Always had a soft spot for shepherds.
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Same here. I still think of one I had as a kid. Best dogs ever. I'd have a dog if I weren't such a fuck-about. Someday, when I'm 90...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2020 05:21 PM (G51Gf)

100 98 Bif, safe travels.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you. Not enough throughput to make it to Mom's place. Otherwise you'd have had to put up with a passing through coffee break.

Posted by: BifBewalski 🂡 Moron at September 05, 2020 05:24 PM (hCoJE)

101 Bif, the door is always open.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:25 PM (CKxoR)

102 Kitten video. Only watch if you want your brain to turn in to oatmeal.
In a good way, I mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CSL1FLdtY

Posted by: attila the reasonable at September 05, 2020 05:26 PM (w7KSn)

103 >>if it's not too OT, I wanted you to know that I never listened to the Dead too much, but this afternoon, I was driving and Sirius on Deep Tracks played Terrapin Station all the way through. I gotta admit, that was pretty good, and I was impressed.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite things about the Dead is there is a mountain of work to go through and you always seem to find something new, not just songs and styles but shows.

They not only allowed but welcomed taping of their shows and they were first and foremost a live band. They didn't do shows, they played and no two shows were ever the same. I've been a fan since I was younger than 29 and I still hear new stuff all the time.

As Jerry said one time about the Dead, The Dead are like licorice. Not everyone like licorice but those that do really like licorice.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 05:26 PM (ZLI7S)

104 I can speak to Anatolian training woes, our Remington the Pyrenees Anatolian mix is a stubborn are home off leash. On leash he is beautiful. Service dog beautiful. His favorite pastime is laying at my feet watching the world. Outside. Inside he lines to go out of sleeps.

Amazon strong dog and his bark will take the dead.

Posted by: USNtakim at September 05, 2020 05:26 PM (0OmEj)

105 Cat #2 just Marie Harf'ed behind my chair and on the laptop power chord.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at September 05, 2020 05:26 PM (sUn/e)

106 I grew up watching the Rin Tin Tin Western TV series and reading the Whitman novels based on it. Always wanted a Rinty, or a collie like Lassie. Now I realize I'm a cat person, always have been. But at age 9 I wanted to have adventures with my dog. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 05:18 PM (rpbg1)

I think this would have be a good breed for you WA...a lot of cat lovers find happiness with Shepherds because of their unusual intelligence. They're almost human. They are loyal like cats, and really loving toward family members regardless of age or temperament - my wife had one when I first met her...he guarded her closely like the breed is taught, but he also seemed to understand the social relationship of humans. He liked me - I think he had good taste!

Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:27 PM (w2LAm)

107 if it's not too OT, I wanted you to know that I never listened to the Dead too much, but this afternoon, I was driving and Sirius on Deep Tracks played Terrapin Station all the way through. I gotta admit, that was pretty good, and I was impressed.

Never listened to the Dead until I got to college. The Europe '72 album is great.

Great looking animals this week. My cousin lost his dog, Maverick, last month at the age of 16, who was one of the smartest dogs I ever met. I'll submit a picture for next week. He loved playing with basically anyone, and he always was gentle with children. My cousin and I roughhoused with him to his wife's dismay. My cousin is still devastated about losing him. Fortunately, he has three other dogs.

Posted by: Unkaren at September 05, 2020 05:28 PM (vGJY7)

108 They became very protective of me. When I would take them on walks it was like I was walking two lions, people gave us a wide berth. In truth they were marshmallows but they looked fierce.

Always had a soft spot for shepherds.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 05, 2020 04:59 PM (ZLI7S)

Yes sir, you get a wide berth when you walk with GSs!

Lotta upkeep in those coats though...

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 05:28 PM (BgMrQ)

109 Cat #2 just Marie Harf'ed behind my chair and on the laptop power chord.
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at September 05, 2020 05:26 PM (sUn/e)

Oscar's been scrambling over to the back door lately, horking on the vinyl floor instead of the hardwood or the couch or my bed or my shoes. I think he might be defective.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 05, 2020 05:30 PM (t+qrx)

110 USNtakim, a checker at the grocery store had a litter of 9 pups of that cross. It was a chore not to take one or two or ....

