Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 4

Do not trust this chart. General guideline only.

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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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Throw it already, hooman..🐕😂 pic.twitter.com/XgfFsfmxZo
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 4, 2025

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Alien..👽😅 pic.twitter.com/bsqi731xuf
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 4, 2025

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Love how he looks right at the person and does it anyways.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Haha 😂

We don't deserve dogs. pic.twitter.com/SIBFvUVFMG
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) December 27, 2024

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Notice at the market a few days ago said there would be no eggs until Tuesday. Don't know if this is a good time to be thinking about pet chickens, but here are a few breeds with good reputations for egg production. Anyone have some experience?

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Meet The PetMorons

Longtime lurker here but thought I’d share a pic of my grinning Goldendoodle Bailey. Of all the dogs I’ve owned over the years, he’s the only one that smiles when he’s happy and excited.

Bailey is our star today! What a great smile for the New Year!

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

From By-Tor:

Local cat on his morning rounds giving me the once over.

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By-Tor being closely watched while he works. A friend notes that the dog is tossing a gang sign (one ear down).

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Two dogs lost and found through a local volunteer organization:

Sam, found in the next town over from his home. Someone recognized a posted photo:

Don't know this one's name, but she was recovering from surgery when lost and found:

Thank you for sharing your pets and other animals 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:

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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, December 28. 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 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 03:19 PM (fwDg9)

2 Our cats loved belly scratches

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 03:20 PM (fwDg9)

3 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 04, 2025 03:21 PM (2UnvF)

4 Just spent an hour in the park with the stray who won't come home with me. 😔

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 04, 2025 03:22 PM (pnREI)

5 The cat petting chart is subject to modification based on each individual cat.

Of my 5 cats, 2 of them LOVE tummy rubs. The other three are either indifferent or mildly hostile to them.

The rest of the chart holds true, though...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 03:24 PM (BpYfr)

6 Happy cat turd day!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 03:25 PM (XxL0Y)

7 Our fearless tortie cat is good with belly rubs. But she loves under the chin scratches.

Posted by: Scarymary at January 04, 2025 03:25 PM (a8Yoi)

8 Happy cat turd day!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 03:25 PM (XxL0Y)

A day in the litter box?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 04, 2025 03:27 PM (VNX3d)

9 Lucy the Fink is on my lap! This is the third day in a row.

She is 11 and we've had her since she was around 6 months or so.

She's NEVER been a lapcat ! Yay!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2025 03:28 PM (gm3Cy)

10 She's NEVER been a lapcat ! Yay!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2025 03:28 PM (gm3Cy)
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Good for her!

My own cat Penny has suddenly decided to become a lap kitty after 12 years...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 03:30 PM (BpYfr)

11

Cloacas FTW!

Posted by: Chicken Inseminator at January 04, 2025 03:32 PM (x93RZ)

12 Woof! Great pictures of pet buddies. I think Sam could work his way into anyones house and they would start to believe he’s been there forever. Sweet face and eyes.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 04, 2025 03:33 PM (tlC9C)

13 Hiya!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2025 03:35 PM (QGaXH)

14 Scarymary, our 7-yr-old tortie loves scritches that start inside her foreleg and proceed to flank & heinie. She also pushes her chin & cheeks to rub up against the petting hand.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 04, 2025 03:36 PM (NcvvS)

15 Mr Senegal parrot checks for a sturdy perch, but it's by biting my finger! He will be very good about Stepping Up on to a stick though.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 03:36 PM (XxL0Y)

16 I love that you're such a cat person, Perfessor.

You and Wolfus and ciampino and stateless. It's so awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2025 03:37 PM (CbEfR)

17 Yay nurse & Lucy!

Posted by: Nazdar at January 04, 2025 03:37 PM (NcvvS)

18 Yay Perfessor & Penny!

Posted by: Nazdar at January 04, 2025 03:39 PM (NcvvS)

19 I love that you're such a cat person, Perfessor.

You and Wolfus and ciampino and stateless. It's so awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2025 03:37 PM (CbEfR)
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Thank you!

