Ace of Spades Pet Thread

(H/T CBD)

One of my all time favorite Rockwell pieces. A happier and simpler time. Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Escape the real world for a while and enjoy the world of pets.

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A Little of This. A Little of That.

Man's best friend helping in the sympathy department.

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Speaking of Man's Best Friend: Patient doggeh waits for his master outside a Turkish hospital. H/T CBD

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Who would have thought this? Pot legalization spikes pet clinic visits.

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I've always wanted to name a dog Dammit. Absurd pet names.

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In last week's Pet Thread there was a link to the AKC to keep your pets away from coffee. This week we cover what one should do if their pet ingests coffee. A great H/T from Dale.

If you suspect your dog has eaten any coffee grounds/beans the first thing to do is give him a couple tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide. This induces vomiting and so would minimize and absorption of the caffeine. This is the same thing you should do if your dog eats any densely cocoa product (bakers chocolate, etc.). The theobromine in the chocolate is also very dangerous to dogs. Once you have induced vomiting then make the vet run. If your vet is closed, look for emergency vet in your area.
Dale

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Meet The PetMorons

Once upon a time, a long time ago, my husband was conducting a field study at a Missouri farm as part of his masters studies. The farmer’s dog found and killed a possum, and out from the marsupium crawled a number of baby possums. Being unfamiliar with possums (because we do not have them out west), my spousal unit thought it would be “fun” to bring two of the possums home to raise, especially since we did not have any pets. Living in an apartment at the time, it was especially unwise to have brought them home, and I lived in fear of being evicted for having pets, which were not allowed. Anyway, the possum boys were soon named Herkel and Snerkel and placed in a wire cage which became their new home. My husband assumed all care and feeding duties for the little critters. We soon learned that possums: (1) love dog food and bananas, (2) are nocturnal and active all night, (3) will hiss loudly if you enter the room or turn on the light, (3) have more teeth than a shark (!), and (4) do not make good pets. Several months after our possum adventure began, it came to a necessary end. It was early summer and we were traveling to visit family and would be gone for an extended period. The possum brothers were released to the wild so they could hang from trees by their tails, find their own food and shelter, avoid coyotes and other predators, and play possum to their heart’s content. Snerkel agreed to be photographed only one time before the big release. - Legally Sufficient

Our friend Legally requested that her photo be altered, I tried my best. Quite the story, I've never known anyone with a pet possum. Sounds like your husband has a big heart. Thanks for sharing.

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Love the pet thread, I only lurk, rarely comment. Please see my two puppers, attached.
Cody, the Westie on the left, is the goodest boy, and at 11, deserves all the treats.
Then there is Olive, the other dog. A Cavachon, or high priced mutt, you decide. She is 6, and is the source of all entropy in the universe and were she to run away at any point, I would be slow to try and find her. But she has a cute face, her only saving grace.
Keep up the good work. And everyone, calm down, It will be ok. Eventually. Maybe, someday. Soon i hope. Or not, who knows. - Bill

The source of all entropy? She's not even a Brittany Spaniel! Cody and Olive certainly are cute. Thanks for lurking and contributing today.

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Greetings,
Have to say that I always get a smile while scrolling through the Pet Thread. Anyhow, happened upon these two while checking the cameras on my property, of course, not pets. We lost a chicken a couple of months ago and I attributed it to a Red Shouldered Hawk, we have about three to five in and around the farm, but now I'm thinking it might not of been them and was the Bobcat. Have seen several of the turkey's around, first I've gotten on camera. - v/r Sua Sponte

Glad that the Pet Thread brings a smile to your face. Quite the visitors you have there on the farm. Your trail cam takes awesome photos. Feel free to submit wildlife photos any time you want to.

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This is my latest foster, Bronson. This adorable bastard has stolen my heart and my king-sized bed. I'd adopt him if my dog didn't hate him as much as she does cats. - Lurker Rabidsquirrel

Thanks for sharing today. I'm not sure how you can foster and surrender a big sweetie like Bronson. Thanks for doing that type of service.

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First, Thank you for this little island of peace (pet thread) on the bigger island of sanity (AoSHQ). It’s the best place on teh interwebs.
These are my boys: Insom, left, and BobCat on the right. Both of them had been thrown away by some fool. Well, different fools.... BobCat was living in a culvert and in need of food when i took him home. I asked first, he said he didn’t mind. He enjoyed 3 years of a sedate, peaceful life, when i brought the terror home one day. Fool number two had pitched an entire litter of kitties at a large intersection when the light was red. At least it was a nice day and people were tolerating sitting at a green light while several of us were scrambling for kitties. I had to keep him in his own bedroom for a month because Bob wasn’t having it. He would hiss at the closed bedroom door when he walked by it. Now he only hisses when Insom jumps on him as he’s trying to get to the wet food first.
I didn’t want pets but i like my life a bit better now, having them to come home to. Anyway.
Again, thank you for this forum, and for encouraging our participation.
I post very little, but am Appycay when i do. (When i do get a random funny thought to post, someone else has already beaten me to it - horde mind, heh heh)
Happy Caturday to all.
Oh. And...... to “our” Insom at AoSHQ: i hope you don’t mind that i used your name. No disrespect was intended, but for that first month, i slept in the room he was confined to and i got damned little sleep. The name seemed appropriate. - Appycay

First of all, you are so welcome. Secondly what a big heart you have to rescue these beautiful critters. Pets do make life better. And we in turn make their lives better as well. Thanks again.

