Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 8

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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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How to make a dog happy.
Courtesy Hrothgar:

Best present ever..🐕🐾🎁😍 pic.twitter.com/0vjRyvroxS
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 5, 2024

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Courtesy Doctor of Love

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Meet The PetMorons

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Hi Petmorons,
Here's Sherlock. When I got him he had heartworms, tapeworms, broken teeth, various wounds, and was wearing the cone of shame.
Eighteen months later, he is the happiest dog in Christendom. No worms, teeth fixed, wounds healed, regular food, poops, pees, sniffs, and walkies.
All the best,
Patrick

Sherlock is a very lucky dog, Patrick! And he looks like a great dog, too!

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The Struggle Is Real
Summer is comin on and we're saving our energy to chase squirrels. Hercules and tha'lil nugget in their natural state.
Respectfully,
Dave K

"Natural State". They look like great companions.

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Closet Veggers:

I saw the Galgos and Greyhound shots and wanted to share these two friends: Tio and Chancey. Our boys were hanging out for the day soon after we moved to California in 1986. The picture moniker was due to those two digging under a fence and visiting the downhill neighbor, to eat some tomatoes that had dried out on the plant in his yard ? GBNF...
-Kv

Fond memories . . . . Our first PetMoron sight hounds who went for tomatoes! That we know of.

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I've attached a photo of my princess, Sammy the Corgi. She's been featured once before a few years ago but she's overdue for another appearance.
A Lurker

Sammy, your princess, is just delightful.

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Minnie
From Eromero after the storm past Tuesday evening.

Minnie does not seem entirely over the storm.

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A nice 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, June 1 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 03:30 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 03:32 PM (fwDg9)

2 not even

Posted by: 80's music fan at June 08, 2024 03:34 PM (QSrLX)

3 Greetings from the NoVaMoMe. No pets in attendance.

Posted by: blaster at June 08, 2024 03:35 PM (oKwfl)

4 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 08, 2024 03:39 PM (2UnvF)

5 Not pets exactly but . . .

“Cows have a digestion system that emits methane. We need to change cows and work towards artificial meat.”

~ Bill Gates

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I think Emily Dickenson said it best.

Poems are made I know not how
But only God can change a cow

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Outlaw Donald Trump 2024 at June 08, 2024 03:39 PM (L/fGl)

6 . Y worst nightmare is cracking me up

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)

7 Blaster hope everyone is having a great time and weather is as nice as it is here

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 03:40 PM (fwDg9)

8 Petzzzz!!!!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 03:41 PM (IGDjv)

9 Love the snoozing dogs.

Posted by: KT at June 08, 2024 03:42 PM (rrtZS)

10 My sister kitteh ,who is pure white , rubbed up against one of my in progress oil paintings once. Looked like she was celebrating St Patrick’s Day.

She took the bath in Dawn very well though.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2024 03:48 PM (SHMXB)

11 I am coveting that cat palace right now.....

Posted by: Appycay at June 08, 2024 03:49 PM (EdYR/)

12 Y worst nightmare is cracking me up
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 03:39 PM (fwDg9)
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Hope that paint was water-based...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 08, 2024 03:49 PM (mUnoX)

13
~~Minnie~~ Pennywise the Cat sez:

We all float down here...

And get tuna once a week!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2024 03:51 PM (eDfFs)

14

“Cows have a digestion system that emits methane. We need to change cows and work towards artificial meat.”

~ Bill Gates

Can't we just eat Bill Gates?

That would seem to settle a lot of problems.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2024 03:52 PM (eDfFs)

15 Minnie looks a tad hyper vigilant, poor thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 03:53 PM (RIvkX)

16 Minnie looks shocked - must have been a heck of a storm. I remember back in 2005 we had a tornado and the cats were terrified of stors after that.

Re. veggies. We had one cat that loved asparagus. Go figure.

Posted by: Ciampino - Petday, Hurray at June 08, 2024 03:54 PM (qfLjt)

17
Val (Delilah's brother) is at least holding his own right now. He had a bad night but he while he's coughed, he hasn't coughed up any more blood since this morning. He's let out only for the shortest time with me standing there.

