Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 10

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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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A devoted mama:

This is my baby too 🥹 pic.twitter.com/2FnIoRCY74
— Pier Pets (@PierPets) June 4, 2023

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Have you ever heard this? Do you think it's true?

#DoggoFact: Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin made history in 1969 by leaving a mark on the moon. They brought a silicon mold of astronaut Pete Conrad's dog's paw & left paw prints on the lunar surface! A small step for dogs, a giant leap for space exploration. 🐶 pic.twitter.com/YyAGVlNku7
— Heckin Good Dogs (@HeckinGoodDogs) May 24, 2023

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Really Short Story Time

Do you ever find that it is easier to notice the people around you if you are in the company of a dog?

At about 6 o’clock yesterday evening Peanut decided he wanted some ice cream from McDonald’s. Since it was hot and I was feeling magnanimous I decided to oblige him. A traffic jam had already formed in the drive-thru lanes so I opted for the lobby.

I’m sure we looked like quite…
— Shelby Foote Appreciator⚓️ (@NoJesuitTricks) June 5, 2023

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Big idea of the day:

Are cats really domesticated?

Few people would mistake a wolf for a dog. But if you saw the ancestor of the domestic cat in your backyard, your first thought would likely be "What a cool-looking housecat!" rather than "What's an African wildcat doing in Manchester?" That's how little they've changed, earning them the tag "barely" or "semi-domesticated". There have been some minor anatomical shifts - domestic cats have longer intestines and smaller brains, for example - but very few genetic ones (and certainly many fewer than separate dogs from their wild ancestors). What about behaviour, then? Which of the traits we commonly associate with our furry friends are the result of domestication, and which do they share with their wild relatives?

What do you think?

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Meet The PetMorons

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I am going through some old pictures, and it reminded me of other pictures which I dug out and scanned.
The first one is a picture of me in 1970 with my cat Joe as a just-arrived kitten (Joe turned into a giant tabby),
and the second is what I suspect is my grandfather's picture of a cat on the family farm, probably his. This would have been prior to WWI but I am guessing here. It is tucked into a picture album of whom the youngest people were my Grandfather's generation.
Kindltot

What great kitty family history! And a cute childhood photo of you with your friend Joe.

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From Jewells:

This is Audrey. We got her from a shelter in Ft. Scott, Kansas. She's some kind of beagle mix. Not sure if she was a stray but if she was she must have been VERY well fed before she bolted from home. She is very overweight but a real cuddle bug.

Awwww, Audrey!

Great to see you back, Jewells!

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My daughter's German Shorthair Pointer, Mel. Quite possible the best dog I've ever met. I tease my kid that she named it for Melania Trump.
Cheers!
Yawrate

How wonderful it is to find a great dog!

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Hey KT,
Not sure whether this should go in the garden thread or the pet thread. This is my friend Mr. Toad. About a week ago he started showing up in my front garden. It is shaded from afternoon sun and has some trees and established bushes which give him a lot of shade even in the morning. He likes to hang out underneath the sprinkler on the end of the hose, I think it drips water on him from time to time. He has scared the crap out of me a number of times, as I go to grab the hose and he is RIGHT there. But for the most part he just hangs out and hopefully eats some bugs for me.
For everyone who is worried about the dogs getting Mr. Toad, there are no worries there. The dogs never go in the front garden so they are safe from his toxic slime.

WeeKreekFarmGirl

I think there are some toads in Arizona that are more toxic than the ones around here that like to hope around with the garden kitties and swim in one of their water bowls. The dogs don't seem too interested.

That toad is impressive!

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I'm glad to see some variety in our pet stories today. Thank you 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 or name 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, June 3 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 03:21 PM

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1 Nooded

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:23 PM (5SW2U)

2 #PetThreadRocks

Yesterday, Daisy the over-enthusiastic Malinois just had to get out and run. I opened the front door, and she bolted past me and ran off into the yard, full-tilt. She's learned pretty well to stay in our area, so I wasn't concerned—as long as there's not a moving vehicle or lawnmower to chase. She went east, roared around in a big circle, ran past me heading west, and that's when she saw...

