The Ace of Spades Pet Thread

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Your regular hostess at this time, KT, is under the weather and she asked if I could fill in. Yes! Always happy to help KT.

Just a friendly reminder, no politics or current events here.

Although KT has taken over the AoS Pet Thread, I still receive emails from pet owners and animal lovers. Here is one I recently received from a Lurker who provided no nic.

I'm just a lurker, so keep me anonymous, but hopefully you enjoy my story below and my photo for the Pet Thread.
Not sure if MisHum is still running the Pet Thread but if not, I'm sure this will find its way to him somehow.

Finally, for KT since I'm emailing the Pet Thread anyway, 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.
Thanks for reading!

From Blog pal, isophoroneblog......

Everything you wanted to know about catnip, but were afraid to ask. Or something like that.

Catnip actually repels mosquitoes from cats.
Catnip is best known for producing bouts of euphoria in cats of all sizes, from house cats to their big cat brethren (including bobcats, jaguars, and lions). In addition to giving felines a healthy release from stress and anxiety, however, some studies show it offers up an additional perk: repelling mosquitoes. Related to mint, basil, and lemon balm, Nepeta cataria (aka catnip) emits a chemical compound called nepetalactone when crushed, which naturally wards off some mosquito species. What’s more, catnip-addled cats often chew and rub the leaves into their coats, an action that (unknowingly) spreads the natural bug repellent around.

That's it for the world of animals and pets. Here's hoping that KT quickly recovers. Thanks for stopping by today.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 03:00 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: lin-duh at June 29, 2024 03:03 PM (PZo5T)

2 That's a hell of a trick by the dude in the top pic sitting that direction on a bench.

Posted by: Jarrod at June 29, 2024 03:04 PM (8V4wU)

3 Let the gardener know of the Pet Thread.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:05 PM (hvsSs)

4 I didn't not Boldly Center my comment!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:05 PM (hvsSs)

5 Boldly centered.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 29, 2024 03:05 PM (csT1u)

6 Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right….

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:07 PM (o2ZRX)

7 Thanks for the pet thread.

Posted by: Northernlurker at June 29, 2024 03:07 PM (y31JS)

8 4 I didn't not Boldly Center my comment!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:05 PM (hvsSs)

My bad.

Now onto a Saturday ONT to write.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 29, 2024 03:09 PM (QXQ4l)

9 Dogs and cats are a unique gift from God to us.....

Always happy to see you and unconditional love....

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 29, 2024 03:10 PM (hbjSA)

10 > Catnip actually repels mosquitoes from cats.
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What about people? I mean, I'm not going to eat it, but I'd rub some on my clothes if the bugs were bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 29, 2024 03:11 PM (Q4IgG)

11 That's a hell of a trick by the dude in the top pic sitting that direction on a bench.
Posted by: Jarrod

The only thing I can think of is that's a bench for *special* people.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:12 PM (MKbqT)

12 Lucy the Fink has decided the occasional tummy rub is quite enjoyable.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 29, 2024 03:14 PM (UMF0j)

13 How is that guy sitting on that bench?

Is that an English bench, with everything on the wrong side?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 29, 2024 03:15 PM (CHHv1)

14
Because from sheer happiness, I can't help myself from repeating that Phoenix, George and Puff were examined at Texas A&M yesterday and found by echocardiogram and EKG to have normal hearts. There is no restriction on their activities, thank God.

We were apprehensive that they might share the dilated cardiomyopathy that killed their brother Spark a couple of weeks ago, as it's a genetic condition. We've been feeling a lot of stress over this, which is now relieved.

Brother Zeus, currently living in California, is coming to the shows in Houston in July and will be tested the Monday after.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 29, 2024 03:17 PM (1Nxff)

15 Is that bench pic AI-generated? Bummer, it's an otherwise very beautiful idea.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at June 29, 2024 03:18 PM (lg881)

16 That ghostly dog kind of looks like my still healthy Paisley.

Posted by: Northernlurker at June 29, 2024 03:18 PM (y31JS)

17 the new cat, Magic, is learning to be an outside cat. He found mice last winter and this spring he discovered snakes. So far he has brought in 13, that I have discovered.

Last week he came trotting in with that "I have prey" walk, and I went to try to save whatever it was. I discovered that for some reason he was carrying a green apple, and was proud as Punch to have caught it.

The apple trees are dropping off extra apples, it is what happens in early summer here before they start getting big and ripe. I guess one bounced next to him, and he caught it on the bounce.
I never had a cat who insisted, on catching the feather on a string, that he was going to carry it off as a trophy. He feels the same way about apples, I guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:19 PM (D7oie)

18 I guess I’ll send photos of our pets Samantha and Sweet Pea next week.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 29, 2024 03:19 PM (W49vR)

19 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Mom and all the kittens -- pictures.

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #259 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

Posted by: Ciampino - All the cheesy photos at June 29, 2024 03:21 PM (qfLjt)

20 Happy Caturday everyone
Doggies too

I still miss my cats

Posted by: Skip at June 29, 2024 03:21 PM (fwDg9)

21 You can also use catnip for dogs, my wife's daughter claims it calms the high strung dogs down a bit.
I also dried some for herbal tea, it doesn't do anything for me, but it is a nice change from lemon balm and mint when I am done drinking coffee for the day.

