Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 20

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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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Working cat:

Courtesy olddog in mo

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Working dog:

TL Cleanse!! pic.twitter.com/nUYaLlJXKB
— 🏴‍☠️InTylerWeTrust🏴‍☠️🥃🤍 (@bourbonislife80) May 16, 2023

Courtesy Our Country Is Screwed

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Another working dog:

Border collies herding a human.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/lCJYxaNNo8
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 19, 2023

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Mama Cat:

A stray cat brings her newborn kittens to a person who regularly feeds her...❤️#MothersDay2023 pic.twitter.com/oNoGN6bLik
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 14, 2023

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Kitty considers taking the train:

Courtesy nurse ratched

Meet The PetMorons

I am a longtime lurker, and my favorite on your site is the Pet Thread. Macintosh, our next door neighbors' Springer Spaniel, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 7 last week. Mac never liked being boarded, so we were his foster parents whenever his family went on vacation. Needless to say, you don't need to be a dog owner to love one. Here is funny, silly Mac - we miss him dearly.
Jan from CT

So sorry about the loss of your dear friend. Sweet photo.

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You've shared pictures of Dini (the Tabby) and Smudge (Maine Coon) before. Dini is four years old, Smudge is just over one year old. They both love to torment each other which provides endless entertainment for house OCiS. The first picture below has Dini stairing into the tube with Smudge thinking she's invisible. Picture #2 is about 5 seconds later after a brief tussle leading to this stand-off inside the tube. Picture #3 is when things are a little more calm where the girls are enjoying some sun (Dini on top of the stool, Smudge hanging out underneath). Been thinking about adopting a dog/puppy. Miss having one ride in the truck with me, taking walks, not to mention the companionship that only a dog can provide. But these two also get a vote on the decision to bring one home, and I'm not sure how they'll vote.
Our Country is Screwed.

Well, what does The Horde think? Do these cats need a puppy?

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Thank you for sharing your pets with us today.

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, May 13 Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

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 03:27 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2023 03:29 PM (xhxe8)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 20, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

3 Per olddog's suggestion
When we had our cats they would get mice but hardly ever was their blood involved, I think they actually frightened mice to death.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2023 03:32 PM (xhxe8)

4 Hiya!

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2023 03:33 PM (rrtZS)

5 Mac!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at May 20, 2023 03:34 PM (RmnQT)

6 3 Per olddog's suggestion
When we had our cats they would get mice but hardly ever was their blood involved, I think they actually frightened mice to death.
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2023 03:32 PM (xhxe

You'd think broken back/neck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2023 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

7 Skip at May 20, 2023 03:32 PM

No blood!

When our garden kitties catch mice or gophers, it seems like there isn't usually much blood involved, either. Even if they eat everything but the head and entrails.

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2023 03:37 PM (rrtZS)

8 Hiya KT !

Posted by: JT at May 20, 2023 03:37 PM (T4tVD)

9 Beautiful pets

Posted by: That Northern skulker at May 20, 2023 03:40 PM (VdGjU)

10 In the border collie video, the non-border collie on the leash seems anxious to leave the herding area.

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2023 03:40 PM (rrtZS)

11 Dogs are submissive. Cats are dismissive.

Posted by: JmT at May 20, 2023 03:41 PM (o/vR0)

12 My vote. Puppy yes. Non-puppy dog no.

Posted by: polynikes at May 20, 2023 03:41 PM (MNhXM)

13 I am currently being trained by 3 cats. I am disappointed at how easy it is for them.

Posted by: tbodie..Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 20, 2023 03:42 PM (qKioJ)

14 My kittehs hunt lizards and bugs. I assume if mice were around they would hunt them. Interestingly they leave frogs alone for the most part.

Posted by: polynikes at May 20, 2023 03:44 PM (MNhXM)

15 It looks like Jake's eye is okay. Last Saturday, I took him out back on the lead. I didn't notice that stray cat I feed was hiding under the garden cart. Jake went to check it out and got hooked in the eye. I'd gotten some eye ointment at the previous vet visit, so started treating it with that. Took him to the vets Monday. She said to keep treating it and had him wear the cone of shame for a bit. Friday, he was finally opening that eye all the way up. He is very happy the cone is gone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 20, 2023 03:52 PM (ouTlx)

16 My girls (above - Dini and Smudge) haven't been exposed to live rodents. They are both strictly indoor cats. I may have brought in a dead mouse or two while it was still in the trap to see what Dini would do.