A deer! Her speed doubled, and deer and dog disappeared into the brush in the north-east corner. Nothing for me to do but wait.

She returned in just a minute, uninjured and unbloodied. Good enough, dog!

A little while ago, Daisy came in and saw little Ony kitty eating out of Daisy's bowl. I think it took Daisy a few seconds, staring, to grasp what she was seeing, because the cat just kept eating with the dog right there. They're getting along much better.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woof! at June 10, 2023 03:26 PM (jxGzv)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

4 Daisy came in and saw little Ony kitty eating out of Daisy's bowl. I think it took Daisy a few seconds, staring, to grasp what she was seeing, because the cat just kept eating with the dog right there. They're getting along much better.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Did you ever think that maybe Daisy is waiting for the cat to fatten up?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:30 PM (5SW2U)

5 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 03:30 PM (xhxe8)

6 I know it's a pet thread, but I thought folks would want to know. The Unabomber is mort.

Posted by: Lenscrafters at June 10, 2023 03:30 PM (eOEVl)

7 Last summer I had a lot of small cells of vegetable plants on my back porch. One afternoon I was watering them, and out of each cell popped a toad. Frog, whatever. They hide under the moist potting soil. Miraculously most of the seeds sprouted.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:31 PM (Mzdiz)

8 A fawn was hanging around yesterday morning, bleating for his mommy. I don't know what happened to separate them, but choose to believe that they got separated during a road crossing, and they found each other later, I didn't hear it after an hour or two.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:33 PM (Mzdiz)

9 I usually see a toad in my garden a few times a year

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 03:33 PM (xhxe8)

10 Lenscrafters at June 10, 2023 03:30 PM

I don't think he was very pet-friendly.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 03:33 PM (rrtZS)

11 I had a cat named Unibomber.

That's a lie.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:34 PM (Mzdiz)

12 Cats are not domesticated, just tolerant.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 03:34 PM (z3WCn)

13 I get a kick out of Audrey.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 03:34 PM (rrtZS)

14 Been a good week. At local mom n pop market someone's puppy was waiting by the door, and somehow knew that my face needed licking. First friendly dog encounter in too long.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at June 10, 2023 03:35 PM (JGje1)

15 I love the vintage pet photos!
I'm on the road, be home tomorrow!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023 03:35 PM (g+G0n)

16 LOL at the cartoon on top

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 10, 2023 03:36 PM (rBIHu)

17 OT: I need to go out and do some stuff in the garden. Later, petloving morons!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:36 PM (Mzdiz)

18 I love vintage pet photos, too.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:37 PM (Mzdiz)

19 Oh, argh.
…deer and dog disappeared into the brush in the north-~~east~~west corner
Fixed for completeness's sake.
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BluebirdOfBitterness.com has her usual two Caturday posts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woof! woof! at June 10, 2023 03:39 PM (jxGzv)

20 AZ deplorable moron: Did you ever think that maybe Daisy is waiting for the cat to fatten up?

Hahaha. But I doubt Daisy has thinking-ahead functions. She's all impulse.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woof! woof! at June 10, 2023 03:41 PM (jxGzv)

21 Don't kiss Mr Toad or he might turn into Prince Hairy

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 10, 2023 03:42 PM (rBIHu)

22 The other, walking doggeh, we saw a fox dash across the street.
Doggeh didn't seem interested at all.
But he'll yank my arm off if he sees a bunny or squirrel

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 10, 2023 03:44 PM (rBIHu)

23 the other day

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 10, 2023 03:45 PM (rBIHu)

24 Yay! Pet thread! Love the McDonalds story!

Thanks KT. Haven't had much action at Shep's lately as far as new dogs. Roscoe and Lily continue to chew the rugs and make a mess. Charlie seems to be moving better since we changed his meds. Dutch waits patiently for his furever home. Hope, Mars and Elmer and J.J. are doing well. Elmer is blind as a bat and runs into everything! We think Audrey will integrate very well with the others.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 10, 2023 03:48 PM (wagHN)

25 I have often thought to try and take a picture of a picture of my childhood to adult dog Brutus but wasn't sure it would be good enough to send in