I spilled a cup of it once, and dried it up, and when I came back from throwing the towel into the laundry, I found one of the cats rolling in the damp spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:22 PM (D7oie)

22 2 That's a hell of a trick by the dude in the top pic sitting that direction on a bench.
Posted by: Jarrod at June 29, 2024 03:04 PM (8V4wU)
The guy’s dead and the dog’s alive. Neither one is aware of this situation, but the dog’s starting to wonder about the bench thing.

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:22 PM (o2ZRX)

23 Meow

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 29, 2024 03:23 PM (sAmhv)

24 You're quite a renaissance man, MisHum, handing some threads for KT and others who are ailing. May God help KT recover and thanks for filling in, MisHum. Sammy is cute, Isophone. I also thought Corgis always seemed like lively and good natured dogs.

I am still not feeling completely well from yesterday from some intestinal thing from something I ate, but I did cheer myself up today by going to pet store. I enjoy seeing everything there-the amusing geckos, the funny gerbils, the lovely fish, the pretty parakeets and the adorable kittens and cats.I wanted to take some kittens home (They came from shelter) but spouse said "No!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:23 PM (oUxZc)

25 You're quite a renaissance man, MisHum, handing some threads for KT and others who are ailing. May God help KT recover and thanks for filling in, MisHum. Sammy is cute, Isophone. I also thought Corgis always seemed like lively and good natured dogs.

I am still not feeling completely well from yesterday from some intestinal thing from something I ate, but I did cheer myself up today by going to pet store. I enjoy seeing everything there-the amusing geckos, the funny gerbils, the lovely fish, the pretty parakeets and the adorable kittens and cats.I wanted to take some kittens home (They came from shelter) but spouse said "No!"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:23 PM (oUxZc
You want a kitten,
Leave the spouse at the house.

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:25 PM (o2ZRX)

26 when I am done drinking coffee for the day.

Posted by: Kindltot

What black magic is this?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:26 PM (MKbqT)

27 Plus I don't think our male cat who's been the only cat for about five years would appreciate a new cat. When Pynchon the cat goes over the rainbow bridge-and if I'm still here-I will try to get two kittens to keep each other company

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:28 PM (oUxZc)

28 I'm working on another cat, since Hissy Fit. Spatula Kitty is not doing well she is a social animal, and wants a cat, not stinky unreliable humans.
She's depressed and lethargic.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:28 PM (bFId9)

29 That image of the guy and his passed puppy on the bench triggers a neurotic question for you all. My last dog was the first ever that I had from puppyhood (rescue) until death. I felt she and I had a bond and she was very special to me. Our current dog is phenomenal and we absolutely adore her. My wife always says things like "you're the cutest thing ever", "best girl ever" etc. and I sweet-talk her (the dog lol) all the time as well. However, I sometimes feel a twinge of guilt and refrain from saying "ever / all time" or anything like that; it always reminds me of her predecessor (heck I sometimes tell the current one about her). I know it's highly neurotic and kinda ridiculous but it makes me feel like I'm slighting my lost one.

Does anyone else ever feel this way? I know it's crazy, just that pic made me think about it.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at June 29, 2024 03:29 PM (lg881)

30 I'm working on another cat
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Where did you get the cat parts?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 29, 2024 03:29 PM (3Fz6p)

31 Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:25 PM (o2ZRX)

Got any suggestions for what to say when he says " I thought we were not going to get anymore cats? "

. It's not as if he's an ogre who orders me around (He's a wonderful man and his reasoning makes sense, but I'm a sucker for kittens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:31 PM (oUxZc)

32 Any suggestions on the best food for a six-seven year old healthy male cat? Cost not a concern.
Posted by: hart at June 29, 2024 03:29 PM (ehq/Q)
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I've found Iams to have very good quality, reasonably priced dry food. They make various formulations for your cat's needs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 29, 2024 03:31 PM (3Fz6p)

33 That first cartoon. Getting dusty in here.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at June 29, 2024 03:32 PM (7HnhV)

34 but I'm a sucker for kittens.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Try the tried and true... "It followed me home and I couldn't not bring it into the house."

Try to not let him see the receipt.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:33 PM (MKbqT)

35 Besides, I think two kittens who were together need to be adopted together and three cats are too many.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:34 PM (oUxZc)

36 30

Spatula Kitty at the shelter, they armored up and stuffed her into a crate I brought with.
'Get it out of here.'

They barely even took my money. They just wanted it gone. The Kid wants another problem cat, hopefully this next one not quite so stupid. Spatula is borderline retarded.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:34 PM (bFId9)

37 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:33 PM (MKbqT)

LOL. Somehow I think he's not going to believe that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:34 PM (oUxZc)

38 rolling in the damp spot.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at June 29, 2024 03:35 PM (pZWpI)

39 What black magic is this?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:26 PM (MKbqT)

It is called "an LAD stent" and they are all the rage nowadays. they are more intimate than a Prince Albert, and easy to hide from the Judge, to start with.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:36 PM (D7oie)

40 We still miss Mocha, taken by oral cancer only 8 days ago.
Small cat, she was my sleep buddy, the oldest at 14.

My younger daughter wrote a nice eulogy: see June 21, 2024 at
http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

Posted by: Ciampino - All the cheesy photos of the kittens at June 29, 2024 03:37 PM (qfLjt)

41 2 That's a hell of a trick by the dude in the top pic sitting that direction on a bench.
Posted by: Jarrod at June 29, 2024 03:04 PM (8V4wU)

It's really distracting!