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Hi, I'm Joel. And this is/was Torso Boy.
His real name was Laddie, which I always thought was a dumb name but he answered to it. He came to live with me unexpectedly in August 2018. My own big mutt Little Bear had recently died, and coincidental to that a good friend in Montana also died and her Corgi Laddie needed a home. I live far back in the Arizona desert and had strong doubts about the wisdom of bringing a townie dog, especially one old enough to be set in his habits, way out here where there be monsters. And he wasn't so sure about me, either. We spent our first year with me just being the nannie: he learned to depend on me for necessaries, but otherwise didn't really want much to do with me. But after about a year he gradually turned around and sort of invited me to be his person. Along the way he learned the sublime pleasures of the Jeep ride. And believe it or not, as funny as it looks when it's happening Corgis actually are natural-born cattle dogs - he could get a fair-sized herd moving in the right direction just by nipping a few strategic ankles.
And then the little bastard got Lymphoma and was dead less than a week after the diagnosis. But he had some fun for about a year before that. He was a cool little guy.

I'll be honest with you I do have a soft spot in my heart for Corgis. Mis. Hum. Mid-Kid had one. It sounds like Laddie ended up one lucky dog after his master passed. So sorry to hear of his demise. Thanks for sharing.

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Our foster boys Rocket (left) and Doppel (right) on the way to their forever home in Tennessee.
When we got them, they were in poor condition, malnourished, neglected and unsocialized. Rocket didn't even have a name; he came to us only as "Red Dog #2". They had spent their lives outside, scarcely protected from the conditions. To feed all the dogs there, food (of poor quality) was dumped on the ground and only the strongest ones got to eat.
They spent six months with us and got little more than to live the life our own dogs have. Clean water, good food, a bed to lay on, shelter in an air-conditioned kennel, toys to squeak, bones to chew, sleeping at night with a full belly of warm meat and milk, ear noogies and a kind word. Their physical and mental condition improved so that they learned to trust people. Their new family says they're fitting in well.
Dogs live with us in trust. Better to have a millstone hanged around the neck and be cast into the sea than betray that trust with abuse. - Hadrian the Seventh

There seems to be a theme running through today's Pet Thread. And that is there are a number of you with HUGE HEARTS. How anyone can do the things to these creatures or others is revolting. What a wonderful turn around. Thanks Hadrian.

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Hey there,
This is my two year old rescue Lily. The DNA test says she's part lab, Vizsla, and German Shepard. Or as I like to say, a German Vizslador.
Long time lurker, RoboticKnobBob

I love the breed name of your dog! Lily appears to have quite the disposition. I bet she is happy you adopted her. Thanks for sharing today.

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The In-Box was mighty full this week. Thanks for that. And don't you worry, if you submitted something we will get to it.

If you have something you wish to share please feel free to contact us at petmorons at gmail dot com.

In the mean time have a great week and we'll see you next Saturday!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 03:00 PM

Comments

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1 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2021 03:02 PM (kTF2Z)

2 Seems rather gray here.

Posted by: YIKES! at January 23, 2021 03:02 PM (t6XCL)

3 All the leaves are brown
And the box is grey

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2021 03:02 PM (kTF2Z)

4 The Vizsla component will outsmart you at every turn!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:03 PM (87oRe)

5
One of my all time favorite Rockwell pieces. A happier and simpler time...

...when you could smoke in the waiting room.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2021 03:04 PM (63Dwl)

6 I called the otters.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2021 03:04 PM (kTF2Z)

7 Ladies in the painting wearing eye masks.

Posted by: Mr. Meeseeks, Look at me at January 23, 2021 03:05 PM (2DOZq)

8 I'm getting a foster greyhound on Monday (#20). I should send a picture or two along.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2021 03:06 PM (sFb+u)

9 My favorite Patterson story was about his dogs fighting over which was going to lap up the puddle of vomick.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 23, 2021 03:07 PM (vuisn)

10 I just got home from giving Paisley a ride to find the world famous pet thread up. Awesome.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:08 PM (lgiXo)

11 Happy Caturday, everyone!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2021 03:08 PM (U2p+3)

12 Hachi : A Dog's Tale

Waits for owner at train station. Unfortunately owner ain't returning. Why they make these sad pet movies I'll never know.

Posted by: Mr. Meeseeks, Look at me at January 23, 2021 03:08 PM (2DOZq)

13 I named a kitten I found and eventually gave away.

Kamir

Posted by: Mr. Meeseeks, Look at me at January 23, 2021 03:10 PM (2DOZq)

14 Dogs live with us in trust. Better to have a millstone hanged around the neck and be cast into the sea than betray that trust with abuse. - Hadrian the Seventh

They ask so little, yet give back so much. And your imprecation is spot on!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:10 PM (87oRe)

15 Lots of good doggehs today.

Also, who's going to tell Insom that a cat has been named after him? The price of notoriety, I guess.

Posted by: Emmie at January 23, 2021 03:12 PM (ofYez)

16 The animals were ticked off that I fell asleep on the couch this morning. I've got a cold and just couldn't stay awake. Woke up with the cat asleep on me and both dogs agitating to go out. They are back in and asleep. I'm awake now, of course.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 23, 2021 03:12 PM (YynYJ)

17 An entire post is gray for lack of a single ">"

I love Minx 0.7 alpha. Really...I do!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2021 03:13 PM (xT2tT)

18 They are back in and asleep. I'm awake now, of course.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward

Sounds like they did their job and now it is nap time...

for them!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:14 PM (87oRe)

19 Thanks for the pet thread. Mis Hum. The pictures and the stories are always a welcome relief from the contentiousness of other threads. I am glad you posted the story of the dog waiting for its owner outside the Turkish hospitall. I was just going to post that myself.

