Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 18

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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I can relate to this lately:

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Holiday Weekend

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Suburb Dog

I went to bed at 10pm last night. Jumbo was fast asleep but I left the door ajar if any of the dogs needed the toilet.

Jumbo was still fast asleep this morning but he seemed unusually tired. I thought he was maybe a bit sick… pic.twitter.com/8mM5Qy5V6o
— Niall Harbison (@NiallHarbison) March 15, 2023

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Country Dog

😍😍😍😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/dbe2sfC9iB
— Necesito un 🐶 en mi vida (@NecesitoUnPerro) March 17, 2023

Meet The PetMorons

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Here are our two rescue scotties. Maddie is the black one. She is 12 and we have had her for 7 years.
Joe, the wheaten, is our newbie. We got him in September and he is 4.
They are both quite the characters.
I'm a lurker who occasionally posts as hh.

Quite the distinctive Scotties!

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From Jewells:

This is Mars. He was picked up as a stray and has been at the animal shelter since Dec 2022. He is heartworm positive so we are treating that. He's very mild mannered and gets along with the other dogs. He has had several seizures in the past but the shelter said they had been decreasing, hopefully they will stop. We don't know his age but best guess by the vet is 10. He also has a lump on his back that's not cancerous and that will be removed once he finishes the heartworm treatment.

Mars looks like he's not quite relaxed from his street experiences yet. Thanks for the great work you are doing, Jewells.

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Here is a photo from several years ago of our pet ferret, Thisbe. She was small and sweet and gave kisses, not bites.
She and our part lab Harley (who has appeared here in the past) loved playing together.
We'd never have another ferret at this point, but she was lots of fun for a few years
Thanks as always for the Pet Thread!
- Kay

A fascinating pet. So glad she got along with your dog!

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The happy little guy in the kissing booth is my foster dog "Yukon." Part Pit Bull Terrier, part American Bulldog, this adorable 2 year-old shithead loves everyone and everything, but most of all he loves playing with other dogs. And humping them. That too.
The beautiful girl with the stuffed animal is my other foster, "Nadia." A one year-old Cane Corso, she's very broken down from being badly mistreated for the first year of her life by a shithead backyard breeder, who did a bang up job mangling her ears. She's seriously the sweetest little thing. A few months of training and socializing and she will make a great addition to a loving family.
The last picture is of my former foster, "Bronson". He's been featured on the AoS Pet thread before, but I wanted to note that after almost two and a half years in the rescue, he finally found his furever home, with a family who adopted another of our rescue dogs last year.
Appreciate the pet thread and all Ace and the Co-Bloggers do.
Long time lurker "rabidsquirrel"

Another rescuer in The Horde! Great photos! So great that Bronson finally found his forever home!

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Hi KT! I love the pet thread and previously submitted a photo of my ragdoll Coco when she was younger. She's all grown up now and her face mask color has set. It's an Ace of Spades!
Cheers from Moonbeam!

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What a wonderful collection of pet stories and photos today. We have a few left for next week. Thank you each and everyone for sharing your pets with us.

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 by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 11.

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 03:11 PM

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1 scotties

But where are their little cigarettes?

Posted by: commissar of plenty and Lysenko solutions at March 18, 2023 03:16 PM (9yp5S)

2 All the pets are beautiful.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 18, 2023 03:17 PM (VdGjU)

3 Doh, rookie!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 18, 2023 03:19 PM (d9J/h)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2023 03:24 PM (T4tVD)

5 My Paisley doesn't do a doggie smile. But when she brings me a toy to play with she looks like she means business.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 18, 2023 03:24 PM (VdGjU)

6 All four of ours are rescues, the littlest but not the youngest was thrown out of a car in the Central Valley (CA) and lived behind a gas station that fed him until he was picked up.

He was a nasty bugger when we got him,

I bled a lot. He is a happy little clam now. Took a while.