Posted by: m at June 29, 2024 03:39 PM (NHMTR)

42 That guys' legs just got AI'd!

Posted by: look whats not at June 29, 2024 03:39 PM (nakGR)

43 Be well, KT!

Posted by: m at June 29, 2024 03:40 PM (NHMTR)

44 Thank you, MisHum!

Posted by: m at June 29, 2024 03:41 PM (NHMTR)

45 28 I'm working on another cat, since Hissy Fit. Spatula Kitty is not doing well she is a social animal, and wants a cat, not stinky unreliable humans.
She's depressed and lethargic.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:28 PM (bFId9
Mrs. E saw a miniature longhair dapple dash-hound a few weeks ago, tried to con me into this new dog scheme. Thing is, when Pepper dog passed away age 18 last July, it damn near killed us. Madison T. Cat took it bad too. So we got Minnifer the mini-cat for Madison. Madison don’t like her. Because Minnifer’s a cat, not a dog. Like Pepper, who raised Madison as a dog. Think that’s complicated? Pepper was raised by cats. I think somewhere in there’s a case study. Wonder can I get a grant?

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:41 PM (o2ZRX)

46 a couple of days after we got our Russian blue, we must've overdosed him on catnip. he spent most of the night quivering on my chest, w/me concerned if he was going to survive. he did.

Posted by: yara at June 29, 2024 03:42 PM (jwDtS)

47 35
The name 3 Dog Night I've always liked as I spent years in houses with only a wood stove. The dogs will pile on.
After rescuing a litter of kittens it proved impossible to give them away, and I worked nights, so I ended up as 4 Cat Nap.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:42 PM (bFId9)

48 31 Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:25 PM (o2ZRX)

Got any suggestions for what to say when he says " I thought we were not going to get anymore cats? " . It's not as if he's an ogre who orders me around (He's a wonderful man and his reasoning makes sense, but I'm a sucker for kittens.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2024 03:31 PM (oUxZc
Followed me home.

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:43 PM (o2ZRX)

49 Ever since our dogs passed on we are dog-free, which is weird, and so I look forward to the Pet Thread appearing every Saturday. Thanks to all the contributors!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 29, 2024 03:44 PM (DTn4s)

50 45

Hissy Fit HATED Spatula Kitty but all studies point, nobody looks for perfection but consistency.
Hissy Fit hated Spatula with intense consistency.
Without that, she's just...lost.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:45 PM (bFId9)

51 Any suggestions on the best food for a six-seven year old healthy male cat? Cost not a concern.
Posted by: hart at June 29, 2024 03:29 PM (ehq/Q)

I have been feeding my cats a quarter can of Friskies Pate every evening, a 16th of a can in the morning, and Purina kibble to get them through the rest of the day.
It seems to be doing them good, they are all 14 or so, except the new one.
I also can ground chicken and pork and I will vary the morning feeding with that instead, they seem to like it. It is made without any salt or seasoning.
It can get hard to get cats to drink enough, since they get most of their water by food. I leave a bowl of water out to degass the chlorine, with a pinch of salt to try to kill any bitterness of the tap water. I am also told by my vet that fish is an issue since it can promote bladder and kidney stones in the cats too.

There are sources online showing the nutrition of various cat foods, I chose my feeding based on one of those, and from pricing.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:46 PM (D7oie)

52 narf

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:46 PM (D7oie)

53 Kitten:

That's not mine!

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:46 PM (bFId9)

54 I know the best food for me...

Posted by: The Barrel at June 29, 2024 03:47 PM (3Fz6p)

55 47 35
The name 3 Dog Night I've always liked as I spent years in houses with only a wood stove. The dogs will pile on.
After rescuing a litter of kittens it proved impossible to give them away, and I worked nights, so I ended up as 4 Cat Nap.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:42 PM (bFId9)

Ha!

Posted by: m at June 29, 2024 03:47 PM (NHMTR)

56 #34
Try the tried and true... "It followed me home and I couldn't not bring it into the house."

#48
Followed me home.
Posted by: Eromero

Horde mind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 29, 2024 03:48 PM (MKbqT)

57 Off voracious hoopster sock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 29, 2024 03:48 PM (3Fz6p)

58 51

Please never haunt the pet department where I often work. Cats pass from kidney failure, generally. 15 years is a good solid run. Nobody need feel guilty over a cat 10+ years.
When your beloved cat passes, rescue one. No shortage.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:48 PM (bFId9)

59 >>>my princess, Sammy the Corgi

She looks like lots of fun.

Posted by: m at June 29, 2024 03:50 PM (NHMTR)

60 46

He was trying to steal your breath!

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:51 PM (bFId9)

61 They are all rescues, LenNeal. The new one was from the shelter, and was an older cat even though my wife wanted a kitten.
The older ones just showed up.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 29, 2024 03:51 PM (D7oie)

62 Has anyone pointed out that the sidebar quote is wrong and misattributed?

Not that I'm some font of knowledge, I just thought it was interesting and wiki'd it. So that's how I found out.

Posted by: McLurkerson at June 29, 2024 03:55 PM (CjgNg)

63 My local charges $200 for kittens! Holy shit!
They almost give away fixed cats, $30, stuff it in a box, get it out of here
Local is semi rural so lots of overflow barn cats who aren't too bright but good killers. Whole category for Working Cats that look like murderers.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:55 PM (bFId9)

64 Haha
My local with the Working Cats, those photos from nice shelters of sweet kitties, that category looks like inner city mugshots

Missing ears and shit

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:58 PM (bFId9)

65
Meanwhile, up in Oklahoma City, poor Ruthie has lost every day so far. We so hoped she could get her two major wins to finish her championship and in four days she's gotten nothing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 29, 2024 03:58 PM (1Nxff)

66 Jake was boarded at the vets for two days, while I was away. He's finally recovering. The cats were left home and didn't run out of food.