And that is a great picture from Norman Rockwell. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2021 03:15 PM (VP4Cd)

20 Can I tell you Lucy is a BIG fan of my radiant heat floors. She's a major sprawler. Such a spoiled kitteh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2021 03:15 PM (U2p+3)

21 Didn't really need a DNA test on Lily to determine what she is.
Big goofy happy expression=definitely a lab.

Posted by: JROD at January 23, 2021 03:18 PM (0jZnq)

22 Dogs live with us in trust. Better to have a millstone hanged around the neck and be cast into the sea than betray that trust with abuse. - Hadrian the Seventh

They ask so little, yet give back so much. And your imprecation is spot on!
Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:10 PM (87oRe)

I'm amazed by the bond that develops between dog and human.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:18 PM (lgiXo)

23 Hope all are having a happy Caturday
My guess would be possums are not good pets

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2021 03:18 PM (Cxk7w)

24 They will be sad dogs because no trip to the woods tomorrow. The driver's side window in the car won't go up. No way I'm doing an hour and a half drive like that. Plus it's supposed to start snowing there tomorrow and snow off and on all week. I'm glad I gave them some extra trips the last few weeks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 23, 2021 03:19 PM (YynYJ)

25 Great looking pets all!

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021 03:19 PM (nxdel)

26 I've always wondered, there are products designed to prevent urination in certain areas, No Go is one such. How do they work?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 23, 2021 03:21 PM (VVEnO)

27 If Ben Had is here, I brought the coats and sweaters you sent me over to Shep's. They are very much appreciated!

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021 03:21 PM (nxdel)

28 Every pet that appears in the pet thread is beautiful. What are the odds?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:22 PM (lgiXo)

29 Thanks for the awesome Pet Thread, Mis Hum!

The Pet Morons are always day brighteners!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Hoping 4 and Praying at January 23, 2021 03:22 PM (rwusL)

30 Doc Norton and his folks at Best Finds Animal Clinic are the absolute best. They cared for all three of our doggles and helped us say goodbye when the time came.

Now, I'm teared up

McGyver, out

Posted by: McGyver at January 23, 2021 03:23 PM (Iw46i)

31 It's time for me to go to church tomorrow since I haven't been in a while. I'm afraid Paisley will resent my going out without her.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:25 PM (lgiXo)

32 Every pet that appears in the pet thread is beautiful. What are the odds?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:22 PM (lgiXo)

Come on, man!
These pets were all selected by Morons, who are universally known for good taste in everything that matters!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:26 PM (87oRe)

33 This is OT, but the weirdest thing just happened and I have to share. I just saw a car commercial that had, get this, a white couple in it! I thought that was illegal now.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2021 03:29 PM (kTF2Z)

34 About the Vislador: We had a beagle-terrier mix growing up. When people asked what breed he was, Dad would tell them he was a BulgarianRockTerrier. Most people bought it completely and commented on how distinctive he was.

He was actually one of the worst mannered dogs I've ever known, and he would run off like a beagle but eat like a terrier. He also had epilepsy which meant about once a month he would seize and then shit all over the place.

So, beware of the BulgarianRockTerriers. You never know....

And yet, both of my current fur babies are mixes. And wonderful in every way.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at January 23, 2021 03:31 PM (qQnCr)

35 Yay, Pet Thread. Great looking group of moronimals.

Thanks, MisHum.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 23, 2021 03:33 PM (ju2Fy)

36 Pets are good

Posted by: DB- just DB at January 23, 2021 03:34 PM (iTXRQ)

37 26 I've always wondered, there are products designed to prevent urination in certain areas, No Go is one such. How do they work?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 23, 2021 03:21 PM (VVEnO)

I'm still trying to get my puppy to NOT put her head under the older dog when he's peeing. I don't think I can spray the elderdog with NoGo, but I'm tired of washing the puppy's head after a trip outside....

She also walks up behind DH when he's peeing and puts her head between his legs to find out what he's doing.

I'm thinking puppy is something of a little perv.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at January 23, 2021 03:34 PM (qQnCr)

38 Best FRIENDS. Jeeze. I blame the keyboard

McGyver, out

Posted by: McGyver at January 23, 2021 03:36 PM (Iw46i)

39 if you have a small breed dog, I have a couple of intact, horny bichons

Posted by: REDACTED at January 23, 2021 03:37 PM (zZxh0)

40 Thanks for LOL TCN. Never heard of that one. Toby and the neighbor dogs sometimes think they really need to roll in the horse manure. And Toby will find the grossest stuff when dad takes him for a run. I'm always like "if dogs have such a good sense of smell why do they roll in super strong nasty scents"

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 23, 2021 03:39 PM (Aashi)

41 Since last Saturday I've been bringing our Ofc Kitteh home for 5-6 hrs/day. Thurs was her first overnight stay. She really enjoys the windows and looking out at the yard.

Cat#2 is staying away from her and hisses when she gets too close. Ofc Kitteh just mewls in response. Hopefully they'll adapt to each other better soon. I think Cat#2 is still confused about Cat#1's demise.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 23, 2021 03:39 PM (ju2Fy)

42 I've been watching a lot of Beverly Hillbillies again and one thing I noticed more is the interaction between the actors and Elly May's critters. You can tell they were used to possums and raccoons climbing all over them while they were doing their lines. I suppose they spent some time off camera with them getting friendly.

Fun Fact: About 500 critters were used over the course of the show, all provided by trainer Frank Inn.

Posted by: f'd at January 23, 2021 03:40 PM (B9fVz)

43 42 I've been watching a lot of Beverly Hillbillies again and one thing I noticed more is the interaction between the actors and Elly May's critters. You can tell they were used to possums and raccoons climbing all over them while they were doing their lines. I suppose they spent some time off camera with them getting friendly.

