Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 21

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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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Awww he feels all the emotions. 💓pic.twitter.com/9tGdaqORdy
— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 21, 2023

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My Conor has a bit more dignity.
Hrothgar

That pup is quite articulate, though.

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Meet The PetMorons

Bruno and Scout
- f'd

Bruno and Scout look like great friends who are excited to see some hooman . .

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Hi there . . .long time lurker, posted maybe a dozen times in ten years. My daughter's been pushing me to send you pics of her favorite dog in the whole world, and here she is! Penny is our new (and first) dog, a wonderful 5 year old doodle of some sort. We adopted her from a rescue recently and she's been wonderful but definitely a surprise. She is tremendously gentle and even tolerates baths and nail clipping (yay! not). She doesn't like treats (except fresh meat) or dry food (no, no, no) and we're afraid she's never learned how to play. She loves her walks but is still very shy around strangers (but not other dogs). She stays with Mama and Baba until lights go out and then she goes to the daughter's room to guard her through the night. GOOD PENNY!

What a beautiful dog. And a GOOD GIRL.

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Jake, taking it easy. Old dogs love naps!
Notsothoreau

Awww, Jake. Enjoy those naps.

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From the Niece Network:

Kali is not amused with her new bat wings.

Much to the disappointment of her Halloween-loving hooman.

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Also from the Niece Network, Ebby was a Good Girl traveling all the way from South Carolina to Arizona, where she remains the best friend of a little boy.

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Love the pets today. I may have imagined it, but there may have been a disappearing PetMoron email. "The other side of . . . . " Is this October or something???

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, October 14

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 03:24 PM

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1 Hi

Posted by: Ciampino - All those liberal PO Shiites at October 21, 2023 03:30 PM (qfLjt)

2 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

3 Hi!

Posted by: KT at October 21, 2023 03:31 PM (rrtZS)

4 Hey, everybody! Not many posters this pm.?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2023 03:32 PM (omVj0)

5 The only thing that would improve the TXMOME would be more cats and dogs….

Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at October 21, 2023 03:34 PM (KN2gu)

6 "Strangle the parrot" is an English idiom. It means "to consume alcoholic beverages, often to excess."

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at October 21, 2023 03:34 PM (CZccC)

7 Kali with her bat wings, and the pale sandy cat in the "booked up with naps" meme, are both spectacular.

La Petite Dagny La Siberienne is due for her rabies shot and her locator chip; and a local branch of the SPCA is having a special of both for $20 on 11/4, so we'll be there. Big black Stirling has both of his. That cost me quite a bit more than $20 at the vet, lemmetellya.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2023 03:35 PM (omVj0)

8 I've got to nip out to the local library branch for that renters' rights meeting. Dunno if it'll be of any value; we'll see. In the meantime, big Stirling is up here on the couch with me, and Dagny is napping under the bed. Not frightened of anything, just doing some private time, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2023 03:37 PM (omVj0)

9 LMAO at the meme 😂

And the episodes with Data's cat were some of my favorites.

(BTW Worff's reply was:

"I will . . . feed him." 😆

Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2023 03:39 PM (Pz1Lb)

10 The usual collection of beautiful pets.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 03:39 PM (VdGjU)

11 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2023 03:39 PM (R/m4+)

12 "Strangle the parrot" is an English idiom. It means "to consume alcoholic beverages, often to excess."

In the Georgette Heyer regency books "to shoot the cat" is an idiom meaning to vomit. Also "cast up his accounts" but that's not pet related.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 21, 2023 03:43 PM (fTtFy)

13 Lovely Caturday to all, and skritches to all those Good Boys and Girls, as well.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 21, 2023 03:44 PM (hBG3V)

14 Paisley ripped apart a joke book she found last night. Now she's practicing a stand up routine.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 03:44 PM (VdGjU)

15 My dog ate a joke book. Now she shits and giggles.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 03:46 PM (VdGjU)

16 Some humans are lazy fucks. Take that fat-ass french bulldog outside and run and play with him until he's no longer a fat bastard.