I never knew 12 years ago or so that cats would become such an important part of my life. Every day I spend with them is a blessing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 03:40 PM (BpYfr)

20 I’ll be moving to a new house and bringing my two kittehs with me. With all the headaches and hassles of a move , the thing that concerns me the most is how the kittehs will take it.

I shouldn’t let them control my actions so much but that’s just the way it is. I’m too old to change now. ( I probably would have moved a few years ago but they were a factor in the delay)

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2025 03:42 PM (D6PGr)

21 I’ll be moving to a new house and bringing my two kittehs with me. With all the headaches and hassles of a move , the thing that concerns me the most is how the kittehs will take it.

When we moved, Dewey ran into the downstairs bathroom in the new house, hid behind the toilet, and howled for two hours straight.

Dipset (God Rest Her Furry Soul) took all of two minutes to find two loose slats in the living room air vent and was off exploring the HVAC system.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 04, 2025 03:49 PM (9yUzE)

22 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 04, 2025 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

23 Afternoon, pet folken,

I have my old "adjacent" animal story to report. Seems there is a white mixed-breed dog in the city called Scritch. HIs epic story began a couple of years ago, when he was rescued from the street. He promptly escaped and roamed the neighborhood and beyond. Captured again, he escaped, was re-rescued, and then fled again -- from a second-story window belonging to the lady who runs a local shelter and adoption center. He was and is not a feral, understand; he merely does not seem to prefer the human home, and would rather scamper around the city. In some ways he's more like a cat than he is a dog.

He's become something of a local hero. People in his original neighborhood put out food and water for him. Lately he's been reported in a section of town miles away from the first area. Maybe he hitched a ride on a truck going that way?

I haven't seen him myself, so it really isn't an "adjacent" story. He's on his way to becoming a legend kids will tell each other in future years. "They say, when the moon is bright and kids really need him, Scritch will appear. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 03:49 PM (omVj0)

24 Well, thank you nurse. Appreciate that.
I've just woken up after a very long nap, with Astrid on one side and Squeak on the other. Amazed as Squeak, a tiny cat, is very aggressive and barely tolerates Bailey only because he's here so often that she HAS to share a lap. Astrid, after several years of avoiding me, is now very attached.
We finally got the outside cat Mr Grey to come inside. He's probably the daddy to the Cheese family: Brie and her 6 kittens. Read and see pictures at Update 291 after this.

Posted by: Ciampino - The world is made for cats even the Internet at January 04, 2025 03:52 PM (i0xsb)

25 If that is what aliens look like, I am all in for the invasion!

Posted by: Piper at January 04, 2025 03:52 PM (pRpzT)

26 As for my furry thugs: I didn't feel great this morning after my errands, so I lay down for a bit. Big black Stirling leaped up to bump his head against mine and purr, almost as if he knew something was off, and then slept with me during my nap.

Little gray Dagny La Siberienne (who loves belly rubs, by the way) didn't. Nurse and Perfessor's tales of their cats becoming lap warmers after *years* or residence gives me hope that she may do the same. Someday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 03:53 PM (omVj0)

27 Currently have 4 chickens. Fifth one passed on last month. The first 2 winters in MT with them was manageable, this year it’s been lots of rain and warm temps. Let me tell you that fine wet soil mixed with chicken poop isn’t fun. Adding insult to smelly conditions is only 2 of them lay eggs. And yes they have heat and extra light. This will be the last of them, once they die off I’m done. I estimate each egg is costing me what a carton of commercial eggs runs. I know others make it work, I guess I’m not a chicken whisperer.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 04, 2025 03:53 PM (2NHgQ)

28 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's a short Mr Grey photo update #291 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 - The world is made for cats even the Internet at January 04, 2025 03:53 PM (i0xsb)

29 What a terrific collection of critters! So much personality. Maybe too much!

Most cats I've "owned" had an Approved Petting Zone much like that diagram. Any deviation and the bear trap was sprung. But new cat Lily is down with tummy, tail, pantaloons, and arms in addition to the usual areas.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at January 04, 2025 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