Fun Fact: About 500 critters were used over the course of the show, all provided by trainer Frank Inn.
Posted by: f'd at January 23, 2021 03:40 PM (B9fVz)

another fun fact, Nancy Kulp would fuck anyone, man or woman

Posted by: REDACTED at January 23, 2021 03:43 PM (zZxh0)

44 My guess would be possums are not good pets
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2021 03:18 PM (Cxk7w)
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Your guess is entirely correct, in my experience!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Hoping 4 and Praying at January 23, 2021 03:44 PM (rwusL)

45 Happy Pet Thread Day!

A friend found 3 Aussie/Heeler puppies on the side of the road the other day. They are so cute. I keep telling myself NO.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:45 PM (moR4r)

46 You know you want to, Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH - Biracial Honkey at January 23, 2021 03:46 PM (a/6Gi)

47 Jewells, Thank you so much for taking the coats.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:47 PM (moR4r)

48 I watched whats his name from Bizarre Foods eat opossum. That thing was not cute but I guess impending execution does that.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:47 PM (lgiXo)

49 Nice Pets Y'all!.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 23, 2021 03:47 PM (R/m4+)

50 This doggy birthday picture made me smile:

https://tinyurl.com/y365e7p8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2021 03:48 PM (VP4Cd)

51 I keep telling myself NO.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:45 PM (moR4r)

But your subliminal brain keeps whispering "Yessss!"

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:49 PM (87oRe)

52 Since the grandkids' school was a casualty of COVID-shutdown, my daughter was scrambling to come up with projects for them to work on at home. They decided on building a chicken coop and raising chickens. They hatched 8 chickens from eggs in an incubator, and raised them in the house until the coop was ready.

When we go over there, it is commonplace to see a grandkid with a chicken under his arm, watching cartoons. They stand and peck on the patio doors when they want to come in. Oh, three of them turned out to be roosters, so the neighbors hear a poultry choir on and off throughout the day. Maybe one day I can snap a photo of a rooster watching Paw Patrol.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 23, 2021 03:49 PM (45fpk)

53 I want to know how Bill got Cody and Olive to look so adoringly at the camera.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 03:50 PM (Eoxnv)

54 Posted by: grammie winger at January 23, 2021 03:49 PM (45fpk)

Fantastic experience for those kids, grammie!

Good on their parents!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:51 PM (87oRe)

55 SMH, I very much do but I'm going to resist this time. Dammit

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:51 PM (moR4r)

56 Adorable doggos. I can totally believe cogis can herd, its what they were bred to do. I see a lot of fat townie corgis around here because people apparently don't realize they're working dogs. Pretty cute working dogs. I'm partial to the cardigan and fleabitten colors too, but it seems everyone loves pembrokes best.

Posted by: Funsize at January 23, 2021 03:53 PM (EiPf6)

57 Fantastic experience for those kids, grammie!

Good on their parents!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:51 PM (87oRe)

They learned so much from building the structure and caring for the chicks. Now they take such good care of them, I know this whole experience has done their little hearts so much good.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 23, 2021 03:53 PM (45fpk)

58 grammie, that is so great.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:53 PM (moR4r)

59 Man, people sure dressed nicely to go to the vet back then.

Posted by: West at January 23, 2021 03:54 PM (QY+6a)

60 OT: has Larry King died?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:55 PM (lgiXo)

61 Chairman Hrothgar- I'll take one if you will!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:56 PM (moR4r)

62 8 I'm getting a foster greyhound on Monday (#20). I should send a picture or two along.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2021 03:06 PM (sFb+u)

You most certainly should!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 03:56 PM (Eoxnv)

63 Do English dogs bark without opening their mouths?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:58 PM (lgiXo)

64 I'm getting a foster greyhound on Monday (#20). I should send a picture or two along.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2021 03:06 PM (sFb+u)

Jealous. So very jealous. Have you had greyhounds in the past?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 23, 2021 03:58 PM (45fpk)

65 Chairman Hrothgar- I'll take one if you will!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:56 PM (moR4r)

Ben Had, My rational brain is thinking "No way!" ...

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:58 PM (87oRe)

66 55 SMH, I very much do but I'm going to resist this time. Dammit
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:51 PM (moR4r)

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The g-babies have a beagle puppeh. She is too adorable.

Good luck.

Posted by: SMH - Biracial Honkey at January 23, 2021 03:58 PM (a/6Gi)

67 Escape the real world for a while and enjoy the world of pets.

The real world is the world filled with pets, balls of rubber and yarn, the great outdoors, beaches to run on, water to shake off, muddy footprints to leave and snacks to sneak. Everything else is make-believe.

Posted by: clutch cargo | with more crushed glass flavor crystals at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (L8ADy)

68 NR Pax, Congratulations. It seems you are no stranger to Greyhounds and Bless you for taking them in.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (moR4r)

69 My two kittehs would not put up with a puppeh.

Posted by: SMH - Biracial Honkey at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (a/6Gi)

70 I'm getting a foster greyhound on Monday (#20). I should send a picture or two along.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2021 03:06 PM (sFb+u)

I've read that greyhounds, despite their speed, are natural couch potatoes.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (lgiXo)

71 Oh. And...... to "our" Insom at AoSHQ: i hope you don't mind that i used your name. No disrespect was intended, but for that first month, i slept in the room he was confined to and i got damned little sleep. The name seemed appropriate. - Appycay

None taken at all. I consider it an honor!

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at January 23, 2021 04:00 PM (nakwk)

72
OT: has Larry King died?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:55 PM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2021 04:00 PM (DUIap)

73 BIL had a dog he named Deefer.
He waited for people to ask what Deefer stood for... His answer "D for dog".

Number 2 son got a puppy (now 10 or 12wks old) and named her Didi. The other 'kids' and Mrs. AZ knew immediately it was from a TV show from their kidhood.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (gtatv)

74 The real world is the world filled with pets, balls of rubber and yarn, the great outdoors, beaches to run on, water to shake off, muddy footprints to leave and snacks to sneak. Everything else is make-believe.
Posted by: clutch cargo | with more crushed glass flavor crystals at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (L8ADy)
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I like the way you think! You are absolutely correct.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Hoping 4 and Praying at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (rwusL)

75 BBL, gotta go buy a battery for the truck.
Lovely pets and great discussions.
Thank you MisHum for your efforts, and thanks to all the posters sharing the joy of their pets with us!
~CH

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (87oRe)

76 I've read that greyhounds, despite their speed, are natural couch potatoes.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (lgiXo)

They run for 10 minutes, twice a week, at 45 mph. Other than that, they're zonked.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (45fpk)

77 I put on this Tibetan bell music that is supposed to remove negative energy. The springer doesn't cate for it at all.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 23, 2021 04:04 PM (YynYJ)

78 32 Come on, man!

