Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 16

Courtesy Misanthropic Humanitarian.

Welcome to this weekly respite from most of the outside "civilized" world -- the Ace of Spades Pet Thread.

Thanks for stopping by. Get your best treats ready, kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Reminder: For current events and politics, the Thread before the Gardening Thread (a couple of threads below) is almost always an Open Thread.

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A BIG cat toy:

Midnight shenanigans..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/2iXd87QAIB
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 16, 2022

A GOOD boy:

What a good boy...🐕🐾😍😅 pic.twitter.com/sSSBKBofCA
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 15, 2022

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Special Submission

Do you remember the cute little bunny and doggie on the Christmas blanket a couple of weeks ago? We were privileged to choose a nic for the submitter:

I've literally been away from civilization for about 2 weeks with very limited cell service but was able to catch your Pet Thread on the 3rd with my non-feline fur critters-thanks for featuring them. I also like the mention of Cookie (kind of) the following week.
I only saw 2 votes so I'll go with "Captain Cofevre" ...... even though a lurker blew my cover as Satan! (Someone has to make sure the kitties harvest everyone's souls!!)

Here's an unusual meme:

My only question is how quickly this poor guy (or gal) exacted its revenge on the makeup artist. I'm amazed that it was able to sit so long to get all dolled up.

Don't try this at home.

Just to put everyone's minds at ease, the actual kitties which will be stealing souls (or at least hearts) are pictured as today's first PetMorons below.

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Meet The PetMorons

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updates on my morons, who amongst the 3 guys usually have 1 brain cell that they share amongst themselves, but unfortunately, even that one gets lost at times.
First up is Johnny who got this dapper outfit from my daughter who took the Christmas picture.
Next is Spooky (aka A$$hole) and Peanut (the ginger cat) laughing at each other's jokes. Moments like this confirm that any of their spats are pure BS.
Finally there's Mackeral (aka Wacky Mac) looking ravishing as always.
"Captain Cofevre" (Not Satan)

I like the kitties.

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Meet Tico the English Setter, new addition to the pet moron family. Expected to occasionally hunt upland birds but always be a family companion.
General lurker occasionally encountered as ETF3

Tico is beautiful. So alert in that photo! Ready to be both a family companion and an occasional hunter, I would say.

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From Bif in the comments back on July 2. This is one of the kitties described here, billed as "Mom's Franken-cat":

Was petting two of Mom's menagerie last week. Two polydactyl (extra toes) Siamese hybrid bob-tail ragdoll kitties. Sweet as the day is long. Goofy a$$ looking cats though. Them extra toes make them walk with a pigeon toed gait up front, while that bob-tail hind end looks like a muscle car all jacked up. Fluffy as the day is long and gorgeous as all get out with the Siamese blue eyes and fur with the rag doll coat.

I don't know about the "Franken-cat" designation. That's a wild combination of characteristics for a kitty, but a beautiful cat. Glad to hear they are sweet. We have had a couple of feral polydactyl kitties who were kinda mean. But then, they were feral.

I have never had any experience with a rag doll kitty.

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Mama Delilah in the whelping box with her week-old daughters Ruthie, Diana and Rosalind, born July 1st. For all her wins, awards and ribbons, this will be the most important achievement in her life. Everything she did in the ring is just an affirmation of her quality that justifies carrying on her line.
Hadrian the Seventh

What a great mama!

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Love those PetMorons! Thank you for sharing your pets with us. We have some left for next week.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:
petmorons at protonmail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 9 We had a great combo hobby/gardening/pet thread submission!

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:17 PM

Comments

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1 Great looking petmorons today.

Dogs and sprinklers. Cats and world domination. What else did you expect?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 16, 2022 03:20 PM (EZebt)

2 Cute puppies Hadrian!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 16, 2022 03:21 PM (EZebt)

3 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 16, 2022 03:25 PM (R/m4+)

4 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2022 03:26 PM (2JoB8)

5 Oh my! Tico is a winner! Love those ears. Very alert little doggeh, ready to chase down any birds that happen to cross his path.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2022 03:27 PM (eRBFZ)

6 Toby doesn't like getting sprinkled so he would never do that.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 16, 2022 03:28 PM (3cGpq)