Mr Trouble decided to come in last night. He sauntered around looking at stuff and went right up to the box on the floor that Fanny was curled up in. She hissed. He immediately backed up and headed for the door. No idea how long it will take for them to co-exist

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 03:58 PM (xjTDL)

67 63 My local charges $200 for kittens! Holy shit!
They almost give away fixed cats, $30, stuff it in a box, get it out of here
Local is semi rural so lots of overflow barn cats who aren't too bright but good killers. Whole category for Working Cats that look like murderers.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 03:55 PM (bFId9)
During the Napoleonic wars that category would have been pressed into the fleet as mousers.

Posted by: Eromero at June 29, 2024 03:59 PM (o2ZRX)

68 Hi friends!

Not all cats respond to catnip. Neither of my current cats respond to it, nor to silver vine. But my Nyah girl loved cat nip, so I can’t say it’s a Savannah thing. And here we are, 6 years after Nyah died and my eyes are welling up. I don’t think I will ever get over her.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:01 PM (p4NUW)

69 I admit I'm a bit fascinated by the Working Cat giveaways. They look awful.
Match made in Hell.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:03 PM (bFId9)

70 That picture was especially poignant for me, as I've been surrounded by death recently. Of family, of friends, and of pets.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 29, 2024 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

71 66

Mr. Trouble and Fanny. Wow.

Sounds like the cast of some Blaxploitation movie

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:06 PM (bFId9)

72 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 29, 2024 04:06 PM (2UnvF)

73 The picture at the top is particularly poignant today; my beautiful Riley the border collie at 14 years, 8 months and change is quickly fading. I've always told him he's the best dog in the world, and he is, but anyone who loves a dog has the best dog in the world. Hes been featured on the Pet Thread with his two "biting lambs" (Westie bros Haggis and Comet).

Posted by: The Butcher at June 29, 2024 04:07 PM (W1LLg)

74 68

Your cat is perfectly fine in that afterlife.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:07 PM (bFId9)

75 66
Mr Trouble decided to come in last night. He sauntered around looking at stuff and went right up to the box on the floor that Fanny was curled up in. She hissed. He immediately backed up and headed for the door. No idea how long it will take for them to co-exist
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29

I don’t know how much work you want to put into this, but to introduce cats with minimal drama, you should quarantine one, usually the new one, in a room for 2 weeks. Let them sniff under the door, trade out toys so they smell each other for the first week, and then in week 2, you have to get creative and create a barrier where they can see each other, but not get to each other. Let them do that a little bit at at time, and then slowly allow them to spend time together. If they hiss, that is okay. Only intervene if there is actual pouncing with malice, not play (🤣

, otherwise let them sort out the hierarchy.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:07 PM (p4NUW)

76 I feed Reveal fish variety as Fanny doesn't tolerate chicken. And Taste of the Wild kibble. Both cats look good.

I should do a video of Fanny on the move. If you saw her at night, you'd wonder what the strange critter is. She's small and chunky with a thick tail and flat ears.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 04:08 PM (xjTDL)

77 74. Thanks, LenNeal. She is with my cat loving mama, I know it. She was one special kitty, though. I will have to tell you about her one day.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:09 PM (p4NUW)

78 I thought about my cattledog Blue, about whom I could write an entire book. When he finally failed I wept for weeks.
Not ashamed in the slightest.
He came to see me, in a dream. He ran up to me, fully capable, not weak, next to a limitless clearing. He looked at me, smiled, and ran off into a mist.
The Cloud.
I was kind of offended. That's it?!
But it was not my place to try to keep him. He ran off into where he belongs.
I hope he doesn't harass me when I get there because honestly he was a dick.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:13 PM (bFId9)

79 These two know of each other. Trouble comes in at night in cold weather. I bring Fanny back in the bedroom with me and Jake. It works out okay as he goes out in the morning. Fanny likes to move around and sleep in different spots in the house. Trouble doesn't really want to stay in but does like to come in and eat. He just forgets that there's another cat in here.

I think it's best to go very slowly and don't have any setbacks. She's 12 and set in her ways.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 04:13 PM (xjTDL)

80 It's funny to see all these memes about how cold cats are. My two kitties are very affectionate. Chloe has to come and sit on my lap while I am working and in the afternoon and evening, Daphne is my little Shadow and she has to be within Arms Reach of me all the time. She also sleeps next to my head on the bed.

Posted by: Beverly at June 29, 2024 04:15 PM (Epeb0)

81 My cats eat better than we do, though I am going to start making my own due to Bidenflation. They get 2 separate types of freeze dried raw, and beef and chicken from Smalls. They don’t like turkey and I don’t feed fish. They don’t like it anyway. They get venison freeze dried raw, rabbit, and chicken on rotation. Oh, and bone broth. But not animal versions. Oh no. It’s made for people bone broth or it’s not getting consumed.

