Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 25

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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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Hrothgar:

Great post by tcn last night. Best analysis of the human-pet relationship I have seen!

tcn in AK:

Every one believes their dog is the best, and everyone is right.

Some pets become the best over a little time . . . .

Oh, My Love

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Hummingbird Pool Party

Hi KT,
Here's a hummingbird pool party. I SO wish I had something like this! - Miley

Looks fun!

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Meet The PetMorons

Update from the ranch:

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The alpaca got sheared today. We no longer have vanilla and chocolate marshmallows, we now have Q-tips!
And a third horse, Rusty
Wandering Neurons.

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Madison is much improved and going home 1900 hours 5/24/24. Thanks for prayers.
Eromero

Great news!

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By-Tor's garden helper (noted in the Gardening Thread) is Ruger. You can tell that he is an attentive helper.

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This picture is the one from the Rescue Organization that was on their website. He was just over 1 year old.

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buzz 7 kr bd.jpeg

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Dear Ace of Spade Pet Morons,
Some time ago I emailed you with a tribute to my prior dog, Astro, sent to the Pet Thread on October 23,2021. You published it, thank you!
So here I am with a tribute to my present dog, Buzz. He just celebrated his 10th Birthday, and is doing great. I got him from a rescue organization and it's been an amazing ride with him. He's a German Shepherd mix, and is a sweet dog that loves people and has an unusual look. He gets attention all the time, while people mostly ignore me, which is as it should be.
I thought it was time for him to be part of the AoS Pet Thread.
QuietOneinNYC
Note - I'm no longer in NYC or even NY State. Things are better. Even for him.

Buzz does have an unusual appearance. He looks like a great dog! Happy Birthday, Buzz!

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With Gunner

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In winter sun

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Guarding the house from moose
BB and Moose.jpg

Hello,
Matt from Alaska here. Gunner (the Aussie) has been here before but was temporarily gone due to a separation. BB (the black one) is an Alaskan Husky who some idiot left at the shelter! can you believe? She's a great dog and only mildly jealous when Gunner visits with us. I've got her to mildly tolerate when moose are in the yard.

So glad that you have BB!

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What a wonderful collection of 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, May 11 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 03:17 PM

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1 I'm afraid that the song made me cry.

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2024 03:20 PM (rrtZS)

2 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 25, 2024 03:22 PM (sAmhv)

3 So many beautiful pets!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 25, 2024 03:22 PM (Hkcdp)

4 Hiya

Posted by: JT at May 25, 2024 03:24 PM (T4tVD)

5 even

Posted by: Ciampino - Do male & female camels have different names?? at May 25, 2024 03:24 PM (qfLjt)

6 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

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Posted by: Ciampino - Do male & female camels have different names?!? at May 25, 2024 03:25 PM (qfLjt)

7 Yay pets!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at May 25, 2024 03:30 PM (x1Z+v)

8 Haed to type w/ Stirling the big black cat on my lap! Beautiful pets -- and Madison looks just like Stirling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 03:38 PM (omVj0)

9 Good afternoon, one and all. It's a busy time for us as we have two guest greyhounds at the house. One of them is a foster who apparently thinks everything is her favorite.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 25, 2024 03:39 PM (lXCUP)

10 Madison looks like a good, brave kitty.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 25, 2024 03:40 PM (mUnoX)

11 "who apparently thinks everything is her favorite."

Heh

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2024 03:41 PM (rrtZS)

12 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 03:44 PM (fwDg9)

13 Great looking group of Moronimals. Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 25, 2024 03:51 PM (ju2Fy)

14 Madison was testing 71 blood sugar at 0645 this morning. I think diabetes can be ruled out.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2024 03:52 PM (qz+W/)

15 I'm afraid that the song made me cry.
Posted by: KT at May 25, 2024 03:20
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Choked me up a little as well. Although the "Joe Lean" cartoon got a chuckle out of me.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 25, 2024 03:53 PM (ju2Fy)

16 Keep going back to that last pic of Buzz. Such a unique look. And I mean that in a good way.

Posted by: olddog in mo (ju2Fy) at May 25, 2024 03:56 PM (ju2Fy)

17 E., glad to see madison seems to be on the mend!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 25, 2024 03:56 PM (hOUT3)

18 Buzz looks like he has some wolf genes hiding in his personal woodpile!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:00 PM (omVj0)

19 Our old black cat Ony (looks like the one above) wanders into the closet now and then, and makes forlorn-sounding noises. We call her and she comes trotting out like nothing's going on. Don't know why she does it.