7 Hi all

Posted by: Ciampino - kitties are all okay at July 16, 2022 03:28 PM (qfLjt)

8 All the moron pets are awesome. The Setter pup is beautiful.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 03:28 PM (Q4fjM)

9 Glad to finally see Lila's puppies. Hope her incision healed up.

Had the vet check Jake out. He needs to lose weight of course. Otherwise, he looks great. Fanny the cat goes in to have another tooth pulled. She had three out about four months ago.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 16, 2022 03:29 PM (YynYJ)

10 Also even if Toby did love sprinklers, we don't have a dog door. He has us providing butler service.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 16, 2022 03:29 PM (3cGpq)

11 Such lovely pets.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022 03:30 PM (VdGjU)

12 Nyah!

Nekos uber alles

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2022 03:30 PM (6eM+1)

13 Nice group of pet morons today.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 16, 2022 03:31 PM (3cGpq)

14 The top pic lol
Doggeh was overdue for his bath. I wanted to shower him outside but didn't want to use freezing cold water, so I ran a hose from.the washtub in the laundry room out the window to the deck. Worked ok until it was done and I went back inside and saw that water had dripped under the washtub. Luckily there was a plastic tray there so the floor was mostly dry. Phew!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 03:32 PM (kf6Ak)

15 I would adopt the dapper gentleman Johnny, without a moment's hesitation.

Fangs like that merit instant approval!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 16, 2022 03:32 PM (tkOps)

16 Not the sprinkler but my kittehs decided to put holes in a few cases of my stacks of bottle water I have stored in my kitchen. They are claw pin holes so I can't tell until I move them as they don't leak much unless moved or pressure applied.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 03:32 PM (Q4fjM)

17 It's a beautiful, sunny day and I'm enjoying a beverage on the patio of the local microbrewery. I wish Paisley was here with me but she just gets too barky.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022 03:33 PM (VdGjU)

18 Johnny is a sabre-tooth kitteh

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2022 03:33 PM (6eM+1)

19 Delilah's girls are beautiful and she looks like she knows it!

Posted by: CN at July 16, 2022 03:38 PM (ONvIw)

20 Hadrian, thank you for the puppehs pic!
Mama Delilah looks very happy and the fat little babies are adorable!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 03:38 PM (kf6Ak)

21 I almost named my pair of kittehs Kit and Kat. I had no idea what getting a pair of kittens would be like but trying to come up with their names before I took possession of them was really fun for me.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 03:39 PM (Q4fjM)

22 I think Hadrian's puppies will be cuter in two or three weeks. They look pretty newborn there.

Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 03:40 PM (rrtZS)

23 Congrats on those beautiful pups, Hadrian!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 16, 2022 03:40 PM (OX9vb)

24 I would have named them Beavis and Butthead if they were two boys.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 03:40 PM (Q4fjM)

25 Nice set of pictures of the pet horde.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2022 03:41 PM (anmER)

26 Johnny Fang is too cute

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 03:41 PM (kf6Ak)

27 I like Mackeral. Looks like a nice kitty.

Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 03:42 PM (rrtZS)

28 One dog brings a sprinkler in the house, another dog meticulously wipes his feet before coming in. Nature or nurture?

Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 03:43 PM (rrtZS)

29 What did you name your kitties, anti doesn't matter?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 03:45 PM (kf6Ak)

30 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 16, 2022 03:45 PM (u73oe)

31 World Domination Cat is a keeper.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 16, 2022 03:47 PM (U3uv2)

32 A friend of mine had to ease his doggo out of pain and over the rainbow bridge earlier this week.

You don't really know a person until you see them go through something like that.

I'm touched I was invited to say goodbye and offer hugs and treats and eat skritches.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 03:50 PM (U2p+3)

33 What did you name your kitties, anti doesn't matter?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 03:45 PM (kf6Ak)

Bogey and Bacall

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 03:50 PM (Q4fjM)

34 Jake loves the sprinkler. He stands over it and barks, then spins around it as it goes.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 16, 2022 03:51 PM (YynYJ)

35 Update on Blue: Irish Setter Featured here in a lost/found Old Dog pet thread a couple of weeks back.
He bounced back, put on some weight, but now is getting thin again and "Sundowning"...incessantly pacing/panting often for hours at a time, following a repetitive path..into corners, or a seemingly random spot on the wall, and back again, on and off the bed, over the top of his brother/cousin Frankie's bed Eliciting growls from Frank that Blue can't seem to hear...the worst night he was doing it from around 10:30 until 5am, Next night only a few minutes. But nearly every night for at least a little while. Will go up and down the stairs now without being carried, but will pace the floor at the bottom of the stairs until he is "Escorted" or tapped on the ear after which he will climb them.

Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 03:51 PM (uAI4S)

36 Remember when so many folks were naming their pairs Mulder and Scully?

I miss the 90s.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 03:51 PM (U2p+3)

37 Thanks for the pup photos Hadrian, they sure look like they know they can trust Delilah Mom to look out for them!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 16, 2022 03:55 PM (hOUT3)

38 (((HUGS))) Birddog.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 16, 2022 03:56 PM (3cGpq)

39 My humans were threatening to nap right through the Pet Thread again, so I gave them my loudest bark and ran to the front door, so Master had to get up, to look out at... nothing happening. I deserve a treat for this.

New Master and Mistress are learning pretty quickly. They seem to know a lot of words. I'm slowly earning their trust. I'm only one years young. They didn't tell that backscratcher and the rattan nightstand it was on were different from my squeaky chew toys. Still a lot of training-up to do.

They thought they had a smallish German Shepherd mix at first, but soon realized I am of the mighty and honored Belgian Malinois breed. We all now live in Daisy's Kingdom of Chaos and Craziness.

But I am cute.

Posted by: Daisy of the Webworker family at July 16, 2022 03:58 PM (CmdXK)

40 I'm touched I was invited to say goodbye and offer hugs and treats and eat skritches.
Posted by: nurse ratched

nurse, that is a high honor in my opinion, and usually reserved for family in Clan Hrothgar!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 16, 2022 03:58 PM (hOUT3)

41 I was driving some dogs to a field trial when I was about 16-18, had a half-way overnight stay at a family friends home...I got in around 11pm and was put up in the daughters room(unfortunately she was off to college...the gyrrl was hot, hot, hot)
Awoken to the weirdest sensations I have ever experienced, strange room, strange sounds, weird "something" waving in the dark, something even weirder going on to my ears... Turned out it was her twin Siamese cats, one was mouthing each of my ears and purring, tails wagging back/forth in unison...Their names? "Mine &Yours"

Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 03:58 PM (uAI4S)

42 Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 03:51 PM (uAI4S)

Wow; That sounds extraordinarily difficult. I hope the pup will improve.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 04:00 PM (FZ2cV)

43 One of the PetMorons in The Horde, a black kitty named Anisette, is not doing real well right now. A prayer might be appreciated if you are so inclined.

Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 04:00 PM (rrtZS)

44 Can you give him CBD oil, Birddog? It really seems to calm them down. I had to use people strength for the old dog after awhile.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 16, 2022 04:00 PM (YynYJ)

45 Lovely photos of the pets today and it's nice to see a picture of mom and puppies after telling us about your shift work looking after them, Hadrian. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 04:03 PM (FZ2cV)

46 Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 04:00 PM (rrtZS)

Will pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 04:04 PM (FZ2cV)

47 KT
Prayers up for Anisette (lovely name BTW)!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 16, 2022 04:04 PM (hOUT3)

48 Bogey and Bacall
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

Oh right! There were pics!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 04:04 PM (kf6Ak)

49 Sprinkler and calculating. That’s entertainment!

Posted by: Holy Crap at July 16, 2022 04:06 PM (glGDV)

50 If I had a single dog or cat I would name it Kamir.

As in Come Here ! in redneckese.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:09 PM (Q4fjM)

51 Oh...as an aside, that Highland Park, wack job, mass shooter kid? His Holistic healing, crystals and meditation Mom...has one of those weird hairless, pharaoh cats, appearing in her social feed with her more than all of her children combined.

Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 04:12 PM (uAI4S)

52 Even though my mom passed I have been going to her retirement home to continue to feed a couple of the retirement home stray kittehs ( the home had them fixed) that I made friends with months ago. They know the sound of my Jeep and come running to me before I can even park. I don't really need to feed them as the residents feed all the cats in the morning but they expect me. I'll wean myself off eventually.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:16 PM (Q4fjM)

53 Hadrian,
It's well known, at least to Mrs. JTB, that I am a complete sap when it comes to puppies. But Delilah's babies are especially cute. Thanks for posting that photo.