Posted by: JEM at March 18, 2023 03:25 PM (8erNz)

7 Yay pet thread!

Posted by: Jewells45 fuckcancer at March 18, 2023 03:26 PM (ErXPQ)

8 Howdy there, pet loving Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at March 18, 2023 03:26 PM (yUjc0)

9 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 03:26 PM (xhxe8)

10 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2023 03:27 PM (R/m4+)

11 I have a particular affection for reservation dogs.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 18, 2023 03:28 PM (VdGjU)

12 Lovely Moronimals, as always.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 03:29 PM (tkR6S)

13 Jim in Kalifornia has a hilarious twitter pet link, I hope he posts it. If he can't I will, but not yet.

Posted by: gourmand du jour binge watching Celtic Woman at March 18, 2023 03:29 PM (jTmQV)

14 I have a particular affection for reservation dogs.
Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 18, 2023 03:28 PM (VdGjU)

Funny, how such good stewards of the land can be so callous about their animals, ain't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 03:31 PM (tkR6S)

15 Love the ace of spades cat!! And Mars is so beautiful with those blue eyes.

Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 03:32 PM (uqhmb)

16 Great photos. They made me smile!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2023 03:33 PM (FUVRY)

17 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 18, 2023 03:34 PM (u73oe)

18 Very nice doggies, a cat and a ferret today!

Posted by: gourmand du jour binge watching Celtic Woman at March 18, 2023 03:35 PM (jTmQV)

19 Seen a few a couple have 3 German Shepherds, two adults and a half grown pup and they test feed them a sorts of foods, quite funny in which eats what. Seems if anything edible it's mom that eats it.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 03:37 PM (xhxe8)

20 Great looking group of moronimals.

What kind of cat is Coco?

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 18, 2023 03:40 PM (ju2Fy)

21 Thank god for people like Jewell and everyone else that foster or work in shelters.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 03:41 PM (LN7ig)

22 Lurker,

Get some Barkworthies treats. The green tripe is a dog favorite. I had an order come in. Jake started barking and looking at them on the desk, then sat down by me and smiled. I got a nice picture of it.

One of the folks on the FB springer list accidentally left out a two pound brisket. Couldn't figure out why his dog was licking his paws. Discovered the missing brisket and took him to the vet. They got the dog to puke up a pound and a half of it. I posted that he shouldn't be so greedy next time. If he'd just eaten a half a pound, they would have let him slide.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 18, 2023 03:42 PM (6lj/r)

23 Wish I had a dogk

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 03:49 PM (xhxe8)

24 20 Great looking group of moronimals.

What kind of cat is Coco?
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 18, 2023 03:40 PM

She’s a chocolate point Ragdoll.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 03:50 PM (rbKZ6)

25

That cat would die in agony and terror, ripped to shreds by those dogs. Nothing funny about it.

Posted by: Just Sayin at March 18, 2023 03:50 PM (qkngI)

26 Coco needs crossed swords over her face.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 18, 2023 03:50 PM (Mzdiz)

27 That cat would die in agony and terror, ripped to shreds by those dogs. Nothing funny about it.
Posted by: Just Sayin at March 18, 2023 03:50 PM (qkngI)

You do know that Roadrunner cartoons aren't real, either?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 03:54 PM (tkR6S)

28 You do know that Roadrunner cartoons aren't real, either?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 03:54 PM (tkR6S)

I don't think he knows the cat is carrying.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 03:55 PM (LN7ig)

29 My s-i-l has been volunteering at a dog rescue shelter since she retired. She goes every day and walks and plays with the dogs as if they don't already have six at home. Last week, there was some kind of kerfuffle, as my brother called it, at the shelter and she brought home two more. They are half wolfhound litter mates. My brother says they are great dogs and so now they have eight, a chihuahua, two boxers, one large herding type, two white trash hounds and the new additions. They have several acres and a shock fence for the dogs, but their feed bill must be astronomical.