Two nights ago, about 3 in the a.m., MiladyJo and I just happened to both be awake when all of a sudden Ony starts intensely caterwauling and hissing, like she sometimes does with Daisy dog, only times ten. She was at the open window and apparently did not like something outside. We looked but saw nothing. Daisy ran in as backup.

We're used to Daisy barking up a storm at any hour, usually in response to we can't see what. Good to know that Ony is also a great defender of Fortress Webworks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - so much fur! at May 25, 2024 04:02 PM (rn/DW)

20 Thanks for the clue about the song, I went back and enjoyed it even though it got dusty in here for a bit!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 25, 2024 04:02 PM (hOUT3)

21 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 25, 2024 04:05 PM (2UnvF)

22 Yay petzzz

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 25, 2024 04:07 PM (LIf6Z)

23 Nice pets! As usual.
Huskies are a lot of dog. They are a working breed, so they need activity. They are also very good at escaping from almost any enclosure.
Glad you adopted one.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 25, 2024 04:08 PM (MeG8a)

24 Wonderful Pet thread this week! Beautiful animals.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2024 04:08 PM (pskdC)

25 Just now I was dreaming about dogs. Apparently I was getting ready to go for a workout, but somebody (in the dream, some member of my family) was playing wolf sounds or forest animal noises on a tape recorder, loud enough for the dogs to hear and be upset. I stepped outside and all the dogs wanted to chase after me. I don't know if they thought I was prey, or if I were another member of their pack and this was play time.

With dream-logic, of course, going back into the house was not in the cards. I threw some sticks for the dogs and trotted off, but some of them kept coming after me. And it was dark, pre-dawn, and some of the sidewalk stretches were unfamiliar to me; I was afraid I'd trip. I could hear a couple of hounds coming up after me out of the dark . . . and then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:09 PM (omVj0)

26 I mentioned a while back that Daisy dog's training collar seemed to have disappeared. Son-in-law was mowing and found it out on the lawn. Apparently she managed to slip it off over her skinny skull. Although it's what you'd call water resistant, it didn't entirely survive being left out in a couple of monsoons. Takes but will not hold a charge. I see they're on sale at Amazon today. Good, because Daisy was responding well to the buzzer and vibe settings, with verbal commands. She responds to "here!" better than ever. (Have not used the shock buttons. I tried it on my bare leg, and... I figure it'll get her attention if needed. If I can break her of chasing cars and rider mowers, she'd be dang near perfect.)

Her barking wildly at the front door sometimes means just the neighbors' driving around. But this week she went wild twice, once for what we think was a big snapping turtle loping out in the circle, and the other time at what looked like a skunk, slinking along by the high grass. Really hope she doesn't have a hard lesson from either one. She's smart, but ignorantly inexperienced.

Posted by: mindful webworker - so very much fur! at May 25, 2024 04:12 PM (rn/DW)

27 Had a stray dog wake me up yesterday morning barking at my back door. Guess he was looking for a home. There is no way I can take on a dog at this point in my life. I swatted him with a broom. It got the hint and went looking far a home else where. I felt sorry for the poor thing.

Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2024 04:12 PM (mbRGg)

28 Snapping turtle heap bad medicine.
- Mingo

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2024 04:14 PM (qz+W/)

29 19 Our old black cat Ony (looks like the one above) wanders into the closet now and then, and makes forlorn-sounding noises. We call her and she comes trotting out like nothing's going on. Don't know why she does it.

Casper, the late, great, Persian kittuh, used to sit in front the corner of any room of the condo and start Singing the Songs of his People.