We've been following the progress reports. We are looking forward to the accounts as their eyes open and try to explore their new world on wobbly legs. (And Delilah's attempts to keep them out of trouble.)

Posted by: JTB at July 16, 2022 04:18 PM (7EjX1)

54 The Hairless make up kitteh looks exactly like the old Joan Crawford.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:20 PM (Q4fjM)

55 Jim from Galveston - sorry but Johnny is forever taken and not up for adoption. He is a sweetie and a cuddler! And yes, he IS a dapper gentleman.

Posted by: Joe S at July 16, 2022 04:21 PM (Usano)

56 dog dementia (referred to as canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, or CDS, in the veterinary world). Canine CDS is similar to Alzheimer’s disease in people. Progressive, chronic...often sets in around 10-12 years old. Blue is 15-16yo. He is also having vivid dreams it seems, lots of running ,yipping, movements in his sleep of a sudden.

Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 04:24 PM (uAI4S)

57 The dog with the sprinkler is frigging hysterical lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 16, 2022 04:28 PM (VwHCD)

58 If you've never read the story of Sergeant Reckless, the Korean War Marine Horse , you should look it up. I can't believe there has never been a movie made about this hero horse.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:30 PM (Q4fjM)

59 Dog names...we had a friend in Colo. Springs, High Ranking Officer at the academy, eventually Superintendent there. He named his dog "Dammit", C'mere dammit! NO Dammit!
Had to change it when his wife was was at the PX to shop and the dog got loose, running around the parking lot yelling "Whoa Dammit! Come back here Dammit!" in front of enlisteds and junior officers that assumed she was chasing one of their children was NOT something she was going to do again.

Posted by: Birddog at July 16, 2022 04:32 PM (uAI4S)

60 Remember when so many folks were naming their pairs Mulder and Scully?

I miss the 90s.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022

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I'd be tempted to use "Buffy" and "Angel"!

Afternoon, everybody. Captain Covfefe's big black longhair with the red tie looks much like my late Wolf, whom I miss every day. In many ways he was the best companion of the cats I've known: good-natured and adaptable, good-looking, and a cat of iron health until the very end (kidney disease, I think).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:33 PM (c6xtn)

61 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:33 PM (c6xtn)

Buffy and Angel is a solid pick.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:34 PM (Q4fjM)

62 I almost named my pair of kittehs Kit and Kat. I had no idea what getting a pair of kittens would be like but trying to come up with their names before I took possession of them was really fun for me.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022

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I had "Stirling" for a male cat and "Dagny" for a female all lined up. Still may get to use the latter.

Stirling did great at his followup vet visit this am: 6.2 lbs. (up 1.5 in only a month!), quite healthy except for a touch of ringworm on his back (they gave me some cream for him), and he got his rabies shot and a couple of boosters. He should be set, except for his alterations in 2 months, for a year.

The vaccines have subdued him a little. I doubt that will last long.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:38 PM (c6xtn)

63 I’m sorry about Blue, Birddog.
More happily, today’s pets are adorable. I too really like the name Anisette…should perhaps have named one of my cats Anise. But it’s one of the rare flavors I loathe, so probably best I didn’t!

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 04:38 PM (5WgUb)

64 I wonder how many owners of Rhodesian Ridgebacks ( my favorite dog) have named them Cecil ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:39 PM (Q4fjM)

65 One dog brings a sprinkler in the house, another dog meticulously wipes his feet before coming in. Nature or nurture?
Posted by: KT at July 16, 2022 03:43 PM (rrtZS)

I sent you a couple of photos for next week's Pet Thread of Charlie...as you will see, he never bathes and he never wipes his feet, like ever. We shaved him once and found an itty bitty, tinsy tiny dog down inside all that hair. Really.