Not everybody is qualified to own pets.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2023 03:47 PM (KVGVf)

17 Sister has a designer Aussie-doodle, a smart son of a gun, and he watches TV with the family, with a pretty good idea of what's going on. Just the occasional head tilt for dialogue, but when humans run or fight he gets up, sometimes growls a little. Just watches cats. If a dog appears on screen, he whimpers "Let that dog out of there!" And once in a great while, something like a goat or calf will fool him into sympathizing, and then we rib him about that.

If something gets thrown in frame and the ball/thing/person disappears from view, he will do a quick romp to that end of the set to make sure something isn't in his space.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 03:50 PM (4PZHB)

18 Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 21, 2023 03:43 PM (fTtFy

Thanks anyway. I love Georgette Heyer. Just finished reading/ for probably the third or fourth time, -Arabella which in this edition features a glossary of Regency expressions. .,it also features a devoted dog called Ulysses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 03:52 PM (2FJXt)

19 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 03:52 PM (T4tVD)

20 My cat always shed a lot, even in the cool Rockies. Now that I moved to the other, hotter mountain range, it's just prodigious. I'm glad it's finally fall.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2023 03:54 PM (0FoWg)

21 Worf, "I will feed him."

Posted by: cfo mom at October 21, 2023 03:54 PM (Q8bDL)

22 log prof - Horde mind.

Posted by: cfo mom at October 21, 2023 03:56 PM (Q8bDL)

23 Fenelon--

I love Heyer, too and I learned about her from the book thread! She features dogs in a lot of her books. I particularly like the Baluchistan hound in "Frederica."

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 21, 2023 03:58 PM (fTtFy)

24 Hello from the MoMe! We have pets here - horses and cattle and grasshoppers and moths.

Posted by: Doof at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM (aeXYe)

25 I also had an email response concerning Bruno and Scout kicked back.

Posted by: KT at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM (rrtZS)

26 LOL, my dog's been on a "diet." By that, I mean a normal diet.

He gets plenty of play and exercise, but he just kept getting fatter, and I finally figured out why. My stepdaughter gets up and six and feeds him, unbeknownst to me. Then I get up at 0630, and feed him again. Then she gets home at four and feeds him, and I get off at six and feed him.

Greedy bastard was getting four meals a day, til about two weeks ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM (0FoWg)

27 Doof at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM

Hello to the MoMe and your pet moths!

Posted by: KT at October 21, 2023 04:00 PM (rrtZS)

28 Notsothoreau!
I loved meeting Jake at the MoMe in Yakima. He's a great boy. I was very tempted to bring him home with me.

Side note: I feed the local birds around here. Great fun to watch them.
A friend in CO told me about some suet balls he puts out for his. Suet, peanut butter, seed and chili powder. The birds love it but the squirrels, will run across the yard rubbing their faces in the grass to try and escape the powder. They avoid the suet now.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at October 21, 2023 04:02 PM (P9xGM)

29 Hey, nice pets! Love the pictures.
Dexter usually chooses to walk the length of my supine sleeping self about 5:45 am, sometimes silently, sometimes while purring.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 21, 2023 04:05 PM (MeG8a)

30 Come to me!

Posted by: The candle in the Barrel What Kills Moths at October 21, 2023 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

31 Dexter usually chooses to walk the length of my supine sleeping self about 5:45 am, sometimes silently, sometimes while purring.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 21, 2023 04:05 PM (MeG8a)
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Silently: is he food?
Purring: get me food!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2023 04:08 PM (RIvkX)

32 Great pets everyone !

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 04:09 PM (T4tVD)

33 Ciampino's Rescue kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #194 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

https://is.gd/qyDILz

Posted by: Ciampino - Bitch, we love animals but use their names to insult people! at October 21, 2023 04:10 PM (qfLjt)

34 You know what's weird? I've had cats most of my life. They do the walking over me while I sleep thing, pretty much all of them. More than once when I was "in between cats" (no cats) I would be asleep and dreamt of little paws walking on me.
Then awaken, and... alas...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 21, 2023 04:14 PM (MeG8a)

35 Why is it that humans use animal names as derogatory labels for people. Yes, I know that some of us don't do that any longer. But in general? Dog, bitch, ass, pig, swine, vulture, crazy as a fox, ......

Posted by: Ciampino - Dog, we love animals but use their names to insult people! at October 21, 2023 04:18 PM (qfLjt)

36 Every pet's eyes say "Hey, get me food, man - can't you see I'm starving to death here?"

Every owner's eyes say "Hey, if I feed Muffy here one more treat, he's a gonna explode."