If my cats were normal, sticking with Smalls would be fine. But they eat A LOT. They are big, they have a lot of serval in them. I have to add taurine for them as a result as regular cat food doesn’t account for this. Sometimes I feel like I should just put half a buffalo carcass on the kitchen floor once a week.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:16 PM (p4NUW)

82 With any new cat, from our local they have all shots and are fixed, so it's plop the box down and let them figure it out unless it gets serious.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:18 PM (bFId9)

83 Our cats were affectionate, but we had them as kittens

Posted by: Skip at June 29, 2024 04:20 PM (fwDg9)

84 Fanny loved Jack, the best cat ever. He was a Russian Blue and took care of her as a kitten. She's tolerated other cats but isn't fond of them. She thinks I'm a retarded mama cat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 04:20 PM (xjTDL)

85 We had Nyah when we got Kovu, who was a menace from day one. He quarantined in my daughter’s room (and as a result, loves her so much it’s insane. They FaceTime now). We really tried to do the 2 weeks thing but Nyah kept opening the door and letting him out. We finally just gave up. Kovu ended up being twice the size of Nyah, but she had put him in his place so often as a baby he just bowed down to her.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:21 PM (p4NUW)

86 Ol Joe is on the decline. Had a tumor removed a few months ago and he recovered nicely but at 15+ years, he's near the end of his mixed terrier life. Spends all night and most of the day in bed. Gets up to eat, and to go outside to do his business. I have to keep an eye on him as he is becoming incontinent.
Sigh.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 29, 2024 04:21 PM (W/lyH)

87 Cattledog: I'm challenging your dominance.
Me: We settled this yesterday.
Cattledog: That was yesterday. This is today.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:21 PM (bFId9)

88 Placed the four rescued babycats into homes. Mama cat is still in our basement and does not seem interested in leaving.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024 04:22 PM (9yUzE)

89 With Sabi, it was totally different. We quarantined him in J’s office, and I slept on a blow up mattress. Kovu did not care there was a kitten. He did not sniff under the door. Nothing. He would just growl like a rabid monster when he saw him. After 2 weeks of swapping toys, etc, Sabi could finally come out without Kovu threatening to kill Sabi, but Kovu wasn’t about to play with him. Kovu got sick right after with a kidney infection, which didn’t help. He really didn’t want anything to do with this Tasmanian devil kitten. So my very old GSP literally sighed got up and raised the kitten to the best of his abilities. I swear this happened, the sighing, you could just tell he was thinking “well, guess someone has to raise this thing because it’s out of control right now”.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:27 PM (p4NUW)

90 86. Awww, Joe. I am sorry.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:28 PM (p4NUW)

91 Blue once got up in my face and I punched him on the top of his skull as hard as I could. What a mistake. He had a bone ridge on his skull and it didn't faze him at all.
I ended up in an ER while driving home 4 days later because my right hand swelled up like a balloon.
The doc was about to call the cops, my entire arm was wrecked, tendon damage, everything but a broken bone.
Doc: Who did you beat to death?

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:29 PM (bFId9)

92 Just got a pair of flats with the front of a dachshund embroidered on the right foot and the back end embroidered on the left. Put my feet together and I've got the whole doggie. So cute.

Posted by: Tuna at June 29, 2024 04:29 PM (oaGWv)

93 Cattledogs are tough. Get one at your own risk.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:31 PM (bFId9)

94 Sort of pet related.On the highway to Capitol Reef I witnessed some cowboys trying herd a half dozen young cattle into a trailer. They were having none of it and kept darting across the highway. Fortunately there was a squad of cattle dogs darting around and keeping the cattle from escaping.It was fun to watch. I love working dogs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at June 29, 2024 04:35 PM (Bv0Y3)

95 Some cats are pretty darn affectionate, it is conceivable perhaps in theory they would make a decent pet.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 29, 2024 04:36 PM (t459v)

96 Posted by: Jarrod at June 29, 2024 03:04 PM (8V4wU)

I think they are both ghosts.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at June 29, 2024 04:36 PM (55boN)

97 Thank you for the pet thread, MisHum. I hope KT gets better.

Enjoy your furry creatures, all. I am going to go get some vitamin d from the sun in the pool.

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:37 PM (p4NUW)

98 Afternoon, pet folken,

I'd have joined in earlier, but I had a long, rangy, fourteen-pound black cat on my lap. It's either him or the computer, I guess.

Dr Fausti, about special bonds with former animal friends . . . I had Arizona the big red part-Coon tabby for sixteen years, from his kittenhood to the very end. Our relationship was special. But I still think with great fondness of all the others who have followed him, and I consider big black Stirling here to be one of the greats. I don't really feel guilty for it; it's not as if Arizona could know.

Still, you feel what you feel; there is nothing wrong about it, or about relating in a new special way to your new dog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 04:38 PM (omVj0)

99 Some cats are pretty darn affectionate, it is conceivable perhaps in theory they would make a decent pet.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 29, 2024

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Most of mine have been affectionate. Some showed it more than others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 04:39 PM (omVj0)

100 94

Real cattledogs are fearless.
I mean really fearless.
They need a job employment to keep them occupied. Some are incredibly smart, Blue had a memory like a steel trap and could recall markings on horses after 3-4 years.
He knew the days of the week.
One horse vet did a test and told me he had the intelligence of about an 8 year old human boy.
He was of course an unbelievable jerk.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:40 PM (bFId9)

101 Top cartoon photo is sooooo true.

RIP Tokyo, Myfanwi, Buggy, Splotchy, Nermal, Boogy, Smokey, and Phydeaux.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 29, 2024 04:41 PM (MsrgL)

102 Why is he sitting backwards on the bench?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 29, 2024 04:42 PM (w6EFb)

103 It's funny to see all these memes about how cold cats are. My two kitties are very affectionate. Chloe has to come and sit on my lap while I am working and in the afternoon and evening, Daphne is my little Shadow and she has to be within Arms Reach of me all the time. She also sleeps next to my head on the bed.
Posted by: Beverly at June 29, 2024

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Dagny the little Siberian girl is somewhat aloof, but she's almost always in the same room with me, and loves to have her bellt rubbed and be petted. Now and then I find her sleeping with me. After two years, still no lap time, though.