Posted by: Boswell at July 16, 2022 04:41 PM (+Cgut)

66 More happily, today’s pets are adorable. I too really like the name Anisette…should perhaps have named one of my cats Anise. But it’s one of the rare flavors I loathe, so probably best I didn’t!
Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022

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Two of the flavorings in one of my favorite pipe tobaccos, Half & Half, are "coriander" and "cardamom." Not bad cat names, maybe?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:41 PM (c6xtn)

67 Cecil would be a great name. Friends had an English bulldog named Nigel, which was a good one for him.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 04:41 PM (5WgUb)

68 66. Yes! Cumin also.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 04:43 PM (5WgUb)

69 I cut a flap off a cardboard box to make a cat cave and it takes seconds for her to show up and go inside.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 16, 2022 04:44 PM (ECgjD)

70 I named our cat Sparky. Not very original or clever. I'm a simple person.

Posted by: Ronster at July 16, 2022 04:45 PM (JfTya)

71 Beautiful pet morons today!

Delilah looks like such a happy mom and her pups are adorable!

Posted by: redridinghood at July 16, 2022 04:46 PM (NpAcC)

72 Buffy and Angel is a solid pick.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022

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There are plenty of "team" or "pair" names from fiction. Solo & Illya or Bigwig & Hazel for 2 male cats, Tristan & Isolde or Beowulf & Sharrol for M & F, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:48 PM (c6xtn)

73 There are plenty of "team" or "pair" names from fiction. Solo & Illya or Bigwig & Hazel for 2 male cats, Tristan & Isolde or Beowulf & Sharrol for M & F, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:48 PM (c6xtn)
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 16, 2022 04:49 PM (aaGzp)

74 At first, my humans trusted me to run around loose, because I need to hit 88MPH at least once a day. I stayed inside my walkies territory, even when I went dashing after that deer. Until...

Cousin Jarl brought the Master's son out one day. Jarl is a big ol' Malamute and was my instant friend, and we wrestled and ran around, off our tethers, until suddenly our Collective Dogmind decided to run all the way out the gate, up the road, to the neighbor's coop of critters that squawk and flutter. Jarl was just playful, enjoying making them run and fly. My mostly peaceful wild dog instincts kicked in and I was going for the throat of one of those birds when they caught me. No, I really wouldn't've. Really. 🐔

Days later, Jarl came to visit again, when somehow Jarl got loose and my collar came off, and Jarl and I bolted for the front gate. Jarl's master hurried after us in his truck, but I hadn't gone out the gate this time, and I happily jumped in the truck.

Then the humans caught up with Jarl, chasing chickens again. The neighbors were understanding. My humans told me that chasing chickens was bad. I didn't do it again. I am a good dog. I deserve a treat for this.

Posted by: Daisy of the Webworkers is a good dog, mostly at July 16, 2022 04:51 PM (CmdXK)

75 I named our cat Sparky. Not very original or clever. I'm a simple person.
Posted by: Ronster at July 16, 2022

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The cat who was apparently my mother's No. 1 favorite was also named Sparky: a black shorthair with a patch of white hair on his chest who was quite the mouser. He was gone long before I was born, but she kept an actual sepia-toned 8 x 10 studio portrait of him on a shelf in the house. One of her apartment house neighbors was a photographer, and in return for Sparky keeping his place free of vermin, he had Sparky sit for him. (That had also been her brother's nickname when they were growing up.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:52 PM (c6xtn)

76 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 16, 2022

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Very good choice!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:53 PM (c6xtn)

77 Sparky is a good name for a Dalmatian.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:53 PM (Q4fjM)

78 My huge orange 16-month-old Rufus cat gives me a stare sometimes that reminds me of the young John Entwhistle, of The Who. (Like he was when they trashed their instruments on the Smothers Brothers.) And I am thinking Entwhistle would be a cool pet name.

Beautiful pets today, as usual. We are all so blessed with these little creatures.