Posted by: Boswell at October 21, 2023 04:19 PM (K+UlC)

37 We had a feral tom at the shop that came around and we fed for years and we called him Shithead. He loved it and was lovable. No pests or vermin were ever seen when he was present.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2023 04:26 PM (KVGVf)

38 As per food, I love this one:
https://is.gd/Uu6GCA

Posted by: Ciampino - never too much food for a dog at October 21, 2023 04:27 PM (qfLjt)

39 26
Greedy bastard was getting four meals a day, til about two weeks ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM (0FoWg)
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That is a funny story.

Posted by: Ciampino - never too much food for a dog! at October 21, 2023 04:29 PM (qfLjt)

40 Yay, pet thread!
I'm sending young gryff to puppy school on Monday.
Going to get him sorted by a professional... seems that my litter of children is considered over stimulation for the four month old Malinois.

Posted by: Inogame at October 21, 2023 04:30 PM (D/9Qo)

41 Cat being forced into carrier with much yowling. Translation:

The vet? Again? Why? Does he think they might have grown back?!

Posted by: Ciampino - never too much food for a dog!! at October 21, 2023 04:37 PM (qfLjt)

42 the squirrels, will run across the yard rubbing their faces in the grass to try and escape the powder.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vKcruJ36BfM

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at October 21, 2023 04:41 PM (+969c)

43 Kitty Della has gained 3 pounds since January, and the vet says she's got to be put on a diet (slow weight loss is essential for a cat). She can't reach her own bum, so we got her a so-called "sanitary shave" back there.

She was pretty traumatized by having to do to the vet twice in a week (the second time was for a more comprehensive shave). And she is pretty pissed off at having her Fancy Feast cut back.

So she's been slowly tearing bits out of my foam kitchen mats in protest. They look like hell and will be worse over time. Popcorn-sized pieces everywhere.

I'll defer getting new ones until this has passed.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2023 04:43 PM (Mzdiz)

44 I don't imagine there are many dogs in Gaza that we need to fret about. Probably cats though. There was a short video clip of the terrorists shooting a dog, which did not go well with me.

Posted by: Ciampino - Teenage girls often have babies fathered by men - The Sunday Oregonian at October 21, 2023 04:44 PM (qfLjt)

45 26
Greedy bastard was getting four meals a day, til about two weeks ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2023 03:59 PM (0FoWg)

He was just being polite.

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 04:45 PM (T4tVD)

46 My dog ate a joke book. Now she shits and giggles.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 03:46 PM (VdGjU)

LMAO!

I love the memes and photos. Keep 'em coming!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2023 04:49 PM (Mzdiz)

47 Haven't even made 50 yet! Where is everyone?

Posted by: Ciampino - Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over at October 21, 2023 04:54 PM (qfLjt)

48 Haven't even made 50 yet! Where is everyone?
Posted by: Ciampino - Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

Momee ing

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 04:56 PM (T4tVD)

49 Apparently all of the cool kids are in TX.

Every since I heard about the early morning schedule, I no longer wish I were there :-)

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 21, 2023 04:57 PM (Mzdiz)

50 Winston,

You are on my short list if I am unable to take care of Jake. He is such a good boy and I just worry about him. He got to go to the vets yesterday as Trouble took a swing at him. Couldn't tell if he'd been clawed in the eye but turned out to be a miss. Trouble actually likes him and will try to rub against him. But the big brown cat was in sight and Trouble was keyed up. Back to normal today.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2023 04:58 PM (cLWyk)

51 A guy just gave me a bull penis for the dog.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 05:02 PM (VdGjU)

52 A guy just gave me a bull penis for the dog.
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 21, 2023 05:02 PM (VdGjU)

You'd better hope the bull doesn't come looking for it.

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 05:04 PM (T4tVD)

53 https://tinyurl.com/3ckwx84p
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

We are almost outta here

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 05:06 PM (fwDg9)

54 Sweet Penny!! I’m shocked people are giving up doodles. I’m glad Penny found the perfect home. ❤️. Are there any very good boys or such good girls at the Mome?