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at January 23, 2021 03:26 PM (87oRe)

Scared me!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:07 PM (Eoxnv)

79 If only I could have a nickel for every youtube vid I see where the first ad that pops up at the bottom of the screen says "Click here to stop ads"

Posted by: Wayfaring Stranger at January 23, 2021 04:07 PM (doAIC)

80 Also, who's going to tell Insom that a cat has been named after him? The price of notoriety, I guess.
Posted by: Emmie at January 23, 2021 03:12 PM (ofYez)
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I'd be really worried if someone named their cat "Captain Obvious".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2021 04:08 PM (d/5/n)

81 I've read that greyhounds, despite their speed, are natural couch potatoes.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 03:59 PM (lgiXo)

I've told my Italian Greyhound story here before, but pretty much that. Do their zoomies break the sound barrier? You bet. But I was shocked at how laid back these dogs can be most of the time. No speeds, just an on/off switch.

Posted by: clutch cargo | with more crushed glass flavor crystals at January 23, 2021 04:08 PM (L8ADy)

82 I admit to window shopping at the Big Dogs/Huge Paws site.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 04:10 PM (moR4r)

83 I've come to love dogs.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 04:11 PM (lgiXo)

84 Number 2 son got a puppy (now 10 or 12wks old) and named her Didi. The other 'kids' and Mrs. AZ knew immediately it was from a TV show from their kidhood.
Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (gtatv)

Someone (here?) had dogs named Didi and Dexter. They were labs.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 23, 2021 04:12 PM (/+bwe)

85 73 BIL had a dog he named Deefer.
He waited for people to ask what Deefer stood for... His answer "D for dog".

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at January 23, 2021 04:01 PM (gtatv)

I snorted!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:14 PM (Eoxnv)

86 I've told my Italian Greyhound story here before, but pretty much that. Do their zoomies break the sound barrier? You bet. But I was shocked at how laid back these dogs can be most of the time. No speeds, just an on/off switch.
Posted by: clutch cargo | with more crushed glass flavor crystals at January 23, 2021 04:08 PM (L8ADy)

My aunt is on her 3rd rescue greyhound. She loves her bed and blankey. But, damn that dog can move

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2021 04:19 PM (5ShYA)

87 40 Toby will find the grossest stuff when dad takes him for a run. I'm always like "if dogs have such a good sense of smell why do they roll in super strong nasty scents"
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 23, 2021 03:39 PM (Aashi)

Why do they do that?

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:19 PM (Eoxnv)

88 Why do they do that?
Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:19 PM (Eoxnv)
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To disguise their scent. For hunting purposes. It's a really primordial thing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2021 04:20 PM (d/5/n)

89 we name our baby 2 lb bichon Kilo

we eye rolled when people ask why

Posted by: REDACTED at January 23, 2021 04:20 PM (zZxh0)

90 My first Greyhound loved to play fetch. I had to use a baseball and bat to make it fun for her.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 04:21 PM (moR4r)

91 I got a pretty good laugh from that description of baby opossums as pets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2021 04:21 PM (H5knJ)

92 88 Why do they do that?
Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:19 PM (Eoxnv)
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To disguise their scent. For hunting purposes. It's a really primordial thing.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2021 04:20 PM (d/5/n)

Huh.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:22 PM (Eoxnv)

93 Wife's old boss had a greyhound, a rescue from the racing circuit. Sweetest creature I ever knew.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021 04:23 PM (x8Wzq)

94 The streams have crossed! Torso Boy on Ace! Joel, I became a regular reader of yours earlier this year.

Posted by: MS Sippi at January 23, 2021 04:23 PM (NJXJJ)

95 Couple I know got a wiener dog. She wanted it, he didn't. She let him name it. He chose "punt" as if to yell a command to anyone holding the dog.

Posted by: erik at January 23, 2021 04:24 PM (Ybn9+)

96 To disguise their scent. For hunting purposes. It's a really primordial thing.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2021 04:20 PM (d/5/n)

yeah, that reasoning worked with my first wife

for a while at least

Posted by: REDACTED at January 23, 2021 04:24 PM (zZxh0)

97 My friend's daughter had a cat named cooter. Dad named it that. She used to call the cat outside and also ask if anyone has seen my cooter.

The girl was about 4 when they got the cat.

I told my friend she is going to have a lot to talk about with her therapist.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:24 PM (MYL08)

98 Thank you for this thread !!! I look forward to it each Saturday !!!!!

Posted by: Billy Jack at January 23, 2021 04:25 PM (nqN11)

99 CaliGirl, do you still your Bengal kitty?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 04:26 PM (moR4r)

100 If I ever get a second dog I'm debating a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling dog and a Shiba Inu.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 04:27 PM (lgiXo)

101 Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:24 PM (MYL0

we had a pig named schmundie

Posted by: REDACTED at January 23, 2021 04:27 PM (zZxh0)

102 pardon me, do you still have your Bengal kitty?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2021 04:28 PM (moR4r)

103 Old friend, retired Marine, named his GSD Shit Head.

Posted by: Infidel at January 23, 2021 04:29 PM (twGU3)

104 Just saw the different replies to my post about the foster so to answer the questions:

I will definitely send pictures. We make it a point to get them to the adoption group so people can check them out.

We've had them since 2006. I currently have a pack of three.