Posted by: huerfano at March 18, 2023 03:59 PM (dTFZY)

30 My kittehs turn five years old on April 4th. Seems like yesterday that I got them. That also means the Saturday pet thread is at least five years old since they were featured as kittens.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 04:01 PM (LN7ig)

31 Mentioned on a Cafe seeing dogs having oter animal friends like birds, as a kid our German Shepherd hated any animals except don't remember chasing birds. And he was very friendly to all people.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 04:02 PM (xhxe8)

32 Had a pet otter would take him to the river to swim about

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 04:04 PM (xhxe8)

33 OK, I gotta run.
Here is the link. Credit to Jim (in Kalifornia)
Thanks KT!

https://is.gd/d9S9Av

Posted by: gourmand du jour binge watching Celtic Woman at March 18, 2023 04:07 PM (jTmQV)

34 You do know that Roadrunner cartoons aren't real, either?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Is that a Photoshop? I wouldn't know. I'm just a retired librarian whose dang dog has shed all over my sweatpants.

Still, a nasty picture.

Posted by: Just Sayin at March 18, 2023 04:13 PM (qkngI)

35 One of the folks on the FB springer list accidentally left out a two pound brisket. Couldn't figure out why his dog was licking his paws. Discovered the missing brisket and took him to the vet. They got the dog to puke up a pound and a half of it. I posted that he shouldn't be so greedy next time. If he'd just eaten a half a pound, they would have let him slide.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 18, 2023 03:42 PM (6lj/r)

Had a beagle that opened the refrigerator and ate a huge casserole of pork chops (with bones) and cheese potatoes with cream sauce. The whole thing. Including some of the broken glass from the dish she broke hauling it out of the fridge. She looked like a snake that swallowed a basketball.

She never did puke, and never had any ill effects aside from a very sedate couple of day.

Beagles are from another planet anyway.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at March 18, 2023 04:13 PM (LOVUx)

36 At the Philadelphia Animal shelter there were volunteers who walked the dogs 🐕 giving the human connections.sad report the contractor screwed us in payment but it isn't the Animal shelter but middle man.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 04:14 PM (xhxe8)

37 I've seen cats hold off dogs and even send them away bloody and howling.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 04:16 PM (iayUP)

38 She’s a chocolate point Ragdoll.
Posted by: Moonbeam
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You mentioned Coco was a ragdoll with your pic, but I thought that was a term of endearment rather that a breed. LOL.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 18, 2023 04:17 PM (ju2Fy)

39 I've seen cats hold off dogs and even send them away bloody and howling.
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 04:16 PM (iayUP)

Yup...I had a feral momma cat that would not only bow up on a dog or dogs but would launch herself claws first at 'em. She would even bow up on me a few times and even did the same to me one time when she had enough of my ass hanging about her. She was one tough hombre.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2023 04:20 PM (R/m4+)

40 Took old Joe out for a long walk.
He's tuckered out. Sitting next to me. A bit of labored breathing.
You can almost see the surprise and disappointment when he realizes he isn't a puppy anymore.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2023 04:31 PM (anj39)

41 Our rescue dog Luna had a limp on her right hind leg when we adopted her 1.5 years ago. Her vet said she had a torn CCL (ligament) that would likely need TPLO surgery someday. But since then she has rarely limped and so we began to explore some other options and found a dog physical therapist who specializes in "conservative management" of these kinds of injuries.

We have only had two sessions so far by the improvement in Luna's leg strength in her two hind legs is amazing. (She was developing arthritis in her left hind leg because she was compensating for the injured leg.) Treatments are a combination of exercises, massages, and other things. Plus we have some simple exercises to do with Luna between sessions. Her motion is much more natural and best of all she seems much happier and more active.

With luck Luna may be able to avoid surgery. In any event, she will recover from surgery much more quickly because of her therapy.