Posted by: LASue at October 21, 2023 05:09 PM (Ed8Zd)

55 @51 Oblig.

"Good trade!"

Gardening crossover: Several years ago, in a sharp winter, deer were stripping the bark off my fruit trees. I mixed [cheap] vegetable oil with [the cheapest] hot sauce, and sprayed the branches and trunks, and that worked. It's funny that some whole species of animals will avoid something, instead of being back and forth picky like we are. Cinnamon is that way, too -- but at these prices, who can use it?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 05:10 PM (4PZHB)

56 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 05:12 PM (T4tVD)

57 Its fall here. Tux has decided he needs wet food pretty often. In the summer he hardly asked for any and if he did ask he wouldn't eat the 2nd half of the can. I buy the small cans and even so only 1/2 a can will be consumed so I save the second half for the next day. Toby loves it when Tux leaves him a lot of the wet food but I don't want the dog getting too much super rich cat food.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 21, 2023 05:13 PM (3cGpq)

58 I buy Tiny Tiger packets. It's tuna blends meant as a topper. Troubles loves them. Less waste than feedng a can.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2023 05:17 PM (cLWyk)

59 We are almost outta here
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 05:06 PM (fwDg9)

Who is almost outta where ?

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 05:17 PM (T4tVD)

60 My nephmew, Maceo ("MAYseeoh") jumped out of a car last week and tried to run back into the house he was visiting. Mama grabbed him but he sprained an ACL doing so. He's on the mend but not happy about his restrictions.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 21, 2023 05:18 PM (X7eJ1)

61 Woman carries injured dog- not her own dog- six hours down a mountain to get help for it:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2mjafs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 05:20 PM (pkEpQ)

62 We are I assume

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 05:22 PM (fwDg9)

63 Watching RLM Halloween special. Great !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVgdih1RAHI

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at October 21, 2023 05:23 PM (EOpBn)

64 We are I assume
Posted by: Skip

Someone should tell the noodist.

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 05:25 PM (T4tVD)

65 Loyal dog had sweet response to owner’s question:

https://tinyurl.com/3bjyav5c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 05:26 PM (pkEpQ)

66 I posted this the other day, but thought I’d post it again for people who might enjoy it who hadn’t seen it- a nice cat and human story:

https://tinyurl.com/494wxs6n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 05:30 PM (pkEpQ)

67 My new black tom, Magic, was 17 lbs when I got him from the shelter. He is not so much fat as he is a really big cat and had been an indoor cat who did nothing but eat.

I got him in for a vet appointment and he had lost a pound in a couple of weeks, not from anything I have been doing, just he has been allowed to go outside and do something more interesting that sitting around waiting for the next meal.
I think he has dropped another pound or so.

He is two years old, and a surrender to the shelter. My other cats are all in their teens, I think around 14 or so, and it is different having a kitty who gets zoomies again.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 05:31 PM (xhaym)

68 "Jake, taking it easy. Old dogs love naps!"

"Not just old dogs", he says as he woke up after the pet thread started.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2023 05:32 PM (7EjX1)

69 The Kid has a system of bird feeders set out, mostly for finches and sparrows, those tube types where you can block off the holes. She likes to wait until all the gangs have established hierarchy and turf, then move the feeders around and change the dispenser patterns. This leads to huge commotions/bird riots as especially the sparrows have to fight it out all over again. She finds this highly amusing...
Also, the commotions/bird riots have attracted Our Local Sheriff, the Cooper's Hawk, which says, "Mmmm, yummy, fat little sparrows!"

Posted by: LenNeal at October 21, 2023 05:33 PM (/BBNv)

70 Also with the feeders, The Kid puts at least one right out in the open where the Cooper's Hawk can easily see it, and then the sparrows have to cool it on the West Side Story business and furtively dart in and out, once they know The Sheriff will eat them if they get careless...

The Old Cat doesn't care about all this pandemonium but the New Cat is a huge fan, it makes for great Window TV. She raptly watches every episode.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 21, 2023 05:38 PM (/BBNv)

71 I haven't bothered with bird feeders yet. They just harvested the fields of milo. Plenty there for the local birds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2023 05:50 PM (cLWyk)

72 I love animals.

Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2023 06:37 PM (R1EP1)

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