They're sprinters as opposed to distance runners. They get their burst of energy and then it's nap time. And when they wake up from their nap, it's time to nap some more.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2021 04:32 PM (QE5O5)

105 I love all the creative names for pets I see here and elsewhere.

Our kitteh is Scout, as in Jean Louise. Son wants to get two Maine Coons and name them Scipio Africanus and Hannibal. He's a bit of a history buff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021 04:32 PM (x8Wzq)

106 99 CaliGirl, do you still your Bengal kitty?
Posted by: Ben Had at Janu

Yes, we still have one, Reagan. She's 11 and doing very well. She's an indoor cat but our house is really old, on a ranch and she's a mouse killing machine. They get in through the screened porch. She sits out there at night waiting for them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:35 PM (MYL08)

107 What lovely pet morons.

I'm very taken with the possum!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 23, 2021 04:37 PM (TdMsT)

108 It's a dog show ! Nice pets !

Posted by: runner at January 23, 2021 04:38 PM (zr5Kq)

109 *pets corgi on the head

Posted by: runner at January 23, 2021 04:38 PM (zr5Kq)

110 Number 2 son got a puppy (now 10 or 12wks old) and named her Didi. The other 'kids' and Mrs. AZ knew immediately it was from a TV show from their kidhood.
Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable

Dexter's Laboratory?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 23, 2021 04:38 PM (VVEnO)

111 We do get 'possums out west, they are very useful, they eat ticks that would otherwise eat on our pets.
A great pet thread, thanks!

Posted by: navybrat, introspective at January 23, 2021 04:39 PM (w7KSn)

112 The other funny thing Reagan does is she runs on her giant wheel that's out in the screened in porch whenever a critter is outside. I have security cameras and I've heard Reagan just hauling butt on the wheel and I look at the camera and there are raccoons watching her, or a bobcat.

I wonder if the critters think we are running some kind of weird cat prison.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:40 PM (MYL08)

113 106 99 CaliGirl, do you still your Bengal kitty?
Posted by: Ben Had at Janu

Yes, we still have one, Reagan. She's 11 and doing very well. She's an indoor cat but our house is really old, on a ranch and she's a mouse killing machine. They get in through the screened porch. She sits out there at night waiting for them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:35 PM (MYL0

She's living the dream! That's great.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 04:40 PM (Eoxnv)

114 In all my years living in the Rockies I have never seen a bobcat or a lynx. when I was a kid I caught one quick glimpse of a lion as it tear-assed through our campsite along a creek. I think we had intruded on it's hunting path.

never seen a wolf, either.

Seen plenty of bears though, grizzly and black.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021 04:43 PM (x8Wzq)

115 The NYT blows the lid off this pet story!

Shane Goldmacher
@ShaneGoldmacher
NEW: It wasn't actually Warnock's dog.

My story on how Alvin the beagle helped deliver the first Black senator in Georgia and a Democratic-controlled Senate - and what it says about race and politics in America in 2021.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 23, 2021 04:46 PM (VVEnO)

116 According to the Game Wardens I know, the Opossum's absolute favoritest food evah, is whatever species of cockroach inhabits his territory.

For that one basic reason, I tend to leave the 'possums be, and let 'em get on with the de-cockroachifyin'.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 23, 2021 04:46 PM (QzJWU)

117
Seen plenty of bears though, grizzly and black.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021 04:43 PM (x8Wzq)

I just found tracks of two lions really close to my house by my well. It must be a mom and a juvenile because they are solitary. It's the first time I've seen tracks close to my house. I'm afraid of mountain lions.
The bears would freak me out.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2021 04:48 PM (MYL08)

118 Oposums eat shit tons of ticks and fleas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2021 04:49 PM (5ShYA)

119 Not much new to report here except for seemingly increasing encounters between local pets and coyotes. Some happy endings, others, not so much.

Posted by: navybrat, introspective at January 23, 2021 04:50 PM (w7KSn)

120 Took my dog out this morning and saw coyote tracks in the snow. Came right up to the front door.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2021 04:52 PM (kTF2Z)

121 We have two cats and will put food and water in their outdoor bowls, every now and again will look out on the back porch while their eating and go, wait, we only have two cats, why do I see four? Opossums sitting right there with them eating and the cats don't have a problem with them. I love having them around, good insect controllers.

Posted by: Sua Sponte at January 23, 2021 04:53 PM (xTGxm)

122 Not much new to report here except for seemingly increasing encounters between local pets and coyotes. Some happy endings, others, not so much.
Posted by: navybrat,

I think that is what got the kids kitteh last year. It was an indoor cat and got outside never to be seen again. they live very close to the vast open desert in their little hood. New adopted kitteh is house kitteh but goes for walks on a leash. Cracks me up. Had an old neighbor that did that.

Posted by: Infidel at January 23, 2021 04:54 PM (twGU3)

123 3 years ago I opened the front door, and a cougar started sprinting for the woods. He was right next to the closed entry way for under the porch (where we have a large skink population). Close. Too close.

This month, a game camera spotted a cougar in the county. Headlines resulted. Do not know if it is the same one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 04:59 PM (u82oZ)

124 Handsome beasts today, all. I wonder if Insom the cat and BobCat are both black? The pic makes it look like they are.