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 03:51 PM (xhxe8)

26 We are also on the road today whilst doggeh is having the best time with his fur family

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 10, 2023 03:51 PM (rBIHu)

27 Cats come in all kinds of personalities. Take the ferals. Some flee at the sight of humans. Some will eventually approach you if they see you regularly and you, particularly if you have food. And then there are the kind that come right up to you and really do enjoy participating in affection. My first cat, Toonses, was a big, street tabby who eventually made me his bestie. He loved being around people - very interactive and quite talkative. Before he moved in with me, I had to take him to the vet for surgery due to an abscess he developed. When I picked him up, the staff told me that once he woke up, he was chatty catty. He loved going to the vet because it meant new people to talk to. (Well, he hated the ride but he loved being there.) Some cats are miserable creatures, but in general, I'm a cat guy.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 03:52 PM (KAi1n)

28 McDonald’s story.

Very well written but oh so sad.

Posted by: John at June 10, 2023 03:53 PM (7iEr5)

29
g'afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 10, 2023 03:55 PM (ENBF0)

30 And - shameless plug - if anyone has instagram, my "nephmew" has a page:
https://www.instagram.com/maceothedogbear/

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 03:57 PM (KAi1n)

31 Apparently there are some crows in the trees in the backyards around my house. One of them is the biggest non-hawk/eagle-type bird I've ever seen. And there's a lot of white splatter in the backyard now too.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 04:00 PM (KAi1n)

32 I can't find it for the life of me, but there was a twitter video of a guy with a bowl of cat kibbles to feed 2 hungry cats. He (fake) stumbles, falls to the floor, spilling the kibbles. Lays there like he's dead.
The 2 cats totally ignore his plight and greedily eat all the kibbles on the floor even the ones that fall under his arms.
The same guy does the same stunt with a dog, looks like a lab type. Spills the dog kibbles, lays there like dead.
The dog totally ignores the kibbles and immediately starts barking and pawing the man to see if he is OK.
Ace may have put it on a cafe thread.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023 04:00 PM (6zBSC)

33 Nice Pets Y’all!…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 10, 2023 04:02 PM (R/m4+)

34 One person, who happens to be a cat, has been sleeping in a cat tree all day.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 10, 2023 04:05 PM (CHHv1)

35 Damn, I was reading the McDonald's story and a sandstorm must have kicked up... I've got a mess of somethin in my eyes.

Posted by: Inogame at June 10, 2023 04:05 PM (+D/em)

36 Earlier today we ran into an acquaintance walking his three year old labradoodle. This is a good size dog and maybe the biggest cuddle bug this side of a Newfy. I have the honor to be a special friend since he knows he can lean against me for scritches without knocking me over. Mrs. JTB and our friend chatted for a while but the 'good boy' just gloried in the pats and rubs. If there hadn't been some errands to run I would probably still be there, giving him his due.

What a nice way to spend part of my day.

Posted by: JTB at June 10, 2023 04:05 PM (7EjX1)

37 For everyone who is worried about the dogs getting Mr. Toad, there are no worries there. The dogs never go in the front garden so they are safe from his toxic slime.

WeeKreekFarmGirl

My blessed lab, Leroy, a 120 lb behemoth of the softest yellow fur you ever sunk your hand in, loved to lick toads. He would foam up at the mouth a bit, a giant grin plastered across his furry face, eyes half shut in doggy drug bliss. I asked the vet about it, and whether I should try to stop it. His response was, "He's a lab. Good luck."

Leroy loved and protected us every day of his 11 years. He liked two pillows placed at right angles by my side of the bed so he could be comfy. That is, when he wasn't on the bed, in between Mr. Moki and myself. His toots could clear a room, and he would bring you his bowl, not for food, but to show off his most treasured possession. I miss him.