Stirling the big black is very attached, sleeps with me nearly every night, has been curling on my lap multiple times a week, and again is almost always in the room.

Cats show affection; it just may not be in ways we humans recognize.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 04:43 PM (omVj0)

104 71 66

Mr. Trouble and Fanny. Wow.

Sounds like the cast of some Blaxploitation movie
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:06 PM (bFId9)

You have a cat named Spatula. Glass houses. 😉

Posted by: Piper at June 29, 2024 04:43 PM (p4NUW)

105 It's Wolfus, I can't wait to hear all the well meant suggestions of what gun to get, hope you survive it.
That said every woman I've ever allowed in my house has had concerns that a pet will somehow make, say, a Beretta M92 go off.
Like Hissy Fit could pull a DA revolver trigger.
All women seem to believe any house pet can fire a gun.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:45 PM (bFId9)

106 That's actually Jake, Fanny and Mr Trouble. Sounds like one of those 70s movies with Peter Fonda.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 04:45 PM (xjTDL)

107 My three kit Kats are all out like a light right now. Phoebe, Aspen, and Friday.

All rescues. Get along good. They are all sleeping within a foot of each other. They are inside cats but have a catio and go out on a leash some days

Posted by: Joe putz Biden a Highway at June 29, 2024 04:46 PM (WF/xn)

108 Spatula Kitty at the shelter, they armored up and stuffed her into a crate I brought with.
'Get it out of here.'

They barely even took my money. They just wanted it gone. . . .
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024

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The Vicksburg shelter were a little more civilized than that when I went to meet and adopt Stirling. Miss Linda says, "They brought him out, put him on the counter, and pretty much said, 'Here he is. You want him?'" He was clearly well-socialized and good-natured, bumped us with his head and rolled on his side for petting. He even walked straight into the carrier we'd brought without trouble.

Stirling was one cat who really nailed his audition.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 04:48 PM (omVj0)

109 Off bad sock !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 29, 2024 04:48 PM (WF/xn)

110 104

Spatula Kitty is named after a fake commercial in Weird Al movie UHF, and it is her shelter name. I loved the name and overrode The Kid for this dumb cat. But, Weird Al had a song, Dare To Be Stupid, so

Someone at that shelter named this cat that, it struck me funny. And now this dud of a pet has a forever home.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:50 PM (bFId9)

111 Mr Trouble really loves my teardrop trailer. It's like his own stationary tank. He jumps up on top and surveys everything. If I'm hanging out inside it, he'll come in for pets and to tromp on the sheepkin. I don't think he would be a good traveler though.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 29, 2024 04:51 PM (xjTDL)

112 It's Wolfus, I can't wait to hear all the well meant suggestions of what gun to get, hope you survive it.
That said every woman I've ever allowed in my house has had concerns that a pet will somehow make, say, a Beretta M92 go off.
Like Hissy Fit could pull a DA revolver trigger.
All women seem to believe any house pet can fire a gun.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024

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Howdy, LN,

I don't think Miss Linda will worry about it. I could sort of see a rambunctious big dog knocking a gun off a table, say, but cats? They love to push small objects off tables, but a heavier thing like a loaded gun is something else.

I owned a Ruger Single-Six back in the Eighties and a Remington Nylon 66 rifle too. Neither Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 nor No. 2 worried about them and the cats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 04:52 PM (omVj0)

113 Spatula Kitty fought hissed clawed her way to Casa Neal. It's taken 2 years to even be able to pick her up.
Also she's not very smart.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:54 PM (bFId9)

114 Spatula Kitty fought hissed clawed her way to Casa Neal. It's taken 2 years to even be able to pick her up.
Also she's not very smart.

Zeebo gave me what is probably a permanent scar when I grabbed her.

She's quite docile now.

And whip-smart.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024 04:56 PM (9yUzE)

115 This is sort of pet adjacent. There's a monthly gathering of everyone in the office on Monday. There's usually some sort of appetizer or snacks. And inevitably someone will put a sign up near the food:

Purina Engineer Chow

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 29, 2024 04:57 PM (dg+HA)

116 I still think about my Logan. Every day, every night.
Some things you don't get over.
Even if new pups help.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 29, 2024 04:58 PM (xcxpd)

117 Spatula Kitty is a cat, she's okay with people but she really needs a cat companion. She's on the table now, and while she likes pets etc she really wants a friend of her own kind.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:00 PM (bFId9)

118 My PPQ has such I light trigger I won't leave it on my nightstand with a round in the chamber for fear Lucy could stick a foot in the trigger guard, get spooked and put just enough pressure to pull the trigger.

So, I have a 1911 cocked and locked.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 29, 2024 05:00 PM (qXX6s)

119 I still think about my Logan. Every day, every night.
Some things you don't get over.
Even if new pups help.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Tokyo is the one for me. Raised him from a 12 week old quarter pound siamese kitten. He greaved when i disappeared off to GW1. I cried like a baby when he passed of old age. Still feel guilty everytime i give scritches to a cat.