30 KT, Thanks for including those videos. I enjoyed the laughs.

Posted by: JTB at January 04, 2025 03:55 PM (yTvNw)

31 Yes, I recommend Buff Orpingtons and Australorps. Good layers, big enough for mrat and will set a nest. Marans are nice too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 03:56 PM (NQtI0)

32 Bought a silly little lambchop toy with a birthday hat for my good boi. He is gonna be 8 years old next month

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 04, 2025 03:57 PM (Wx316)

33 I love the smiling doggo, that is hilarious.

The towel stealing dog wants attention maybe? He knows exactly what he's doing.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2025 03:57 PM (A/s+Q)

34 And Springers are that hard headed. Mine doesn't really fetch though.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 03:57 PM (NQtI0)

35 My kittehs allow full body petting but they definitely both have their favorite spots.

Actually the brother kitteh’s least favorite spot is the top of the head. He’ll allow it but he won’t allow me to linger there.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2025 03:57 PM (D6PGr)

36 Btw doggeh does not like his tail getting touched

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 04, 2025 03:58 PM (Wx316)

37 My cat Dexter hates being touched in the lower back/tail area. It's not like most cats. Anything in the cheeks or ears area, he's all in, tho'.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 04, 2025 04:00 PM (c6hLR)

38 Two years ago, I acquired a "Christmas kitty" in the form of Hexie, who showed up out of the cold on Christmas Eve.

This year, I nearly had a heart attack when I heard Penny freaking out near my office window on Christmas night. When I peeked outside, I saw a kitty peering back at her. I had to shoo it away because I already have a Christmas kitty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 04:00 PM (BpYfr)

39 With wind chill temps approaching single digits it's time for Precious to put on her sweater. And she agrees. Once the sweater is on she parades around like a queen on a red carpet. Of course, after this display she must have her beauty sleep and curls up in the cuddler.

All our pups have liked wearing sweaters. Their reactions make me think of little girls wearing mom's clothes as dress up.

Posted by: JTB at January 04, 2025 04:01 PM (yTvNw)

40 I’ll be moving to a new house and bringing my two kittehs with me. With all the headaches and hassles of a move , the thing that concerns me the most is how the kittehs will take it.

I shouldn’t let them control my actions so much but that’s just the way it is. I’m too old to change now. ( I probably would have moved a few years ago but they were a factor in the delay)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2025

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WhenI moved to Denver in '97, Arizona the big red part-Coon tabby was fourteen. I was positive he would not take to riding for three days in a carrier in a noisy Ryder truck, so I left him with Miss Linda to ship up to me later. On the other hand, her super-smart cat Marie-Antoinette, who never minded carriers or car rides, was a great and un-panicky companion on the three days back in my car in '01. You never know.

When I retire and move at last, I suspect my current two, who walk right into their carriers, will handle the two-day trip fairly well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:03 PM (omVj0)

41 The plan with Mr Grey is to wait until he's acclimatized to being inside and the cold outside possibly ameliorates, then at a time we have vet funds we can have him neutered - if we can get him in a carrier!
After that, depending how he gets on with the others, we would like to keep him in so he doesn't end up getting run over crossing the street. Our oldest male (13), Oscar the Grouch, objected to Mr Grey at first for a few hours and then gave up it seems. There's hope.
Funny how every cat in the house knew there was a new cat in the study in spite of there being no sounds at first. Smell I guess.

Posted by: Ciampino - The world is made for cats even the Internet at January 04, 2025 04:04 PM (i0xsb)

42 Soooo many reasons to love dogs🥰!
(Cats are ok)....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 04, 2025 04:06 PM (L83z3)

43
Best of Breed for Miss Ruth at today's Nolan River KC show. Her half-sister Puff (Soyara's Magic Dragon) has been 2nd of two in her class each day, but she's a beginner and gets better each time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2025 04:08 PM (nMaPl)

44 I meant to add that there are no longer any fertile females in the house, all fixed. We have two young boys from Brie's litter still to do. I wish we had a shelter that would neuter cats for a reduced fee. In Africa getting a cat from the Pound required it be neutered first and would cost us the princely sum of $10 (R10 at the time).
Mind you a complete X-ray set for a person was about $20 at the hospital. We pay for too many yachts and fast cars.