Cats. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 25, 2024 04:16 PM (sAmhv)

30 My 16 year old cat managed to get up on the piano last night at 3am. He was searching for the Lost Chord, or so he says. I let him have his fun for a bit then got up and closed the lid.
15 minutes later I hear the low E string on my upright bass being plucked...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 25, 2024 04:18 PM (MeG8a)

31 Snapping turtle heap bad medicine.
- Mingo
Posted by: Eromero

Is Mingo related to Mongo ?

Posted by: JT at May 25, 2024 04:18 PM (T4tVD)

32 30 My 16 year old cat managed to get up on the piano last night at 3am. He was searching for the Lost Chord, or so he says. I let him have his fun for a bit then got up and closed the lid.
15 minutes later I hear the low E string on my upright bass being plucked...
Posted by: gourmand du jour

MY MUSICAL GENIUS WILL NOT BE DENIED, HOOMAN!!

-Cat

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 25, 2024 04:19 PM (sAmhv)

33 The feral tortoiseshell cat with the white tail tip showed up again near my door last night. I put some dry food out for her. Glad she's still around -- living in here with equally feral yoots, cars driving everywhere, and the possibility of a stray coyote wandering in and discovering a snack, I'd been thinking her odds were and are poor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:19 PM (omVj0)

34 It’s the beginning of the season when my kittehs drive me crazy by wanting to go into the garage . It’s not a problem during the non summer months because I don’t have to keep checking to see if they pushed the door open to come back in . They are going to pressure test my A/C system.

Posted by: polynikes at May 25, 2024 04:22 PM (SHMXB)

35 Those alpacas could dance to the old lady with the accordian.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2024 04:23 PM (63Dwl)

36 Gourmand, that's so funny about your musical cat.

Love Madison, she looks like my Julius. Eromero, you're lucky about the diabetes. My tortie Susannah was diagnosed with it two weeks ago; she's 12. They put her on the newish pill Bexacat, a little cheaper and easier than insulin shots. It's working because we caught it early. But still, worry and $$$.

Posted by: skywch at May 25, 2024 04:25 PM (uqhmb)

37 And all the dogs today are just beautiful! (As if they aren't always, lol)

Posted by: skywch at May 25, 2024 04:26 PM (uqhmb)

38 So glad Madison is doing better! Horde prayers definitely work ♥️😊

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at May 25, 2024 04:34 PM (SRRAx)

39 Wolfus, your writing reminds me of Walker Percy's.

Posted by: Beverly at May 25, 2024 04:38 PM (Epeb0)

40 Wolfus, your writing reminds me of Walker Percy's.
Posted by: Beverly at May 25, 2024

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Thanks, Beverly! I've read very little of his stuff, so I doubt I absorbed much from him. But he's very well thought of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:42 PM (omVj0)

41 By-Tor,

Glad to see you also have a "Ruger" to help you in your garden!

Our Ruger was a large, male, yellow lab that also liked to help in the garden. We had to rescue him because he was being abused by a Bull Mastiff in his first home.

He was an excellent digger beside me when I was using a shovel in the garden.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 25, 2024 04:43 PM (HlyYF)

42 Beautiful pet morons, y'all!
That hummingbird pool is awesome.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 25, 2024 04:44 PM (NpAcC)

43 Glad to see you also have a "Ruger" to help you in your garden!

Our Ruger was a large, male, yellow lab that also liked to help in the garden. We had to rescue him because he was being abused by a Bull Mastiff in his first home. . . .

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 25, 2024

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"Ruger" would be a good cat name too. I considered naming Stirling "Marlin" at first -- not so much for the rifle but for a blend of pipe tobacco that I like the name of. But I found it too easy to morph it into "Marvin." "Stirling" he became.

Ruger, Luger, Colt, Browning -- all would make good cat or pet names. "Kalashnikov," maybe for a Siberian cat? Nah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:47 PM (omVj0)

44 Still too hot and sunny outside for me to consider venturing to the mailbox.

Big Stirling is having a dry food snack. Little Dagny (who slept with me again this afternoon!) is sprawled on her second favorite spot, the top of the TV stand, so that her back blocks a lower corner of the TV screen. Her favorite? The windowsill in the bedroom, which gets hot sunlight behind the drapes for a good part of the day. Stirling likes that too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:51 PM (omVj0)

45 became.