Posted by: skywch at July 16, 2022 04:53 PM (uqhmb)

79 Daisy is a little devil. Seems to be learning though.

Posted by: Infidel at July 16, 2022 04:55 PM (mn1Pi)

80 Heh, Daisy.
Seems like many of us are such soft touches for dogs that you’d probably get a treat from most Morons.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 04:55 PM (5WgUb)

81 Sending prayers for healing, for all pet morons that are sick.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 16, 2022 04:56 PM (NpAcC)

82 Oh, and the "franken-cat," the part Ragdoll, is a beauty as well. I've often thought about getting a Ragdoll. They are supposed to be big, with no matting and little shedding to their fur, and extremely good natured. The name came from their supposed tendency to relax or even go limp when picked up. (I can imagine the scenario now: "Uh, sorry! I broke your cat!")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 04:57 PM (c6xtn)

83 Wolfus, I guess Sparky isn't such a bad name after all.

Posted by: Ronster at July 16, 2022 04:59 PM (JfTya)

84 Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 16, 2022 04:16 PM (Q4fjM)

It's nice of you to visit and give them a meal. FenSpouse and I feel a group of feral cats every Saturday and Tuesday and other people do it other days. They have all been neutered and spayed, through animal control, and if some look sick someone tries to get them to the vet. They've seen us for so long they recognize us and a cat I call "Freckle" because he?she?is a black and white cat with a big black marking under her nose will hang around us more than it used to.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 05:01 PM (FZ2cV)

85 Wolfus, I guess Sparky isn't such a bad name after all.
Posted by: Ronster at July 16, 2022

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As a teen in Florida, my mother had a cat named Percy B, for the poet Shelley. So "Sparky" seems great by comparison.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:01 PM (c6xtn)

86 Svengoolie has The Ghost and Mr. Chicken w/ Don Knotts as his movie tonight. I saw it when it was new, but never since. Perhaps if Miss Linda and I get back early from dinner I'll have a look at it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:03 PM (c6xtn)

87 Had a friend who also kept a large painting of his favorite all-time cat, proudly displayed. Said kitty was II out of III in her name series. Apparently his family loved the first LaLa so much they would never use another name. Always made me laugh.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 05:03 PM (5WgUb)

88 As a teen in Florida, my mother had a cat named Percy B, for the poet Shelley. So "Sparky" seems great by comparison.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:01 PM (c6xtn)
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Could be worse. Could've been Ezra P.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 16, 2022 05:03 PM (aaGzp)

89 Boris and Natasha

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022 05:04 PM (VdGjU)

90 N.L. Lurker, don’t let Daisy know about your trench.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 05:06 PM (5WgUb)

91 Had a friend who also kept a large painting of his favorite all-time cat, proudly displayed. Said kitty was II out of III in her name series. Apparently his family loved the first LaLa so much they would never use another name. Always made me laugh.
Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022

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Linda wants me to do the same for the late white-and-black Siberian Chekov. I've got several definitive pictures of him, the two I sent to the Pet Thread after he passed on in March, so I don't see the necessity. A painting of big black Wolf, one that could highlight his dark fur by showing the charcoal grey that fringed his ruff, would be more of a challenge for a painter.

I am tempted to re-use "Wolf" as a name for another big black cat, but it doesn't seem respectful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:07 PM (c6xtn)

92 Boris and Natasha
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022

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For 2 Siberians! Yes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:08 PM (c6xtn)

93 Whiskey and Soda
Rum and Coke
Lager and Ale

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022 05:08 PM (VdGjU)

94 Posted by: Daisy of the Webworkers is a good dog, mostly at July 16, 2022 04:51 PM (CmdXK)

Thanks for the accounts of the dogs and it's good to see you/ Either you hadn't been here for a while or I've missed you. When I try to go to your webpage it says "access denied".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 05:08 PM (FZ2cV)

95 Stirling was sitting with me. He's gone off to do cat things, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:13 PM (c6xtn)

96 I had a cat I named Simon Sampson. Guy by that name was interested in a car I had for sale but would never show to look at it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 16, 2022 05:14 PM (YynYJ)

97 Sturm and Drang.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 05:14 PM (U2p+3)

98 Romeo and Juliet

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 05:15 PM (U2p+3)

99 For two pitbulls--Death and Taxes

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 16, 2022 05:15 PM (VdGjU)

100 Tristan and Isolde

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 05:15 PM (U2p+3)

101 Could be worse. Could've been Ezra P.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 16, 2022

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I wonder if my mother would have heard of him when she was a teen (1928 onward). She was no Socialist; her opinion of FDR (who was pres. when she was a young adult) was contrary to everything I was being taught in school and in history texts, but very much in line with what we think here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:17 PM (c6xtn)

102 Elvis and Nixon

Posted by: JT at July 16, 2022 05:18 PM (T4tVD)

103 I think I will get stuck buying another couch. I don't much care for them, but the cat expects me to sit there and pet her. Which means the springer gets jealous and has to get on the couch too. At least it's not crowded.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 16, 2022 05:19 PM (YynYJ)

104 Hi Wolfus!

It makes me so happy to hear Stirling is settling in. You're such a great kitty person.