Posted by: Ciampino - The world is made for cats even the Internet at January 04, 2025 04:11 PM (i0xsb)

45 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:03 PM (omVj0)

Like your experience , one kitteh will be fine, one kitteh will be a mess on the drive. I just hope they acclimate to the new house in short order. I have a lot of other things I have to do after the move so won’t be there for them for extended periods of time.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2025 04:11 PM (D6PGr)

46 This is the time of year Mr Trouble is very happy I invited him in. The other stray, Hank, keeps coming in for eats , but not every day. I got a shelter with heating pad, but Troubles seems to have claimed it. I may get another. There is a warm place under the house that the cats use. Hopefully the good food helps.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 04:12 PM (NQtI0)

47 Pynchon the cat comes and sits on spouse’s lap when it starts to get cold and would stay there all day if he weren’t eased off or to eat. I am stretched out beside spouse, but cat definitely prefers laps,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:12 PM (evma/)

48 Buckley is back from my "left kidney" boarding school. He still isn't perfect but about 75% there. Still have to work with him to reinforce the training and make it stick. Probably more high energy than I need.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2025 04:14 PM (afJfl)

49 Like your experience , one kitteh will be fine, one kitteh will be a mess on the drive. I just hope they acclimate to the new house in short order. I have a lot of other things I have to do after the move so won’t be there for them for extended periods of time.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2025

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I think mine will have so much excitement exploring their new domain, which will probably be 2x the square footage they're used to, they won't be bored or upset for long. So will yours.

Stirling handles new situations (well, mostly, if there are no fireworks noises) with ease, and Dagny is even braver.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:16 PM (omVj0)

50 Doggy #1 loved the tummy rubs and couldn't get enough of them. Doggy #2 didn't really care.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 04, 2025 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

51 Bootsie the cat does an experiment. Video:

https://tinyurl.com/4j2ftj79

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:20 PM (evma/)

52 My vet does "barn cat madness" usually in Feb. $50 gets a spay or neuter and a rabies shot but no documentation. I pay full price for mine and get them chipped. That gets me a $10 license fee here.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 04:22 PM (NQtI0)

53 All of my cats have loved the traditional scratches behind the ears or on the cheek tufts or under the chin. Scratching at the back spot just forward of the base of the tail would make both Rusty, my boyhood cat, and Arizona "chatter" as if they were seeing a bird in the yard. Both were red cats, both neutered, but otherwise nothing alike.

The rest of the cats have been indifferent to, or ordinarily pleased by, such treatment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:24 PM (omVj0)

54 48 Buckley is back from my "left kidney" boarding school. He still isn't perfect but about 75% there. Still have to work with him to reinforce the training and make it stick. Probably more high energy than I need.
Posted by: lin-duh at January

How old is he?

Posted by: Piper at January 04, 2025 04:27 PM (QzINz)

55 I remember that my cats liked having their chests scratched. I figure it's mostly a "Don't touch the vulnerable bits" kind of thing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 04, 2025 04:27 PM (opZRa)

56 Cat doesn’t mind being petting on his sides, but he lies to be petted on his head and , he seems to enjoy if I head butt him gently which seems to be a way cats expression with other cats. He must think I’m a big old odd looking cat😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:29 PM (kx3SQ)

57 My cat is very specific about pettings. Over the rump? Yes, please. General back rub? Fine. Top of head? That will be nice.

Touching belly? You have chosen a most painful death.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 04, 2025 04:32 PM (CHHv1)

58 Love all the pet morons!
They all have such personalities, eh? We have a dog in the neighborhood who grins, but nothing close to that cutie.

My doggie has an “indoor voice” - when I get home, or delay in feeding him he will bark at half-volume, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 04, 2025 04:33 PM (Hkcdp)

59 OT morons please pray for the repose of Rose

Praise hashem the true Judge

Rose was mom to one of my kindergarten buddies.