Saw a mouse running around in my shed so I set fresh traps. Any kind of luck Smudge will get to see her first mouse.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 20, 2023 03:52 PM (UcAQV)

17 My kittehs hunt lizards and bugs. I assume if mice were around they would hunt them. Interestingly they leave frogs alone for the most part.
Posted by: polynikes at May 20, 2023 03:44 PM (MNhXM)

My cat got really mad when I stopped him from torturing a lizard.

Posted by: JmT at May 20, 2023 03:53 PM (o/vR0)

18 New Pet Thread! Yaay. Nice post, K.T., fun pix & vids. Good Horde critters. (Of course.)

Daisy the overly-affectionate Malinois joined our home Mar 6, 2022. It's been quite a year. I made a short (47-sec) anniversary video of her running and playing fetch, but I had problems getting a good copy uploaded. Finally on my YooToob account.

https://youtu.be/QkIrsIgFBSM

Daisy plays chase until she's exhausted, but she knows her limits. At some point, instead of her dropping the ball, she'll just not. "Ready to go in?" She heads for the door. Great game.

Posted by: mindful webworker - well, dog my cats! at May 20, 2023 03:53 PM (h8QI+)

19 About the mama kitty bringing her kittens to her benefactor's door: One year a mama kitty had kittens on our front porch. We brought her in with them. They had their own bedroom. They became our kitties.

A little later, another mama kitty, who may have been her sister, brought kittens to our side yard. They were older. We learned that they were born on our neighbor's patio. They never became as human-friendly as the first set. The most friendly one is our Panda Boy, who allows us to pet him, but is feisty, bites and climbs your leg. Mom and a sister took off regularly, had mishaps and have disappeared.

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2023 03:53 PM (rrtZS)

20 That cat on the wedding dress train is being such a cat.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 03:54 PM (Emce2)

21 My kind hearted mom used to feed the neighborhood animals. Once a raccoon brought her pups (kittens?) and showed them to mom on her back porch.

My cousin said she was like Snow White with all the denizens of the forest flirting about her.

Posted by: Blutarski at May 20, 2023 03:54 PM (hpqph)

22 Yay! Pet Thread!

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 20, 2023 03:54 PM (ju2Fy)

23 Mindful, there is a MoMe in the works that might be close enough to you if you wanted to join us. My email is linked in my nic.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 03:56 PM (Emce2)

24 Well fed house cats often toy with a mouse. I suspect after a certain # of pouncing and releasing the mouse succumbs to internal injuries. I've never tried an amateur necropsy. I wouldn't know what I was seeing anyway. Last time I 'dissected' anything was in HS biology. Lets just say that was 29 years ago.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2023 03:57 PM (3cGpq)

25 I like the cat on the train tracks.

Posted by: Corona at May 20, 2023 03:57 PM (nakGR)

26 Not a pet. Carrying over from prior thread.

Excitement. 4' snake just slithered out of ivy onto pool decking. Too fat to get under steps to deck. Looks like he just had a mouse for lunch.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 20, 2023 03:25

Update. Although wife felt confident (and screaming) it was an anaconda, pretty sure it was a western ratsnake, aka black snake. He was just doing the job my lazy cats won't do.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 20, 2023 04:00 PM (ju2Fy)

27 Yay, it's Caturday!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 20, 2023 04:01 PM (MeG8a)

28 olddog get a mongoose

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2023 04:02 PM (xhxe8)

29 Dogs swarm and kill. Cats torture. It's hard to watch at times.

Posted by: JmT at May 20, 2023 04:02 PM (o/vR0)

30 It's really smoky here thanks to forest fires. How do dogs handle smoke?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at May 20, 2023 04:03 PM (VdGjU)

31 Sorry about Macintosh, Jan. That was very kind of you to look after him when his other humans were away.

I also loved the cat photos, "Our Country is Screwed" and I laughed at the photo with the blue and white tunnel with two tails.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 04:06 PM (Keyt1)

32 Border collies are amazing. I love watching them do their tasks. They love doing them, too.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 20, 2023 04:09 PM (MeG8a)

33 I just got back from the dog park and two things.

1. As you know, the dog park is the fashion capital of the world. A girl had jeans with holes cut in them so you could see the tattoos on her legs.

2. There's a guy there who is more 29 than me. He uses his phone to photograph the owners with their dogs identifying them by name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 20, 2023 04:11 PM (FVME7)

34 It's really smoky here thanks to forest fires. How do dogs handle smoke?
Posted by: That Northern skulker at May 20, 2023 04:03 PM (VdGjU)

It's been smoky and hazy down here in Colorado from those Alberta fires.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2023 04:11 PM (T/Lqj)

35 =A stray cat brings her newborn kittens to a person who regularly feeds her...=

That's how we got Bravo and Charlie.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 20, 2023 04:13 PM (phmHx)

36 FenelonSpoke

Saw your note on the EMT on Jessie. She has purpose to lend her strength. Good for her.