Ruger, Luger, Colt, Browning -- all would make good cat or pet names. "Kalashnikov," maybe for a Siberian cat? Nah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 04:47 PM (omVj
Animal’s names morph, Mineola the kitten has gone to Minnie, to MiniKat, to Miniffer.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2024 05:01 PM (3FsBJ)

46 That first video A special Hell for anybody who would abandon a pet like that.

Posted by: butch at May 25, 2024 05:04 PM (jQ7m5)

47 Animal’s names morph, Mineola the kitten has gone to Minnie, to MiniKat, to Miniffer.
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2024

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Well, sure. Marie-Antoinette the super-smart black cat became Twa-nette as well as Marie. (She learned and responded to them all.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 05:08 PM (omVj0)

48 Animal’s names morph, Mineola the kitten has gone to Minnie, to MiniKat, to Miniffer.
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2024

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I just didn't think "Marvin" was dignified enough. I know, there was Lee Marvin, but my *first* thought was Marvin the Martian from the WB cartoons. Not an impressive namesake!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 05:09 PM (omVj0)

49 hat first video A special Hell for anybody who would abandon a pet like that.
Posted by: butch at May 25, 2024

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That was how I came to adopt Wolf, the big shaggy black cat who lived with me from 2011 to his passing in 2021. I'd seen him roaming out near his people's apartment for a year or so. Then they got evicted -- and left him behind. Didn't go around to neighbors saying, "Hey, we can't take Midnight [his name then] with us, he's a great cat, we wondered if you'd like to adopt him?" Nope; left him to fend for himself and go door to door for handouts. He seemed very pleased to move in with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 05:13 PM (omVj0)

50 Pets.

The first time I heard Miranda Lambert sing, "The House That Built Me", i stopped listening at the line about her pet dog. I couldn't finish the song, and to this day, I have never heard the song all the way through.

Pets complete us.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 25, 2024 05:14 PM (EOGh9)

51 This week I found a collar in my garden. It was for "Petey" and had my neighbor's address and phone. I walked over and rang the bell to return it. Turns out Petey is a gigantic Maine Coon that terrorized our poor little doggeh in his own yard for the last years of his life. Our name for Petey was El Gato Gordo. He would gave eaten up Angus lickety split.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024 05:15 PM (RIvkX)

52 Cats do have 3 names

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024 05:20 PM (fwDg9)

53 neighbor's address and phone. I walked over and rang the bell to return it. Turns out Petey is a gigantic Maine Coon that terrorized our poor little doggeh in his own yard for the last years of his life. Our name for Petey was El Gato Gordo. He would gave eaten up Angus lickety split.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2024

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So much for the "Gentle Giant" nickname people bestow on that breed. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2024 05:21 PM (omVj0)

54 Cats do have 3 names
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2024

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Yes we do. And you never will guess the third one!!!! Bwahahaha!

Posted by: Cats Everywhere at May 25, 2024 05:22 PM (omVj0)

55 Hobby thread is up!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2024 05:30 PM (VNX3d)

56 We call our cat Scout, Scooter, Kitty, Doofus. We hardly ever call her Jean Louise.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at May 25, 2024 05:32 PM (hZc6Q)

57 We call our cat Scout, Scooter, Kitty, Doofus. We hardly ever call her Jean Louise.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at May 25, 2024

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Understandable.

Posted by: Atticus Finch, Atty. at Law at May 25, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)

58 To those wondering what Buzz's background is, he's got his unique look from mostly GSD, but mixed with Husky, Golden Retriever and Chow.

He LOVES cold weather and squirrels. And thanks for posting him AoS Pet Thread.

Posted by: QuietOneInNYC at May 25, 2024 05:57 PM (qpLH9)

59 Hey! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if that
would be okay. I'm absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.

Posted by: horse breeds at May 25, 2024 07:56 PM (JmFo+)

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