I see the occasional opossum trundling around here. Primitive-looking animals they are, like God's first draft of the cat. Before I took him in, Wolf, my big black cat, encountered one. According to Miss Linda, who witnessed the event, they both stared at each other for a moment, then went their separate ways. I can imagine Wolf thinking, "Dayum. That ain't worth huntin'."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 04:59 PM (rpbg1)

125 This month, a game camera spotted a cougar in the county. Headlines resulted. Do not know if it is the same one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 04:59 PM (u82oZ)

Just go to ladies' night at your local watering hole. Plenty of cougars.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at January 23, 2021 05:00 PM (nakwk)

126 New adopted kitteh is house kitteh but goes for walks on a leash. Cracks me up. Had an old neighbor that did that.
Posted by: Infidel at January 23, 2021

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The late lamented Marie-Antoinette, the smart black cat, did that. I introduced her to it when she was an adult, and she took to it as though she'd been waiting for her people to get the idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:01 PM (rpbg1)

127 Our kitteh is Scout, as in Jean Louise. Son wants to get two Maine Coons and name them Scipio Africanus and Hannibal. He's a bit of a history buff.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021 04:32 PM (x8Wzq)
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I have friends who had kittehs named Artemisia, Kublai Khan and Rommel.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2021 05:01 PM (d/5/n)

128 I live in a very urban area, and coyotes are everywhere. In the subways, backyards, sidewalks.
We also see them as road kill.

Posted by: navybrat, introspective at January 23, 2021 05:02 PM (w7KSn)

129 Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at January 23, 2021 05:00 PM (nakwk)

They still have ladies nights? Neither of my local watering holes have never had them as far as I know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2021 05:02 PM (VP4Cd)

130 I had a large possum play dead as I rounded the corner to an outbuilding door. I took a shovel, and sailed him into the woods. Have not seen possums since.

Deer - daily. Turkeys, monthly, bobcats yearly, and red foxes every two years. But no more rabbits, and no squirrels.

And the one cougar. No, Hrothgar, not one of your groupies at the steak place.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:04 PM (u82oZ)

131 Our kitteh is Scout, as in Jean Louise. Son wants to get two Maine Coons and name them Scipio Africanus and Hannibal. He's a bit of a history buff.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at January 23, 2021

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Maine Coons and other big breeds need impressive names like that. I've always thought "Lucius Cornelius Sulla" (whose nickname was "Felix") would be a good cat name. Failing that, some states like Dakota, Montana, Durango, and Sonora would be cool.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:04 PM (rpbg1)

132 I live in a very urban area, and coyotes are everywhere. In the subways, backyards, sidewalks.
We also see them as road kill.
Posted by: navybrat, introspective at January 23, 2021 05:02 PM (w7KSn)

I don't often see coyotes but I do hear them sing the song of their people.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 05:06 PM (lgiXo)

133 Insomniac, you are the one who should have groupies. We're naming cats after you.

You must be debt free, and gold-diggers should be stalking you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:06 PM (u82oZ)

134 I had a cat named Simon Sampson. A guy by that name was interested in a car I had for sale. He called in, wanted to look at it, then didn't show. He called in a few weeks later, same thing. My husband liked the name so we named a kitten after him.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 23, 2021 05:09 PM (YynYJ)

135 Awesome doggahs today.

Think our next get will be a couple of corgis. And an old neglected dog who deserves to live the rest of its life in comfort.

God Bless you Hadrian for the work you do and everyone who rescues these animals.

Posted by: jsg at January 23, 2021 05:12 PM (T5xvR)

136 My first husband shot and killed a lynx. It was old and decided to hunt the neighborhood poultry. I have seen one crossing the highway at night but they usually stay away from people.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 23, 2021 05:13 PM (YynYJ)

137 Insomniac, you are the one who should have groupies. We're naming cats after you.

You must be debt free, and gold-diggers should be stalking you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:06 PM (u82oZ)

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Heh.

No doubt.

Posted by: SMH - Biracial Honkey at January 23, 2021 05:13 PM (a/6Gi)

138 I'm buying ammo for guns I don't even have because it is in stock and just in case it turns into a form of currency

Posted by: jsg at January 23, 2021 05:14 PM (T5xvR)

139 I refuse to name any cat "Mister" anything, "Mr.
Whiskers," etc. Or "Miss" anything, either, though I refer to my late Oreo the longhaired tuxedo cat as "Miss Oreo" once in a while.

The line about the dog being the source of entropy in the universe, and how if she ran away "I'd be slow to try and find her," I can adopt and use on Chekov D. Siberian the white-and-black cat. His saving grace is his cute expression too. And he doesn't come by that by chance; a sweet expression" is actually part of his breed description.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:15 PM (rpbg1)

140 Insomniac, you are the one who should have groupies. We're naming cats after you.

You must be debt free, and gold-diggers should be stalking you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:06 PM (u82oZ)

What's your secret Insomniac?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at January 23, 2021 05:16 PM (lgiXo)

141 Notsothoreau - look forward

I killed a gorgeous lynx in far western Virginia. Rural wooded area. He streaked across the road, and my left rear tire wrapped him up and killed him. Could not stop in time. Close, but not enough. Got some pictures.

The guy in the pickup behind me asked for it. I said sure. No way my wife would let me keep it stuffed. She was a tad freaked out about it all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:17 PM (u82oZ)

142 I refuse to name any cat "Mister" anything, "Mr.
Whiskers," etc. Or "Miss" anything, either, though I refer to my late Oreo the longhaired tuxedo cat as "Miss Oreo" once in a while.

My son named his black cat Mr. Big.. I think something to do with Sex and the City.. idk never watched it. But Mr. Big was the sweetest cat. Sadly got very sick and he had to put him down. He was only 4.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021 05:17 PM (nxdel)

143 I told them "Down." Olive didn't listen

Posted by: Bill at January 23, 2021 05:20 PM (8olCs)

144 My brother had a greyhound he got from the track. She'd run like deer when she saw my car pull up. We were buddies even though she only saw me a few times a week.