Posted by: Moki at June 10, 2023 04:07 PM (JrN/x)

38 Love the pet thread.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at June 10, 2023 04:07 PM (VdGjU)

39 Love that top cartoon. Been a long time since I thought about the interpersonal dynamics of spin-the-bottle.

Posted by: JTB at June 10, 2023 04:12 PM (7EjX1)

40 I love vintage pet photos, too.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023

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Afternoon, all,

Then I'll have to scan one of my mother ca. 1950 with her black cat Sparky. Sparky apparently was cool to travel; there's a pic of my mother on the Miss. River levee somewhere in town, holding him. She didn't live right by the river at that time, so I'd like to know how, without a car and in a day before ready-made carriers, she got him there.

Her upstairs neighbor or landlord was a photographer. In return, she said, for Sparky tripping upstairs and hunting down mice, he did a studio portrait of the cat. That portrait rested on a shelf in our living room all during my childhood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:13 PM (omVj0)

41 The first one is a picture of me in 1970 with my cat Joe as a just-arrived kitten (Joe turned into a giant tabby),
Kindltot

Your name is Kindltot, so I assume you still look the same.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2023 04:16 PM (DgGvY)

42 Good McDonalds story. For years now, I stop at McDonalds for 6 sausage biscuits for my Sunday school class, $8.50 in 2019, $11.80 last Sunday. I may have to get just three and split them soon. Say open your mouth wide as I throw them. 'Brother John, you have grape jelly on your glasses.'

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 04:16 PM (z3WCn)

43 Loved the McDonald's story.

Posted by: Infidel at June 10, 2023 04:19 PM (kHtnd)

44 Cats doing cat things....

One of our brought their latest kill up on the porch, ate some of it, apparently didn't like it and left it behind a chair. The flies had found it.

I'm gagging as I type this... 💀

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2023 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)

45 The dog totally ignores the kibbles and immediately starts barking and pawing the man to see if he is OK.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

The cats know he's faking it. The dog wants to see if he's edible yet.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 04:20 PM (KAi1n)

46 I can't find it for the life of me, but there was a twitter video of a guy with a bowl of cat kibbles to feed 2 hungry cats. He (fake) stumbles, falls to the floor, spilling the kibbles. Lays there like he's dead.
The 2 cats totally ignore his plight and greedily eat all the kibbles on the floor even the ones that fall under his arms. . . .

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023

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Sensible. They're building up their strength against an uncertain future. Who knows when chow will be so readily available again?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:23 PM (omVj0)

47 I will be home tomorrow. My cat, Dexter (previously featured) will be glad to see me for about a minute. Then he will be aloof to me for about a whole day.
Then he'll forget the whole absence.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023 04:26 PM (6zBSC)

48 Some years ago we took a house down and had to have some heavy clay fill brought to legally close the cellar hole. They wuz toads in that dirt. They moved into my garden and I came to respect them quite a lot, even leaving a mud hole so they'd have something to repair to in the dry times. Never saw an insect of any kind during the couple of years they stayed around. I hope they found happier hunting grounds and did not fall to some predator.

Also hidden in the same truckload was one (1) mole. We had a long mole war. It would have been amusing except that it took so long to repair the damage.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 10, 2023 04:27 PM (jYCXf)

49 Wish I had some photos of our family dog growing up. Gretel was a miniature dachshund we adopted as a one year old rescue. Completely trained, completely adorable. She was sure the world was created to provide comfortable cushions and give her tummy rubs and we didn't contradict that faith. She owned us for sixteen years and is still a sweet memory after half a century.

Posted by: JTB at June 10, 2023 04:28 PM (7EjX1)

50 Not only did Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong leave Pete Congrad's dog's tracks on the moon, but Aldrin opened a Symbolic Lodge there. Tranquility Lodge 2000, sanctioned by The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Of Texas. Texas has Masonic Jurisdiction over the moon.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 04:31 PM (z3WCn)

51 I can't find it for the life of me, but there was a twitter video of a guy with a bowl of cat kibbles to feed 2 hungry cats. He (fake) stumbles, falls to the floor, spilling the kibbles. Lays there like he's dead.
The 2 cats totally ignore his plight and greedily eat all the kibbles on the floor even the ones that fall under his arms.
The same guy does the same stunt with a dog, looks like a lab type. Spills the dog kibbles, lays there like dead.
The dog totally ignores the kibbles and immediately starts barking and pawing the man to see if he is OK.
Ace may have put it on a cafe thread.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023 04:00 PM (6zBSC)

Cats are more situationally aware as potential prey of predators and they study their homes intensely, so I don't think they are fooled by stunts. When I broke an arm and had surgery, my female cat changed her sleep habits to stay every moment on the hip where the break was and remained there until the doctor declared the break healed. Then she went back to her normal behavior of sleeping by the feet or on top of me or elsewhere.