Apparently dog physical therapy is a fairly new specialty but there are a few of them around. Worth checking out if you're in a similar situation.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 18, 2023 04:44 PM (fTtFy)

42 Cats claws are a weapon, luckily never caught very bad by them. Our cats died with their claws on.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 04:45 PM (xhxe8)

43 Afternoon, all! Love the pets -- especially the Ragdoll. I've thought many times that a Ragdoll cat would be a wonderful buddy for me. Alas, we seem to have no breeders within a reasonable drive. I know a cat can be shipped by plane -- or can they still? Years ago Miss Linda sent Marie-Antoinette to me in Denver by plane (and came on herself by train, which I've never understood). MA bounced out of her carrier none the worse for the experience. She was the smartest and most adaptable cat I've ever known; nothing fazed her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 04:46 PM (omVj0)

44 Always a pleasure to see Moron pets!

Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) was diagnosed with pancreatitis recently. Fortunately, she seems to be on the mend now that I am able to give her the enzyme powder she needs, along with some antibiotics to get the inflammation down.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2023 04:51 PM (BpYfr)

45 My two feline thugs are having a little time apart. Dagny is visiting at Miss Linda's until tomorrow, and they are having a good girls' time together. Stirling the big black is here with me, kneading and purring in the morning and sitting closer to me for longer than he does with the girl kitten to distract him. I keep calling them kittens, but he hit 1 year old last week, and she will be that age next Sunday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 04:51 PM (omVj0)

46 I'm no spring chicken anymore and by myself so I am in the process of adjusting my will to take care of my kittehs if I should leave this place early. Financially it's no problem but I need to research with who or where they could go together. That's the tough task.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 04:53 PM (LN7ig)

47 Ragdolls are amazing! They’re like dogs personality-wise. They’re very social and love meeting new people. I got my first one in Baldwin Wisconsin and Coco in Wilmington NC. I pet-sit for a woman who got 2 in Charlotte. I don’t think flying would faze them at all.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 04:57 PM (rbKZ6)

48 We had two more adoptions, Rita the beagle mix and Elliott the Ewok look alike both have been adopted. Thank God for people are willing to adopt senior dogs.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 18, 2023 05:02 PM (wagHN)

49 That is such wonderful news Jewells!

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 05:08 PM (rbKZ6)

50 A year ago we had our first wills drawn up. There's a section in them for "care of animals" that more or less says "put money aside to feed, water and attempt to rehome the pets, otherwise there's X amount of the estate going to their well being."

Incentive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2023 05:13 PM (Q4IgG)

51 Glad your kitty is doing better Perfessor.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 18, 2023 05:18 PM (wagHN)

52 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 18, 2023 04:44 PM (fTtFy)

That's fantastic! Always good if you can avoid surgery.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 18, 2023 05:19 PM (wagHN)

53 Yup...I had a feral momma cat that would not only bow up on a dog or dogs but would launch herself claws first at 'em. She would even bow up on me a few times and even did the same to me one time when she had enough of my ass hanging about her. She was one tough hombre.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2023 04:20 PM (R/m4+)

Once as a kid our girl cat Alley was being accosted by a pair of dogs from down the street - they were small dogs and I think she was deciding which to go after first when our male cat Tigger came sweeping in like a guided missile from the back yard and knocked the closest one several feet into the air with one uppercut. I remember his feet running before he hit the ground, and the other one soon went after him chased all the way back by Tig.

On the sadder note my cat Julius was pulled down by coyotes - a neighbor got a picture of him after the first attack but he never made it the half block home after that. He was just made to need to do a little patrolling around the house in the evenings, he could not be broken of that so we settled on a few evenings a week. He made it 13 years in coyote country.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2023 05:20 PM (eoQWY)

54 I'm sorry Oldcat. That's my nightmare too. I had an avowed night patroller go out last August and never come back. So...I just got another one, who is named Julius

Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:23 PM (uqhmb)

55 Afternoon, all! Love the pets -- especially the Ragdoll. I've thought many times that a Ragdoll cat would be a wonderful buddy for me. Alas, we seem to have no breeders within a reasonable drive. I know a cat can be shipped by plane -- or can they still? Years ago Miss Linda sent Marie-Antoinette to me in Denver by plane (and came on herself by train, which I've never understood). MA bounced out of her carrier none the worse for the experience. She was the smartest and most adaptable cat I've ever known; nothing fazed her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 04:46 PM (omVj0)