Graduation went well. A fervent display of authentic Americana. I knew five of the 42 students that crossed the stage. 4 out of the 5 are outstanding kids.

I'd put all five up against those in east coast urban areas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2023 04:13 PM (u82oZ)

37 How one cat lets its owner know it's hungry. Short video:

https://tinyurl.com/44kvvz7y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 04:14 PM (Keyt1)

38 Howdy, Pug and Mrs. Pug! Hope things are great!

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 04:14 PM (Emce2)

39 Anonosaurus Wrecks

Are you learning from that playa at the dog park?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2023 04:15 PM (u82oZ)

40 NaCly, don't know if you're in travel mode, but there's an Arkansas MoMe in the works. My email is linked in my nic.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 04:16 PM (Emce2)

41 Wedding picture? Run.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 20, 2023 04:18 PM (oWBc3)

42 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2023 04:13 PM (u82oZ)

Thanks, Salty, I your comment about Jessie.

I am glad you had a good time at graduation. You must be a stellar-careful as well as caring and fun- with the kids or you wouldn't be invited to graduation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 04:19 PM (Keyt1)

43 Emmie

I sent you an email. That MoMe may be only a day away from me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2023 04:20 PM (u82oZ)

44 Meant "stellar bus driver"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 04:21 PM (Keyt1)

45 Nice Pets Y’all!…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 20, 2023 04:23 PM (R/m4+)

46 Thanks, Salty!

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 04:26 PM (Emce2)

47 FenelonSpoke

Not really. Remember, they do not want me to sing. At all. Not even Happy Birthday.

But 4 years ago this student wanted a book on Japanese anime. Anna Puma and others helped me get a good one for him. I think that ment a lot to this specific student.

On topic, I have had mating turkey vultures on my deck railing, but my wife would not photograph them. There was a couple hanging around, then a bigger turkey vulture landed, and mated with the female. The David French vulture edged closer, but confrontation was stopped when the larger bird spread his wings.

I do have a picture of one turkey vulture on the railing, wings spread, but I've already sent in pictures from last year frolics.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2023 04:27 PM (u82oZ)

48 Howdy, Pug and Mrs. Pug! Hope things are great!
Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 04:14 PM (Emce2)

Doing great, despite the wreck of our kitchen as we're in the midst of a big renovation. Gonna be a busy summer.

Also son #2 is moving back to Missoula MT. Mrs. M. is gonna miss him.

How are you and Mr. Bassman doing?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2023 04:27 PM (T/Lqj)

49 My favorite! The pet thread! My kitties only hunt bugs that make it inside and haven’t succumbed to the pest control program yet. They don’t go outside at all, but I am sure if the opportunity presented itself to hunt something, they would. Kovu used to torment our parakeets when they were still alive, and my Nyah girl did an amazing arch through the air capturing one that escaped the cage. I removed it from her mouth before a murder could occur. Sabi wasn’t around during the parakeet owing stage, but I am sure he would have been just as interested.

Posted by: Piper at May 20, 2023 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

50 How are you and Mr. Bassman doing?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2023 04:27 PM (T/Lqj)

We're doing well. Just need a job and Bassman needs some real estate clients, and we'd be set.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 20, 2023 04:31 PM (Emce2)

51 My daughter has a 16mo old schnoodle that needs to be adopted out. She lives in Raleigh NC. The pooch doesn't get along w children but would be a good companion pet to an elderly household.

Up to date w shots, housebroken, nuetered, travels well, but is snippy at strangers.

Sdrizo yahoo if anyone is interested to meet this little guy.

Posted by: WhitePunk at May 20, 2023 04:33 PM (8i+57)

52 Odd story. Have always had dogs. When I was a kid,n had a doggie door to the back yard. One year the people across the street moved and left their pregnant cat at the house. We woke up one morning and the cat was parked under the free standing fireplace ready to have kittens. She was not a happy camper. Mom called the SPCA to come and get it. Wore huge long leather gloves. Haven't cared for cats much since. Not her fault.

Posted by: Infidel at May 20, 2023 04:33 PM (kHtnd)

53 Not really. Remember, they do not want me to sing. At all. Not even Happy Birthday.

LOL. I would trust your lack of singing ability doesn't indicate your lack of stellar-iness. Is that a word?