Lucy has a lipoma on the base of her tail. It's been there for at least three years. Doesn't bother her. The vet has either not noticed, or noticed and not cared. She has a follow up visit for her thyroid meds next week. Do I mention it? I don't want to be pressured into surgery if it's purely cosmetic. What do you think?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 05:20 PM (U2p+3)

105 nurse, how old is she? Might be a good idea to make sure. You can always refuse surgery.

Posted by: Infidel at July 16, 2022 05:23 PM (mn1Pi)

106 Hi Wolfus!

It makes me so happy to hear Stirling is settling in. You're such a great kitty person.

Lucy has a lipoma on the base of her tail. It's been there for at least three years. Doesn't bother her. The vet has either not noticed, or noticed and not cared. She has a follow up visit for her thyroid meds next week. Do I mention it? I don't want to be pressured into surgery if it's purely cosmetic. What do you think?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022

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Thanks for the hat tip, Nurse! I'd like to think I'm good to my cats. Stirling probably does not think so at night; I've been locking him out of the bedroom so he won't suckle on me or wake me up too early. (He napped with me this afternoon, though.)

Don't let them pressure you, but do have Lucy's lipoma checked out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:23 PM (c6xtn)

107 Mama Delilah in the whelping box with her week-old daughters Ruthie, Diana and Rosalind, born July 1st. For all her wins, awards and ribbons, this will be the most important achievement in her life. Everything she did in the ring is just an affirmation of her quality that justifies carrying on her line.
Hadrian the Seventh

Congratulations!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 16, 2022 05:25 PM (aOf1d)

108 So some sad news on the pet front. On Thursday night, Kraken (Who has been featured on the pet thread before) was acting a bit oddly. He stumbled a bit getting to the door for a turnout and I had to escort him back into the house. He was obviously in a bit of pain so I got him to lie down on a bed and got some rice, peanut butter and gabapentin into him.

Checked on him an hour later and he was gone. It looked like he simply went to sleep and never woke up.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2022 05:26 PM (8I2zc)

109 Sturm und Drang

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 16, 2022 05:27 PM (C1rbv)

110 Wow, sorry about Kraken!

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 05:27 PM (5WgUb)

111 Was it here that there was a picture of a cardboard box fort named "Fort Asshole?" The cat in it fit the bill.

I build one this past winter out of a bunch of shipping boxes for our cats. They ignored it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2022 05:28 PM (BFigT)

112 Lucy is 8-9 years old.
She's already had an acute kidney accident when she ingested a topical anti inflammatory I had on my knee. She was in intensive care for four days and then I had to give her IV fluids twice a day for months. Her kidneys are fine now, but she was getting skinny and a little skraggley a year or so ago, and I took her in. She had an overactive thyroid and they put her on meds twice a day. Her labs are good so far, but she has a recheck next week.

She's a fink. I love her anyway.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 05:28 PM (U2p+3)

113 More thoughts about my mother and U.S. history . . . She was born in 1916, so she would have gone to nursing school around 1934 at 18, would have been 25 when Pearl Harbor happened, 29 at the time of the atom bomb, 34 when the Korean conflict started, and 37 when I was born. And 41 when my brother came along (?!). I used to ask her about her life, but I wish I'd known more of the right questions to ask.

She was cat-free in my life until I was 12. Our landlord on Bourbon St. was "no pets," and she was afraid the upstairs neighbors would squeal if she brought in a cat. Once they moved and the new neighbor (a middle-aged probably gay fellow) moved in, she immediately went kitten shopping.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:28 PM (c6xtn)

114 Thank you, LadyS. My wife was devastated as Kraken was unquestionably her dog and he was always glued to her hip. We are comforted in the fact that he was in the house, asleep on a bed and his brother was in the room with him.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2022 05:29 PM (8I2zc)

115 Checked on him an hour later and he was gone. It looked like he simply went to sleep and never woke up.
Posted by: NR Pax