All I can do is give him his antibiotics morning and night, try to keep him comfortable, and hope. If he turns this, he should recover fully.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 03:54 PM (MoZTd)

18 Greetings to the IRL morons at the Novamomee!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 03:55 PM (RIvkX)

19 Nothing like a recliner and some golf with a lap full of pups for a Saturday afternoon.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 08, 2024 03:57 PM (YRsIm)

20 Thanks for the update H7

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

21 I love the lottery and the paint memes - both hilarious. I'm safe, I'll never win the lottery (got to buy tickets you know -- God) and unlikely anyone will open a paint can around here (that's what happens when you have only girls! Yes I know there areexceptions).

Posted by: Ciampino - Sunday, Petday, Hurray at June 08, 2024 03:57 PM (qfLjt)

22 Meow!

My sister's farm has a collection of critters who pass through. A black and white cat, hunting. A couple of dogs, goofing off. They belong to the Amish family across the street. Various wildlife. A bunch of groundhogs. She's going to terminate them with extreme prejudice at some point.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin in Amish Country at June 08, 2024 03:57 PM (/Djer)

23 Hadrian, how is his fluid intake?

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:00 PM (Srw7t)

24 A childhood friend of mine had a cat that loved cantaloupe.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 08, 2024 04:02 PM (FEVMW)

25 Lucy the Fink says hello to everyone.

She's such a sweet friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2024 04:04 PM (/79St)

26 Hadrian hope the worst is over

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 04:04 PM (fwDg9)

27
Hadrian, how is his fluid intake?
Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech

He has a gallon bucket in his pen. He's drinking quite a bit, not eating much beyond the food I mix his antibiotics into.

He's alert and lies on his side occasionally. But he has pneumonia and is nearly nine. He's lost blood as well from the hemorrhage in his lung.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 04:05 PM (MoZTd)

28 Ben Had, read JPost today not good for my BP

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

29 My landlord/roommate has two male dogs who run off the yard at every opportunity. My Paisley girl never leaves the yard.

Posted by: Northernlurker at June 08, 2024 04:06 PM (dPYH6)

30 SanFranpsycho, would you move back to KT's thread before the gardening thread so we can talk.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:08 PM (Srw7t)

31 Nice Pets Y'all!...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 08, 2024 04:09 PM (R/m4+)

32 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Every time we opened the room door at least 2 kittens would escape. On Friday all 6 got out so we decided to let them roam and they're having a ball. We have noticed that the two orange ones, who have stuck together right from birth, even suckling side by side, are the 'naughtiest'. They still treat the room as home. That's where Mom hangs around. They bother her for milk but she's having none of that.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sunday, Petday, Hurray, Catday at June 08, 2024 04:09 PM (qfLjt)

33 There was a super kewt dappled Doxie on Irving St this morning that you could just tell she didn't think her poo- stank.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 04:09 PM (RIvkX)

34 Prayers for Val and all our sick fur friends

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 08, 2024 04:11 PM (9VSBY)

35 Hadrian, do you give a prebiotic along with the antibiotics?

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:12 PM (Srw7t)

36 Probiotic, pardon me.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:14 PM (Srw7t)

37 Ben Had I wrote you downstairs.

Love that corgi smile.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2024 04:17 PM (RIvkX)

38 Afternoon, Pet Folk,

This morning I bought a window blind for the living room window. These two feline thugs, or perhaps one of the previous pair, have broken several of the slats of the current one -- high up, and rather neatly, but it still looks, when I walk up to my door, as if a pleasantly attractive girl is smiling at you . . . and showing a missing front tooth. Ugh.

The one I bought is of the new cordless variety. It's 8" shorter than the old one; but I need to keep the blinds open by that much at the bottom to allow them to sit in the windows. The things we do for our monsters --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:22 PM (omVj0)

39 A childhood friend of mine had a cat that loved cantaloupe.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 08, 2024

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My boyhood cat, Rusty the big red tabby shorthair, loved olives. We would cut little slivers off one and set them on the floor, and he'd gobble them and roll around as if he were huffing catnip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:25 PM (omVj0)

40 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

The kittens are now 12 weeks old. Large kittens and healthy.