. If FenSpouse was singing they'd tell him to stop too, although one six year old has been telling him for about six months that they need to sing happy birthday to her before the break and her birthday is in July, but I think that has more to do with the kids singing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 04:35 PM (Keyt1)

54 OK, this starts out about a human but ends up about a dog. My sister, who's only slightly less 29 than me, and some friends decided to go on a walking tour completely across Britain near Hadrian's Wall. The tour providers sent information and recommendations on how to prepare and assured them they would be hiking on good trails. Turns out, the Brit definition of "good trails" is somewhat different than ours. The trail included crossing Scaffell Pike, the highest mountain in England (at a whopping 3209 feet). A portion of the good trail included crawling on hands an knees on a lengthy narrow passage with cliff face on one side and deep drop off on the other. Then it ends with you having to scale a 30' rock face. The guides tell you to put your left foot in this crevice and your right hand grips this knob etc. My sister, and everybody else, made it unscathed but exhausted. So exhausted she then fell on a gentle slope and broke her leg. She arrived back in the US on Thursday but is laid up. (Continued)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 20, 2023 04:39 PM (FVME7)

55 That reminds me. When I was growing up, our housecat, Punkin' Puss, was a killer. We didn't need to feed her, as she hunted in the open desert in NM. Once, we discovered 12 kangaroo rats scattered along one side of our house: she had crippled each one and stashed them, for feeding whenever she needed. The only foe who bested her was a nest of shrikes.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 20, 2023 04:40 PM (+OqUC)

56 My little black tom mostly hunts birds and rats, he doesn't play with the rats, he just kills them.
My toothless Tortie does like to hunt mice, and unfortunately lets them loose in the house. One got into the pantry and chewed up a lot of packaged food. I saw her in the back yard one year "playing" with a mouse until it got so fed up, the mouse started chasing her.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2023 04:42 PM (xhaym)

57 OK, now the dog part. The Guardian has this story about a dog on Scaffell Pike today.

https://bit.ly/3Wqzbae

I guess the dog was wiser than my sister.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 20, 2023 04:42 PM (FVME7)

58 Howdy, all! Pet Thread!

The big black "interrogator" looks much like my late Wolf, and a lot like big black Stirling.

Linda talked me into getting a crinkle tube for the cats for Christmas. Dagny the little Siberian loves it. Stirling, who is not as confident a cat as he once was, is not sure about it. It's time to bring it out again soon and see how they react.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2023 04:49 PM (omVj0)

59 My two monsters have not seen mice yet that I know of. Lizards and bugs, though, yes, they turn instantly from cuddly pets to lightning-quick slaughter machines. Miss Linda was astonished at how they changed -- but she managed to hold them off and get the lizard outdoors before they could seize it.

Arizona the part-Maine Coon caught and killed, and ate, more than one large roach in his time. And Rusty, the short-haired red tabby I grew up with, was a solid mouser and would leave his kills on Mom's dinner table chair. Didn't bother her; she grew up on a farm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2023 04:58 PM (omVj0)

60 Hobby nood

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 20, 2023 05:03 PM (omVj0)

61 Dexter hasn't had a kill in some time, being so well fed. In his youth he was a stone cold killer. I remember he would bring a mouse or rat over to me, dead and he would chow down. Crunchy noises as bones got crushed. It was truly gruesome.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 20, 2023 05:03 PM (MeG8a)

62 I noticed the straycat when he was hiding by my bird feeder. He's not feral and there's a chance he was left by my neighbor when she moved. I am going to set up secure outside shelter for him. Would take him to the vets for a neuter if we ever get that friendly. He comes in now and meows for food.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 20, 2023 05:06 PM (ouTlx)

63 Posted by: WhitePunk at May 20, 2023 04:33 PM (8i+57)

These designer dog names always make my husband laugh, Snoodle. I like that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 05:10 PM (Keyt1)

64 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 20, 2023 04:39 PM (FVME7)

That sounds like too much of an adventure. Sorry about your sister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 05:12 PM (Keyt1)

65 Cat hurt one of his paws yesterday. No blood, no cut, just limping and holding it up.

Vet said probably not serious (how TH would she know, without looking?) but bring him in Monday if he's still having trouble.

A little better today, I think. He's at least walking on it, though very slowly and carefully. Perhaps it's just a sprain. I hate that he's in pain, poor baby.

He's always been an outdoor cat, doesn't even know what a litterbox is for (I tried, but he's too set in his ways!).

Posted by: JQ at May 20, 2023 05:23 PM (o0Fxd)

66 Awww, Poor kitty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2023 05:41 PM (Keyt1)

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