Bone healed up well according to the doctor, too.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 04:33 PM (eoQWY)

52 30 And - shameless plug - if anyone has instagram, my "nephmew" has a page:
https://www.instagram.com/maceothedogbear/

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 03:57 PM (KAi1n)
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I went to look and saw the small pics but it wanted a logon and I couldn't oblige. Looks great anyway. We took in a completely black cat with a broken tail. Found Felix in the church parking lot. Apparently had been running around for about a week but no one had taken him. Shame. Anyway he became one of our many and made it to about 16. Went blind for the last year or so. Wonderful friend.

Posted by: Caesar - At least it's not the Ides of March at June 10, 2023 04:34 PM (qfLjt)

53 Cats doing cat things....

One of our brought their latest kill up on the porch, ate some of it, apparently didn't like it and left it behind a chair. The flies had found it.

I'm gagging as I type this... 💀
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2023 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)

Growing up we had a cat that used to eat everything but a kidney or liver and leave that. Cleaned up, too, like an anatomical demonstration.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 04:35 PM (eoQWY)

54 During some rainy weather last month, for several nights, a frog or toad took up residence under my living room window and *croaked* half the night. Darn, he was loud.
Thank goodness it wasn't under my *bedroom* window. I might have had to employ a spray bottle of water to chase him off.

The cats kept watch in the living room window for awhile. When they realized they couldn't get to that noisy sample of prey, they gave up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)

55 They should've put an actual dog poop up there.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 10, 2023 04:36 PM (KAi1n)

56 I'm pretty sure the stray is not a feral. He will run over to me when I'm out back. Can be awkward when I have Jake on the lead. I have to be careful about putting out food for him as all the neighborhood dogs come over to eat it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 10, 2023 04:37 PM (ouTlx)

57 52 30
Anyway he became one of our many and made it to about 16. Went blind for the last year or so. Wonderful friend.

Posted by: Caesar - At least it's not the Ides of March at June 10, 2023 04:34 PM (qfLjt)

I meaant to add that Felix became one of our 6 in-and-out kitties. They chose out mostly except when it got very very cold.

Posted by: Ciampino - At least it's not the Ides of March at June 10, 2023 04:38 PM (qfLjt)

58 By the way: Tomorrow is the first anniversary of my adopting Stirling the great black kitten!

After the passing of Chekov the elderly Siberian in March, I wasn't ready for a new cat. In late May on Petfinder I spotted the last member of the litter the Vicksburg animal shelter called "Bubbles." (It turned out later that it was not a pic of the kitten I later called Stirling, but one of his sisters.) They didn't require reams of paperwork and were not stupid about face diapers. So I drove four hours up to see him. He was good-looking and friendly, purred immediately, and walked right into the carrier we brought.

He was once known as The Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence. Now, altered and at age 15 months, he has settled down to life playing with his "sister" Dagny. We each make the other happy, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:42 PM (omVj0)

59 My part African wildcats would like you to know they are very domesticated. One is sprawled out on a folded up comforter at the end of the bed, the other curled up next to me because we have a thunderstorm rolling in. He is not a fan of thunder and needs his mama.

Posted by: Piper at June 10, 2023 04:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

60 Happy Saturday everyone and go to hell, Mike Miller of RedState.com!

Posted by: Tracy at June 10, 2023 04:42 PM (vjxIJ)

61 35 Damn, I was reading the McDonald's story and a sandstorm must have kicked up... I've got a mess of somethin in my eyes.

Posted by: Inogame at June 10, 2023 04:05 PM (+D/em)
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I think when we get to 29 and beyond our eyes are much more sensitive to dust and smoke. However I'm not blaming Canada for that.