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #255 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 OR http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now mostly 24/7

Twitch: https://is.gd/qyDILz OR http://tinyurl.com/2rvjn93v
YouTube: https://shorturl.at/grR06

Posted by: Ciampino - Sunday, Petday, Hurray, Catday at June 08, 2024 04:26 PM (qfLjt)

41 Cute animals! I love the pet thread. The boys here say hi, too. Sabi ran to rub on my leg when I came is from the pool. He was surprised my leg was wet and had to take a 30 minute bath after.

Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2024 04:29 PM (p4NUW)

42 As for the furry monsters: Stirling was sleeping with me just now during my nap. Dagny La Siberienne wasn't -- though she's been known to be on the bed when I wake up. Currently she's sprawled on the farther end table, dozing, apparently, and thinking Dagny thoughts.

Tuesday will make two years since I made the epic drive to Vicksburg, four hours each way, and adopted Stirling. One of the best uses of my time and gasoline I've ever made.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:32 PM (omVj0)

43 41
Wait a moment,that 30 minute bath? You or Sabi?

I was thinking wet leg, lots of loose fur transferred - been there, done that.

Posted by: Ciampino - Sunday, Petday, Hurray, Catday, Pawsday at June 08, 2024 04:33 PM (qfLjt)

44
Probiotic, pardon me.
Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC

We have a jar of probiotics pills I can give him. We usually give them out to prevent staining from licking their coats.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2024 04:35 PM (MoZTd)

45 Y worst nightmare is cracking me up
Posted by: Skip

Hope that paint was water-based...
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Would a cat even do that? They don't like being wet, they don't like things stuck to their paws.....

It's hilarious, but I think the paint in the pan is dry. It's white, and the open paint can/lid is yellow.

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2024 04:35 PM (DgGvY)

46 When I was a kid , our dog Pepper , a Scottie , would receive an Oreo cookie as a reward for going to get the newspaper down the driveway . We eventually had to keep her in for the rest of the morning until the neighbors had a chance to pick up their own papers. She knew a good deal and no papers were safe.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2024 04:39 PM (SHMXB)

47 Minnie looks a tad hyper vigilant, poor thing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Can't sleep.
Sky will eat me.
Can't sleep.
Sky will eat me.

Posted by: Minnie at June 08, 2024 04:39 PM (DgGvY)

48 polynikes that is funny

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 04:41 PM (fwDg9)

49 Hadrian, I have had good luck with them preventing constipation the antibiotics sometimes cause
Did the vet recommend any electrolytes.

I apologize for the 50 questions but I am always most interested in treatments.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:43 PM (Srw7t)

50 Where is today's MoMe being held? For some reason I think it's N. VA?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:45 PM (omVj0)

51 Wolfus, in a top secret location.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:46 PM (Srw7t)

52 Oh, okay; I looked on the sidebar of the main site. N. VA it is. Hope everybody is having fun!

The other thing I tried to do for the cats this week was to buy a Shark steam mop. Ordered it online from Walmart, and it went astray thanks to FedEx. Miss Linda believes that part of the reason for Stirling's fur thinning in a few places along his underside and the insides of his front legs may be a reaction to dirt or other contaminants on my tile floor in kitchen and bathroom. Since he spends much more time on the carpeted areas, I find this hard to believe, but she's right, the floors do need cleaning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:51 PM (omVj0)

53 That's truly the worst nightmare. OMG

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 08, 2024 04:52 PM (w6EFb)

54 I had a tabby cat, a mutt, named Perkins after Maxwell Perkins. Big old goof. For some weird reason he loved asparagus. I don't remember how we discovered this fact. I had another one named Minnie also a tabby who would get into a yogurt cup and would go for the bottom of it so vigorously that the cup would get stuck on her head and then she would back away from it trying to back out of it waving the yogurt cup in the air and looking absolutely ridiculous. I miss them both.