Posted by: dartist at January 23, 2021 05:20 PM (+ya+t)

145 My son named his black cat Mr. Big.. I think something to do with Sex and the City.. idk never watched it. But Mr. Big was the sweetest cat. Sadly got very sick and he had to put him down. He was only 4.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021

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That makes me think of the Bond villain in Live and Let Die. A good name, though, for a black cat. And in my experience, black cats are usually easygoing and adaptable, and possibly with high intelligence. My sample size is small, however.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:20 PM (rpbg1)

146 And in my experience, black cats are usually easygoing and adaptable, and possibly with high intelligence.

Oh Mr. Big was super smart. Just broke my heart to see him wither away.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021 05:22 PM (nxdel)

147 The possum picture reminds me of 10th grade and our (not much older than us) teacher, who happened to be lethally beautiful. She took a flying squirrel from one of us and after looking for somewhere to put it, decided to put it in her blouse pocket. Now mind you the little guy was asleep when she confiscated him and when she put him in her pocket. I never wished a more fervent wish than to be that flying squirrel. Well, he woke up and started moving around getting more comfortable. I think that's where the term 'living bra' came from.

Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2021 05:25 PM (em79L)

148 CHESS/DRESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip, the guy who says NOOD at January 23, 2021 05:25 PM (Cxk7w)

149
Oh Mr. Big was super smart. Just broke my heart to see him wither away.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 23, 2021

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I know how that goes. I lost Chekov's predecessor (and incidentally his aunt!), Tatiana Romanova, when she was not quite 4, after we'd lived together for about 3 years. A brown tabby with white, she was as clever as the late Marie. If she'd lived longer, she'd have rivaled the black cat in intelligence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:25 PM (rpbg1)

150 143 I told them "Down." Olive didn't listen
Posted by: Bill at January 23, 2021 05:20 PM (8olCs)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at January 23, 2021 05:25 PM (Eoxnv)

151 Nood. Chess - dressed up right.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2021 05:26 PM (u82oZ)

152 And in my experience, black cats are usually easygoing and adaptable, and possibly with high intelligence. My sample size is small, however.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Let me help increase your sample size. I give my cat, Betty, as exhibit A. Black as the Ace of Spades. Dumber than box of rocks.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 23, 2021 05:27 PM (ju2Fy)

153 And in my experience, black cats are usually easygoing and adaptable, and possibly with high intelligence. My sample size is small, however.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Let me help increase your sample size. I give my cat, Betty, as exhibit A. Black as the Ace of Spades. Dumber than box of rocks.
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 23, 2021

***

Little Oreo was nobody's genius, but she was very good-natured, so lack of brilliance is no deterrent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 23, 2021 05:28 PM (rpbg1)

154 I am still having a horrible time with rescue availability in NJ. Pitbulls, mixed breeds that are overwhelmingly pitbulls, and pitbulls masquerading as "small" dogs.

This is enough to drive one to go to any breeder. Phooey

Posted by: Robinette Biden forevah at January 23, 2021 05:46 PM (ONvIw)

155 Nothing wrong with going to a breeder if there are not suitable small dogs stuck in nearby shelters. Over the lifetime of the dog the cost is probably not that great a difference.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 23, 2021 06:00 PM (Aashi)

156 155 Nothing wrong with going to a breeder if there are not suitable small dogs stuck in nearby shelters. Over the lifetime of the dog the cost is probably not that great a difference.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 23, 2021 06:00 PM (Aashi)

People make such a big deal out of adopting rather than "buying". Then they either have pitbulls or disqualify you because of age, in my case my husband's. I might end up at a breeder, and soon.

Posted by: Robinette Biden forevah at January 23, 2021 06:25 PM (ONvIw)

157 Supporting good breeders keeps em around. We've always had free dog from the paper, or CL or a shelter pet but the shelters are mostly empty now. I'd be OK with a pitbull, I've known quite a few sweet ones and we had a mutt that looked like lab/pit cross. But they are not small dogs and they can go 1 track mind and pull like something twice their size even when they are normally sweet and easy going; so for someone that needs a small dog, going to a reputable breeder makes sense.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 23, 2021 07:15 PM (Aashi)

158 Speaking of pitbulls, not my favorite breed, we have had a neighbor pitbull visiting us and the garden kitties lately. Large adolescent, beautiful brindle coat. Don't think they feed her enough.

Best-behaved pit bull I have run across. Takes commands. Keeps her distance from the cats. Wants a treat, though. Will sit and wait for one.

Wish they would put a collar on her. She was chasing a guy on a bicycle the other day. She stopped when I told her to stop in a firm voice. I haven't known her that long.

Posted by: KT at January 23, 2021 07:21 PM (BVQ+1)

159 My Persian cat came from a show cattery. He needed a home. Maybe not as much as a kitteh off the street, but, still, he needed a home. The people who show cats, dogs, whatever, can't and don't keep every critter they breed. Very few of those critters have that something that makes them winners. My Persian couldn't be shown because his ears are deformed. And he can't be bred in case the deformity was to be passed on. The breeder had two choices: find him a new home or put him down. I'm glad to say she found him a new home.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Bitterly clinging to the deplorable life at January 23, 2021 08:13 PM (cLSW1)

160 158. One of my neighbor kids had a pitbull and it was exceptionally well-trained and followed his commands impeccably. Doggo did not follow his mom or sister's commands at all, and while not a dangerous animal it could give a bad impression when Mike wasn't there. He raised it from a pup, I don't see taking my chances with an unknown adult.

Posted by: CN at January 23, 2021 09:22 PM (ONvIw)

161 159 My kids both have puppies acquired through breeders. They're great pups, but I would rather bypass housetraining and get an adult. Breeders rarely have those, but I have people making inquiries for me.

Posted by: CN at January 23, 2021 09:25 PM (ONvIw)

162 157 I am too arthritic to safely manage a large dog that pulls on the leash. At one point I considered a fully trained GSD, but I am going with a small pooch this time out.

Posted by: CN at January 23, 2021 09:28 PM (ONvIw)

163 When I was a teenager we had a Siamese cat named Fart. He was ornery but we really took a shine to each other. Wife and I had a female cat named Dave, dog named Fido, another cat named Zuzu, all passed. Tyee the dog is lying on the sofa.

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