Posted by: Ciampino -- At least it's not the Ides of March at June 10, 2023 04:45 PM (qfLjt)

62 Also, the shorthaired grey cat in our complex still visits for food. He knows both Linda and me on sight and follows us from the parking lot around to my door. He's talkative, but seems to be in good health and spirits, and is pleased to be petted -- clearly an abandoned pet. I keep suggesting to Linda that she should take him in before a car or coyote gets him. She changes the subject when I bring the idea up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:45 PM (omVj0)

63 During some rainy weather last month, for several nights, a frog or toad took up residence under my living room window and *croaked* half the night. Darn, he was loud.
Thank goodness it wasn't under my *bedroom* window. I might have had to employ a spray bottle of water to chase him off.

The cats kept watch in the living room window for awhile. When they realized they couldn't get to that noisy sample of prey, they gave up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:35 PM (omVj0)

Once many years ago I had the patio door of the apartment open (there was a big greenspace there out to the lot of an assisted living building) and the cats would sit there and do a little wandering and I noticed my cat Cassie with her head and shoulders jammed under the small sofa. I pulled her out, and she ran back in. I told her "there's nothing there!" and lifted it up to show her and there was a toad under there she apparently had brought in and dropped. She instantly went into the space under, as did the other cat and now I had this furniture up in the air that I couldn't let down without squishing the cats.

Eventually I saved cats and toad alike and got it sorted out

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)

64 Growing up we had a cat that used to eat everything but a kidney or liver and leave that. Cleaned up, too, like an anatomical demonstration.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023

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My boyhood cat, Rusty (really my mother's cat, but he liked us all), would leave his dead mice on Mom's dining table chair. Didn't bother her, she'd grown up on a farm. But even then I thought it cool that he always left his kills on *her* chair, as if showing off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:48 PM (omVj0)

65 It is suddenly seriously Summer here. Our cat is hiding somewhere in the shade.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 10, 2023 04:49 PM (aD39U)

66 I can't find it for the life of me, but there was a twitter video of a guy with a bowl of cat kibbles to feed 2 hungry cats. He (fake) stumbles, falls to the floor, spilling the kibbles. Lays there like he's dead.
The 2 cats totally ignore his plight and greedily eat all the kibbles on the floor even the ones that fall under his arms.
The same guy does the same stunt with a dog, looks like a lab type. Spills the dog kibbles, lays there like dead.
The dog totally ignores the kibbles and immediately starts barking and pawing the man to see if he is OK.
Ace may have put it on a cafe thread.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 10, 2023 04:00 PM (6zBSC)
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Cats rule. Dogs drool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2023 04:51 PM (RIvkX)

67 My boyhood cat, Rusty (really my mother's cat, but he liked us all), would leave his dead mice on Mom's dining table chair. Didn't bother her, she'd grown up on a farm. But even then I thought it cool that he always left his kills on *her* chair, as if showing off.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:48 PM (omVj0)

A favorite spot of our cats to leave things was my mom's closed bedroom door in the hallway, or right by the front door. They definitely are showing off, making sure they get credit for helping out.

With my cats as an adult when I try saving a cat or lizard from the capturing cat giving them verbal credit for a capture means they are willing to yield it to you without a fight.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 04:52 PM (eoQWY)

68 Arizona the late Maine Coon lookalike loved to hunt and kill roaches, the big ones. He'd torture it, let it stagger a little distance, then bat it with a paw. Eventually, crunch crunch crunch. I was damn glad he didn't leave any part of them for me.

The first time I saw him with one, I was worried. I'd always heard they gave cats worms. When I went to take it from him, Arizona growled *at me.* I said, "Okay, cat, go ahead, get sick." He lived to be 16.5 years old, so apparently those were not bad for him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:52 PM (omVj0)

69 Arizona the late Maine Coon lookalike loved to hunt and kill roaches, the big ones. He'd torture it, let it stagger a little distance, then bat it with a paw. Eventually, crunch crunch crunch. I was damn glad he didn't leave any part of them for me.