Posted by: Beverly at June 08, 2024 04:52 PM (Epeb0)

55 I had another one named Minnie also a tabby who would get into a yogurt cup and would go for the bottom of it so vigorously that the cup would get stuck on her head and then she would back away from it trying to back out of it waving the yogurt cup in the air and looking absolutely ridiculous. I miss them both.
Posted by: Beverly at June 08, 2024

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Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat would do that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:56 PM (omVj0)

56 Our cats hearing aluminum foil crinking associated it with yogurt which was their treat which was how they got it served to them

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 04:56 PM (fwDg9)

57 Miley, how are all your kitties doing?

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 04:56 PM (Srw7t)

58 Would a cat even do that? They don't like being wet, they don't like things stuck to their paws.....

It's hilarious, but I think the paint in the pan is dry. It's white, and the open paint can/lid is yellow.
Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2024

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Yes; I can see a cat possibly exploring the paint surface with one paw, drawing it back and bolting away, but not sitting in it. Plus the smell might well keep a cat away in the first place.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 04:57 PM (omVj0)

59 The cat chateau up there is pretty cool, but too Disney-like for me. Maybe more of a forbidding fortress...

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 08, 2024 04:58 PM (w6EFb)

60 Kitties are happy, Ben Had! They're enjoying the catnip garden that my brother planted for them. Purry went nuts on one plant, it was so funny.

Della, OTOH, is gaining weight because Mama Publius is feeding her.

Hope you are all fine : )

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 08, 2024 05:02 PM (w6EFb)

61 Afternoon, All. Back from the NoVa MoMe safe and sound.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 08, 2024 05:03 PM (v6JzV)

62 I wouldn't build an indoor castle for Lulu. I would build a catio with grass and plants and logs and stuff to climb...... too many coyotes around to let her free

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2024 05:03 PM (YQBrg)

63 The cat chateau up there is pretty cool, but too Disney-like for me. Maybe more of a forbidding fortress...
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 08, 2024 04:58 PM (w6EFb)
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Hmmm...A Barad-dur version would be pretty badass...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2024 05:06 PM (BpYfr)

64 That is one cute corgi. Well fed too.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 05:08 PM (oaGWv)

65 wouldn't build an indoor castle for Lulu. I would build a catio with grass and plants and logs and stuff to climb...... too many coyotes around to let her free
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2024 05:03 PM (YQBrg)

I’m fortunate that I have a 250 sq ft courtyard or atrium or whatever you call a patio in the middle of the house. The kittehs like going outside and I don’t have to worry about them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 08, 2024 05:10 PM (SHMXB)

66 Scritches for Lucy.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 05:12 PM (Srw7t)

67 >>>That is one cute corgi. Well fed too.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 05:08 PM (oaGWv)
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That is so true. I saved the picture of the Corgi; just looking at it makes me happy. As someone else posted here, we don’t deserve dogs.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 08, 2024 05:15 PM (VQa9+)

68 Woman discovers corgi is sneaking rides on her pony:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9y7h7r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 05:15 PM (XkYcA)

69 Hmmm...A Barad-dur version would be pretty badass...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2024 05:06 PM (BpYfr)

Maybe not quite that badass!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 08, 2024 05:16 PM (w6EFb)

70 Toby is laying over the top of my head as I recline on the bed after a long afternoon of shopping. Hit Costco last. Picked up a couple of things. It's really not a store for a one person household.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024 05:18 PM (oaGWv)

71 Woman writes touching obituary for her dog:

https://www.faithpot.com/dog-obituary-charlie/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2024 05:19 PM (XkYcA)

72 Hmmm...A Barad-dur version would be pretty badass...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe not quite that badass!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

one empty box to rule them all
one can opener to find them
one catnip treat to bring them all
and skein of yarn to bind them
in the land of Miley, where the kittens lie.

Posted by: mikeski at June 08, 2024 05:26 PM (DgGvY)

73 Thank you, Ben Had.

She's got a lipoma at the base of her tail that seems to get bigger every now and again. It bothers me more than it does her. And having it surgically removed seems like all risk and only a cosmetic benefit. The skin on one side seems to be getting a little irritated, perhaps from being stretched.

Any suggestions?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2024 05:27 PM (Aw8VT)

74 Hit Costco last. Picked up a couple of things. It's really not a store for a one person household.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2024

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Decades ago, when my employer had a deal with Sam's Club, I found the same thing. The brick of cheese, for instance, would begin to sport mold before I finished it. And I had no space to store their motor oil deals, gallons at a time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 05:27 PM (omVj0)

75 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 08, 2024 05:28 PM (omVj0)

76 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2024 05:29 PM (fwDg9)

77 nurse, a little olive oil will keep the skin soft and won't hurt her if she licks it.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 08, 2024 05:30 PM (Srw7t)

78 Ben Had,
Got it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2024 05:38 PM (U5tre)

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