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:30 PM (CKxoR)

111 89 She, along with one other pup (Col. Mosby) stayed with us. The other six litter mates were adopted out.
Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020

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Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 05, 2020 05:04 PM (rpbg1)

He had one floppy ear, that looked like the down turned brim of the hat Col Mosby wore...hence the name.

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 05:31 PM (BgMrQ)

112 Lotta upkeep in those coats though...

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 05:28 PM (BgMrQ)

Alas - the only issue with the breed - they shed - like alot. My wife's lovely shepherd just simply weeped hair. But he was such a wonderful animal we forgave him.

Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:31 PM (w2LAm)

113 hogmartin, sounds like Oscar is being very kind to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:34 PM (CKxoR)

114 Boswell, I have my guy on a raw diet and he hardly sheds at all.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:36 PM (CKxoR)

115 hogmartin, sounds like Oscar is being very kind to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:34 PM (CKxoR)

But it's not natural.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 05, 2020 05:38 PM (t+qrx)

116 Alas - the only issue with the breed - they shed - like alot. My wife's lovely shepherd just simply weeped hair. But he was such a wonderful animal we forgave him.
Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:31 PM (w2LAm)

The hip dysplasia issue would concern me these days. I see too many GSs walking around so painfully these days. One really has to know and trust the breeder they purchase a GS from.

Of course that kind of due diligence holds for any breed you want.

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 05:39 PM (BgMrQ)

117 Boswell, I have my guy on a raw diet and he hardly sheds at all.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2020 05:36 PM (CKxoR)

I heard that was the trick from others who owned the breed - King died in the mid-90s, probably the saddest day for me, I absolutely loved that dog/ But he was feed the standard diet and he shed constantly. I think if we had him back, we would have gone all raw...

Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:39 PM (w2LAm)

118 Pyrenees Anatolian cross breeds are epic farm dogs. Not for the first time dog owners. Great dogs though. That coat though. Thick three layers with a main like a big cat. Mine is a goofball. Independent and patient he will sit for hours when he's working waiting to help. Service dog (mobility) he wears a hard leather harness I use him as a counter weight of for support. Great dog. He even will sit through a two hour mass quietly. With hundreds of other people around.

Posted by: USNtakim at September 05, 2020 05:41 PM (0OmEj)

119 I know it's late in the thread, but does anyone else have Pet Insurance? I found it to be a great thing this year. Rusty racked up about 3k in vet bills, I got 2400 back. Much nicer

Posted by: CN at September 05, 2020 05:44 PM (ONvIw)

120 >>>The hip dysplasia issue would concern me these days. I see too many GSs walking around so painfully these days. One really has to know and trust the breeder they purchase a GS from.

Actually I am glad you mentioned this - our lovely shepherd died from complications associated from this very issue and this seems to be a real problem with the breed - I think I saw somewhere that females are particularly vulnerable to this issue. It cuts they're life short at the 12 t0 13 year mark...

Posted by: Boswell at September 05, 2020 05:45 PM (w2LAm)

121 I've always had a dog, of some breed, for most of my life.

With my separation /pending divorce, my wife has custody of my Lab.

And I miss him terribly...

(reaches for hanky)

Posted by: browndog at September 05, 2020 05:50 PM (BgMrQ)

122 So do they need a ramp to become couch potatoes?
Was that a shot at AtC??

Posted by: andycanuck at September 05, 2020 06:48 PM (an7Mv)

123 I agree whole-heartedly on GSDs. We're on our 4th, now. I submitted him this week for the pet thread, but looks like MisHum had more than enough of fine furry family to choose from (be on the lookout for Tucker, hopefully in the future).
Our new family member is already amazing at only 6 months old. And YES... they literally shed hair more than Joe Bribem gaffes, after they molt. Yes, shepherd puppies molt.
Ours now looks nothing like he did when I brought him home, in terms of color and markings. Up until he was about 3 months old, he didn't shed a hair.
But, we live with it because they really are the best of breeds.

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at September 05, 2020 10:00 PM (Sd5MG)

124 Andrew - I love that you named your Heeler after Banjo Patterson [ Australia's archetypal bush poet, who wrote "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow"].

We had a red heeler, named Bluey, of course, years ago. He was quite a dog, he rode pillon on my motorbike.

Posted by: Shanks for the memory at September 06, 2020 05:12 PM (TdCQk)

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