😢 I'm so sorry to hear that.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 16, 2022 05:30 PM (aOf1d)

116 NR Pax, I'm sorry to hear about Kraken. The important things are that he apparently did not suffer, and that you can remember him as he was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:30 PM (c6xtn)

117 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 16, 2022 05:31 PM (c6xtn)

118 So sorry about Kraken, but he passed in his own home, surrounded by his loving family.
May we all be so fortunate.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2022 05:32 PM (jTmQV)

119 The hardest part was getting dinner ready for our two dogs on Friday night and thinking "Hm. I don't have enough for all three...wait."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2022 05:33 PM (8I2zc)

120 So sorry, NR Pax.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2022 05:36 PM (FZ2cV)

121 One of my coworkers had two goldens named Chips and Queso. Texas of course.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 16, 2022 05:38 PM (fTtFy)

122 Thank you for the kind words, everyone. Pardon my bringing the thread down with something so sad but as a Pet Moron, he had to be remembered.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2022 05:40 PM (8I2zc)

123 I don't want to be pressured into surgery if it's purely cosmetic. What do you think?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022

Doggeh has a lump on his shoulder. Had it for a while. I asked the vet and he did a needle aspiration to biopsy and it was benign (keratin).
So aside from shelling out $$$ there was no treatment needed

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 16, 2022 05:41 PM (kf6Ak)

124 I build one this past winter out of a bunch of shipping boxes for our cats. They ignored it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2022 05:28 PM (BFigT)
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I did the same once with a bunch of printer boxes. I cut holes in the sides so they could move from box to box and stacked them in my sun room.

They ignored my efforts.

But I get a box from Amazon, and Penny is right there investigating...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 16, 2022 05:44 PM (K5n5d)

125 "When the lights turn on at the end of the night at the bar."

Norma Desmond as a feline.

Posted by: WillyStark at July 16, 2022 05:48 PM (Nk4la)

126 Heh. The amount of effort you put into amusing or pleasing your cat is inversely proportional to their actual interest.

Cats are finks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2022 06:00 PM (U2p+3)

127 FenelonSpoke Thanks for the accounts of the dogs and it's good to see you/ Either you hadn't been here for a while or I've missed you. When I try to go to your webpage it says "access denied".

Do you mean the page I had linked in my nic? Yeah, it's not published yet. My error.

Daisy the Hyper is just one of many major things going on with us that have kept me in HQ lurker status for a while. I try to keep caught up, but the HQ is a vociferous bunch. Glad to read your cancers got caught and son got the job. Always appreciate all the fun and uplifting links you post, too.

Posted by: mindful webworker belongs to Daisy at July 16, 2022 06:09 PM (CmdXK)

128 Don't let "World Domination" cat fool you, he was plotting long before you built the fort.

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at July 16, 2022 06:11 PM (8zD0n)

129 114. Be kind to your wife and yourself. Yes, passing at home while asleep made for a minimum of suffering. Maybe I’m weird in that reading of losses on this thread doesn’t really bring me down. It reminds me of how loving the people here can be. I have to believe, love isn’t lost forever. The pet thread is much anticipated and appreciated every week.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 06:56 PM (5WgUb)

130 Had sibling cats named Dot and Dash.
Four rescue kittens, that were supposed to go to homes but ended up in the house, they all looked completely different, all the same litter from a local feral:
Colonel Mustard; Jet Black; Chessie The Kitten; and Hissy Fit.
Cattledog named 'Blue'.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 16, 2022 07:01 PM (U11/V)

131 “Hissy Fit,” LOL.
Will go read Hobby Thread now.

Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 07:08 PM (5WgUb)

132 Domestic animals do not trust me. Most people don't trust me, either.

Posted by: Sarah at July 16, 2022 07:44 PM (7Cl4L)

133 Delilah a Borzoi? Beautiful sight hound.

Posted by: S.Lynn at July 16, 2022 09:22 PM (BFYOC)

134 It reminds me of how loving the people here can be. I have to believe, love isn’t lost forever. The pet thread is much anticipated and appreciated every week.
Posted by: LadyS at July 16, 2022 06:56 PM (5WgUb)

Loss is a part of life, but a good life is to be celebrated, and I think this is what "we" do here on the Pet Thread!

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