The first time I saw him with one, I was worried. I'd always heard they gave cats worms. When I went to take it from him, Arizona growled *at me.* I said, "Okay, cat, go ahead, get sick." He lived to be 16.5 years old, so apparently those were not bad for him.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:52 PM (omVj0)

Growing up our tabby Tigger loved those large grasshoppers with the big wings. We boys would even catch them for him so he could crunch them up. He had such a racket going.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 04:54 PM (eoQWY)

70 If we are doing vintage photos I have to find the one of me, lib little sis, and Steve Buscemi's little brother in 1970. The three of us are riding on the back of our standard poodle, Peppy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2023 04:54 PM (RIvkX)

71 The fatter toad is waxing on the kine's cole slaw!

Also, hobby nood

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 04:54 PM (omVj0)

72 65 It is suddenly seriously Summer here. Our cat is hiding somewhere in the shade.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at

Howdy, neighbor! It sure is summer, our 2 weeks of dry air is over and we are back to jungle levels of humidity. We spent most of the day in the pool, which is already 86 degrees, until this thunder started getting closer.

Posted by: Piper at June 10, 2023 04:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

73 Before, we started feeding the parking lot strays (originally 6 but one black cat disappeared early on) we had been feeding a stray that roamed our yard, Mr Gray. He still comes and he's brought a friend, female we think, so we feed 1 or 2 outside cats. Need to get that female to the vet for the snip. Can't afford more kittens. My house is just cats .....!

Posted by: Ciampino - Fur, fur everywhere at June 10, 2023 04:57 PM (qfLjt)

74 My Paisley brings her treasures to my bed. The other day I found a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise on the bed.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at June 10, 2023 04:58 PM (VdGjU)

75 On the cats being unchanged by breeding:

I remember a 19th century cat breeder complaining that cats are difficult subjects because the queens had their own minds and would often reject the toms they were supposed to mate with. There must also be some biological reason that breeders find it hard to change the overall shape and size much, vs dogs who go from almost bear sized to toy sized. Many of the big morphology changes (tailless, no fur, short legs) are mutations that weren't created gradually, and most of those are fatal if the gene is inherited from mom and dad.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 05:01 PM (eoQWY)

76 My Paisley brings her treasures to my bed. The other day I found a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise on the bed.
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at June 10, 2023 04:58 PM (VdGjU)

I remember a comment somewhere that a pet owner had her cat bring in a chicken nugget, still warm from somewhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 10, 2023 05:02 PM (eoQWY)

77 I've always read that dogs have more "plastic" genes than do cats. Not sure if that's right, or what it really means.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2023 05:03 PM (omVj0)

78 I'm gagging as I type this... 💀

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2023 04:19 PM (Q4IgG)

We have 3 natural born killers here, and we see some gory stuff on the back porch (we have a paint scraper with GUTS written on it).

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 05:14 PM (Mzdiz)

79 The other day I found a squeeze bottle of mayonnaise on the bed.

I don't suppose Pet Life gets more Canadienne than that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 10, 2023 05:40 PM (jYCXf)

80 Nice critters this week!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 10, 2023 05:46 PM (FCgD1)

81 Howdy, neighbor! It sure is summer, our 2 weeks of dry air is over and we are back to jungle levels of humidity. We spent most of the day in the pool, which is already 86 degrees, until this thunder started getting closer.
Posted by: Piper at June 10, 2023 04:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

It looked like Daphne was getting rain when I looked North but none here, nor really any guaranteed in the forecast for the next week. I had to water the lawn today.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 10, 2023 05:51 PM (aD39U)

82 The Shelby Foote Appreciator tweet was a good read. Thanks for posting it, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2023 06:09 PM (+HT1s)

83 Greatest NBA players ever. Jordan Magic Bird. Champlain Russell Jabbar.

Posted by: JmT at June 10, 2023 07:28 PM (Jeih4)

84 >>> Greatest NBA players ever. Jordan Magic Bird. Champlain Russell Jabbar.

Posted by: JmT

>Would that be Wilt Champlain of the Upstate Champlains?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 10, 2023 07:33 PM (KVGVf)

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