Posted by: BifBewalski at June 29, 2024 05:02 PM (MsrgL)

120 After 15+ years of a territorial Hissy Fit uninterested in sharing Her House it's just odd having a personality who really wants company.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:03 PM (bFId9)

121 118

See? Women worry about these things.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:04 PM (bFId9)

122 Why did that guy jam his legs through the narrow gap between the seat and the back of that bench? It's going to hurt trying to stand up.

Posted by: GWB at June 29, 2024 05:06 PM (AWrpC)

123 I think the J frame SW is pretty pet proof. It's the immediate reach, after that it's hi cap 9 then 7.62x39 time.

Yeah, people perhaps should think about guns and pets.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:07 PM (bFId9)

124 I think of Arizona, of course, and Marie-Antoinette the smart black queen of cats, and little elderly Oreo the tuxedo cat, and all the others. And I say to each of them in my mind, I miss you. I loved you, and you knew it, and maybe you loved me in your own cat way.

One thing I don't do is gloss over their faults. Arizona was difficult about carriers and strange people, Marie was noisy, Oreo had occasional litterbox issues as she got older, etc. I remember them and honor them as they were, not as perfect faultless friends. That would do them a disservice and dishonor their memories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:07 PM (omVj0)

125 My PPQ has such I light trigger I won't leave it on my nightstand with a round in the chamber for fear Lucy could stick a foot in the trigger guard, get spooked and put just enough pressure to pull the trigger.

So, I have a 1911 cocked and locked.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 29, 2024 05:00 PM (qXX6s)

Nurse, I put my carry gun inside my nightstand. My night gun goes in one of those vertical safe things on the side of my nightstand, so I can pop it out if needed. Neither one could be set off by a dog (or cat or maybe-some-day-grandkid).

Posted by: GWB at June 29, 2024 05:08 PM (AWrpC)

126 118

Speaking of pets and foot pounds, some guy at my range posted for sale a Kimber 38 Super with a 2 pound trigger.

How is that in any way safe

Even Hissy Fit could set that off

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:10 PM (bFId9)

127 118 My PPQ has such I light trigger I won't leave it on my nightstand with a round in the chamber for fear Lucy could stick a foot in the trigger guard, get spooked and put just enough pressure to pull the trigger.

So, I have a 1911 cocked and locked.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 29, 2024 05:00 PM (qXX6s)

That's a good thing!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at June 29, 2024 05:11 PM (QXQ4l)

128 They need a job employment to keep them occupied.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 04:40 PM (bFId9)

Aside from "herding" me in the yard (I went through a lot of socks in those 13 years) my Red liked to chase the squirrels along the top of the fence. She would get a good run at the fence, go almost all the way up, then turn and run horizontally along the fence as the squirrel ran along top. If I'd known she could do that when we got her, I'd have put 'Ninja' in her name somewhere.

Amber was a great dog.

Posted by: GWB at June 29, 2024 05:12 PM (AWrpC)

129 Ghost Dog appears in his owner's time of need, to tell him that isn't how you sit on a bench.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 29, 2024 05:13 PM (0omqp)

130 Spatula Kitty is named after a fake commercial in Weird Al movie UHF, and it is her shelter name. I loved the name and overrode The Kid for this dumb cat. But, Weird Al had a song, Dare To Be Stupid, so

Someone at that shelter named this cat that, it struck me funny. And now this dud of a pet has a forever home.
Posted by: LenNeal

Rush Limbaugh used to play a fake commercial for "Spatula City". I thought perhaps that is where you got the name.

Posted by: Tuna at June 29, 2024 05:15 PM (oaGWv)

131 I called the Manw cat Zeebo but thinking of changing to Aino or Sierra.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024 05:16 PM (yo0U+)

132 I called the Manw cat Zeebo but thinking of changing to Aino or Sierra.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024 05:16 PM (yo0U+)

You can change a cat's name all you like. It won't matter to them.

Posted by: GWB at June 29, 2024 05:17 PM (AWrpC)

133 Siblings Dot and Dash.
Dash was a wonderful Blue, his sister pissed in ANY basket of clothing her entire life I hated that about that cat.
You could not leave an open basket out she'd pee in it.

She committed a crime on me, I never forgave. At a gathering of my Ex wife, that cat peed in my Kevlar bag that stopped a bullet that saved my life in Bosnia and I could not forgive that. There was clothing in it and that fucking cat ruined my Kevlar bag.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:18 PM (bFId9)

134 130

Weird Al.

UHF.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:19 PM (bFId9)

135 Precious the Bichon is our ninth dog. Her predecessors all passed from old age. None of them are forgotten and were never 'replaced'. Each new one was just added to our family. All live in our memories and they are good memories.

I suspect that our first moments in Heaven will be occupied with wagging tails and puppy kisses.

Posted by: JTB at June 29, 2024 05:20 PM (zudum)

136 I've recently added a second cat. I read all the advice and had everything ready for a two-week introduction period, but after five-ten minutes of watching them sit on either side of a laundry room door (glass panel) staring at each other, I shrugged and opened the door.

They touched noses and Georgie led Scout on a tour of the house and that was that. Still no fights. He washes her face every morning.