Depending on what you want, a Ragdoll is just a longhaired cat with Himalayan markings crossbred in. So the fur coloring can be got in a number of breeds - I have a Minuet/Napoleon (a breed that mixes in the short legs into smaller golden cats, but this leaves half that have an older style Persian look with normal legs), Once of them is Seal or Chocolate point Himmy look, looks like a Ragdoll but about half the weight, 8 pounds or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2023 05:26 PM (eoQWY)

56 All my previous cats growing up were inside/outside cats but I made decision to make my kittehs now just inside cats that only go out with me for walks.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:27 PM (LN7ig)

57 I'm sorry Oldcat. That's my nightmare too. I had an avowed night patroller go out last August and never come back. So...I just got another one, who is named Julius
Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:23 PM (uqhmb)

I surrendered his point when he started running out the garage as I pulled in from work. I didn't want to run him over myself. He was so serious about his guard work - whenever the gang went out to lounge in the yard he would be up on the fences, looking out for trouble. If I went up to him he would be polite, but aloof, like if a sentry's Mom showed up during his shift.

If it was a rainy day he'd be a lap cat - off duty.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2023 05:30 PM (eoQWY)

58 Agree, Polynikes. Mine are confined at night and only short backyard times for days, with me watching. My little new one is on a harness and leash.

Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:30 PM (uqhmb)

59 Apparently dog physical therapy is a fairly new specialty but there are a few of them around. Worth checking out if you're in a similar situation.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 18, 2023 04:44 PM (fTtFy)

There's a vet around here who advertises themselves as a pet eye clinic. Wonder what's on the acuity chart? Cat, cat, squirrel, cat, brisket?

Posted by: Fox 2! at March 18, 2023 05:35 PM (4GxJn)

60 Lucy is alllowed outside on a harness or in her kitty backpack.

Too many cars. Too many coyotes and raptors.

And my heart would be broken if something happened to her that I could have prevented.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 18, 2023 05:35 PM (U2p+3)

61 Agree, Polynikes. Mine are confined at night and only short backyard times for days, with me watching. My little new one is on a harness and leash.
Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:30 PM (uqhmb)

Mine now are too, but even on short backyard times my kitten Rhea climbed out onto the top of the 5.5 foot wall and jumped down to the outside. I had to use the stepladder like a scaling ladder and go get her, all maybe 2 pounds of fluff. She also did it into the pool area (another side of the backyard) and I heard some girls almost frightenedly talking about her.

Her last escapade some years ago is she went on top of the backyard walls down the block, and on the way back miscounted and dashed into a neighbors house and hid behind her sofa. When she heard me calling she dashed out, climbed a trellis and zoomed past me into the house.

I had a harness about the house but can't find it - a couple of mine might profit by some more controlled outside time. But they stay in now, only Julie had that super drive for outdoors.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2023 05:39 PM (eoQWY)

62 Hobby thread is up. I'm lonely in there....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (Angsy)

63 There's a vet around here who advertises themselves as a pet eye clinic. Wonder what's on the acuity chart? Cat, cat, squirrel, cat, brisket?
Posted by: Fox 2! at March 18, 2023 05:35 PM (4GxJn)

Damage from scratches and such probably. Cats get glaucoma and have to get eyes removed at times.

Had a scare with my cat Marshal Davout - face puffed up large and eye shut. He had an abscess and it pushed his fur into the eye area and irritated it. Draining and cleaning it out and he's back to normal aside from his face being shaved on one side. He has the Himmy coloring and it looks like a black eye.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 18, 2023 05:43 PM (eoQWY)

64 I left a huge roast to thaw in the cellophane and styrofoam tray on the kitchen counter with the best German Shepherd I have ever known. Returning hours later, the cellophane and meat and juice was missing as was a dainty bite from the tray.

My bad.

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