Posted by: Wenda at June 29, 2024 05:22 PM (4GhzG)

137 I called the Manw cat Zeebo but thinking of changing to Aino or Sierra.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024
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You can change a cat's name all you like. It won't matter to them.
Posted by: GWB at June 29, 2024

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They certainly respond to that certain combo of sounds and come to realize that it applies to them. I've never changed a cat's name knowingly. Angelique, the Siberian who came up to me in a parking lot, was almost an adult and must have had a name before. Marie the smart black was rescued also as an adult, then was given the French queen's name; she learned any part of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:22 PM (omVj0)

138 136

Eh open the gates and litter cardboard boxes all over the house.
They'll figure it out.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:23 PM (bFId9)

139 "Spatula City" was a great commercial.

Posted by: I miss Rush at June 29, 2024 05:24 PM (dg+HA)

140 I've recently added a second cat. I read all the advice and had everything ready for a two-week introduction period, but after five-ten minutes of watching them sit on either side of a laundry room door (glass panel) staring at each other, I shrugged and opened the door.

They touched noses and Georgie led Scout on a tour of the house and that was that. Still no fights. He washes her face every morning.
Posted by: Wenda at June 29, 2024

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Wolf and Chekov made friends in an hour. Stirling wanted to get jiggy wit' Dagny when she arrived, since he was all boy at that point, and I had to separate them -- but not because of fighting. When I could bring them back together, they started playing almost right away.

On the other hand, big Arizona disliked other cats in his territory. He never attacked them, but he'd hiss and make it clear he thought they were trespassing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:25 PM (omVj0)

141 Spatula might respond to tone and pitch, but likely will never learn a name. She's not brilliant.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:25 PM (bFId9)

142 139

It's Weird Al, from UHF!

I saw it in the theater twice in It's 3 day release.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:26 PM (bFId9)

143 I suspect that our first moments in Heaven will be occupied with wagging tails and puppy kisses.
Posted by: JTB at June 29, 2024

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My arrival at the Rainbow Bridge will be difficult. Each of my feline friends has thought he owned me. How will they sort things out?

"Back off, Fat Boy! This is MY Human!"

"Stick a fish in it, black cat, he's MINE!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:27 PM (omVj0)

144 Spatula City, we sell spatulas... and that's all!

Weird Al.

Now I'm stuck with the dumb cat.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:28 PM (bFId9)

145 ow I'm stuck with the dumb cat.
Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024

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Little Oreo, I have to admit, was nobody's genius. But she knew her name, where the litter box and food and water bowls were, and that I was pleased to have her in my lap and my life. That was really all she needed to know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:30 PM (omVj0)

146 143

Hissy Fit is for sure planning an ambush. God and Jesus better up their game she's devious.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:30 PM (bFId9)

147 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:30 PM (omVj0)

148 Just found out my main dog has thyroid cancer. I hate having pets.

Posted by: NotEnoughLampposts at June 29, 2024 05:36 PM (A4k+1)

149 UHF.

The karate instructor is the same actor as Long Duck Dong from 16 Candles

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 29, 2024 05:38 PM (yo0U+)

150 Just found out my main dog has thyroid cancer. I hate having pets.
Posted by: NotEnoughLampposts at June 29, 2024

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I know, NEL. We open our hearts to them, knowing we will outlive them; and that's the tragedy. That, and the fact they don't know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 29, 2024 05:44 PM (omVj0)

151 still quoting: Supplies !

Geddes Watanabe

Posted by: LenNeal at June 29, 2024 05:46 PM (bFId9)

152 AI slop has the bench backwards.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at June 29, 2024 06:06 PM (setIA)

153 We had a Siamese cat when I was a kid, probably because a Disney movie had featured two of them.

Thailand had a Prime Minister named Thanom Kittikachorn back then.

So...that was the cat's formal name.

Of course, we always called him "Kitti".

Posted by: Noam Sayen at June 29, 2024 06:08 PM (YEeds)

154 C'mon man, did you let Joe Biden's speech writer edit that park bench?

Posted by: setnaffa at June 29, 2024 06:47 PM (nOVGb)

155 Hadrian: Are you still able to show and breeds the dogs with a genetic disposition to bad heart? I ask because I am the proud owner of a Persian cat with a pedigree that out does the House of Windsor. He's shedding all over my apartment because his ears failed to grow properly. Instead of normal perky cat ears, his ears are just a couple of half developed stubs. His breeder was ready to spit nails. Hersh was the exact color she had been breeding for, and to my knowledge, he meets every other breed standard. But Mary Jane couldn't show or breed him for fear the defective ears would be genetic. And, no, he's not a Scottish fold or anything like that. His ears are simply these nubs.

Posted by: Livia Drusilla at June 29, 2024 10:27 PM (ZuPhL)

156 I had to put my best friend down today. It had gotten to where she could barely breath and she could no longer swallow. Her nose was dry and cracked from dehydration and she gagged and drooled all morning. She tried to eat grass but I had to pull it out by hand as she was choking on a ball of grass as big as my fist. It was time.

I got her just a few months after my wife left in 2010 and took my boys. She was my only real friend during the lowest period of my life. She was my constant companion and kept me warm at night. She was 18 months old then. She would have turned 15 years old in August. I could not continue to watch her drop weight and slowly, painfully make it up the steps one at a time because of the arthritis in her shoulders any longer. She always really enjoyed eating and, finally, this morning, she couldn't even do that anymore. I finally realized I was being selfish because I couldn't bear to let her go. It was time to man up and say goodbye. I will never forget my little girl and the unflinching loyalty and happiness she brought me when I needed it the most.

-Autumn's daddy

Posted by: James Springer at June 30, 2024 04:11 PM (Gn/w6)

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