She was sure I was a bad influence on her kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 04:33 PM (RIvkX)

60 He must think I’m a big old odd looking cat

Mr Senegal parrot "grooms" my hair with his beak. He must think I have odd feathers.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 04:35 PM (cwI6g)

61 He likes head scratches only, but I can very carefully rub my nose in his parrot belly like the first time I met him.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 04:37 PM (cwI6g)

62 If that is what aliens look like, I am all in for the invasion!
Posted by: Piper at January 04, 2025

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We've BEEN invaded already!

Strangely, of all the coat colors and patterns cats have, I am least fond of tortoiseshells like the one in the video. It seems somehow like camouflage -- as if they are actually opossums on a stealth recon mission to study humans, and have disguised themselves so as not to be seen easily in darkness. Tricolors I like; calicos, classic and mackerel tabbies, points, solids, tuxedos and white-and-blacks are all fine; but not tortoiseshells. I don't *hate* them, now, just don't find them appealing to my eye.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)

63 Charlie, who will be four this summer, has suddenly become an assertive Alpha Khet.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 04, 2025 04:39 PM (9yUzE)

64 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 04:33 PM (RIvkX)

Of course. Prayers for all who knew and loved Rose and a peaceful repose for her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:39 PM (bxG4j)

65 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT. Always love it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:41 PM (hoCmQ)

66 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 04:35 PM (cwI6g)

That's interesting .How did you decide to get a parrot or you've had them before?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:41 PM (bxG4j)

67 Petting Chart is teh awesome. lol.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:42 PM (hoCmQ)

68 Cat doesn’t mind being petting on his sides, but he lies to be petted on his head and , he seems to enjoy if I head butt him gently which seems to be a way cats expression with other cats. He must think I’m a big old odd looking cat😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025

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As a kitten, Stirling milk-treaded my arm every morning, and even tried suckling me on my neck (which I gently dissuaded him from). He must have thought I was his mother -- who, according to lore, died when he was fairly young.

At almost three years old, he still milk-treads now and then. Dagny never does. In fact, none of the Siberians I've known have done that. Possibly because they don't leave the breeder's home until they are at least five months old, so their early kittenhood behaviors are behind them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:43 PM (omVj0)

69 Beautiful cat on his rounds. Thanks for sending in a photo, By-Tor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 04:44 PM (bxG4j)

70 Bailey, the Goldendoodle, what a fun personality! Great pic.

Posted by: scampydog at January 04, 2025 04:44 PM (41CYW)

71 Thanks {Fen}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 04:46 PM (RIvkX)

72 First video, lol. Hooman was tormenting that poor doggeh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:46 PM (hoCmQ)

73 Our little black kitteh, Scout, likes us to massage her front paws. She's the only one who liked it. Mischa and Bug did not like us touching their feet.

Bug, the calico, was never a lap cat until her boy, Son 1, went off to college. From then on she was my lap cat.

Posted by: Joe Schlabotnik at January 04, 2025 04:47 PM (Ad8y9)

74 She was sure I was a bad influence on her kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 04:33
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Doubt that, but prayers up for Rose and your kindergarten buddy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:49 PM (hoCmQ)

75 Some cats like a tummy rub, some act like a velociraptor’s ripping out their entrails.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2025 04:51 PM (jgmnb)

76 Perry, the beloved donkey who served as the model for Donkey in Shrek, has passed away at the age of 30.

https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1875659076660822092

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:52 PM (hoCmQ)

77 She was sure I was a bad influence on her kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 04:33
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Doubt that, but prayers up for Rose and your kindergarten buddy.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:49 PM (hoCmQ)

Doubly so. Unless, of course, you two were doing things like the two boys in last nights ONT tweets.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 04, 2025 04:54 PM (VNX3d)

78 Our little black kitteh, Scout, likes us to massage her front paws. She's the only one who liked it. Mischa and Bug did not like us touching their feet.

Bug, the calico, was never a lap cat until her boy, Son 1, went off to college. From then on she was my lap cat.
Posted by: Joe Schlabotnik at January 04, 2025

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The only time in sixteen and a half years that Arizona ever nipped me was when he was sitting up on the arm of the sofa and I touched his paws. He bent his head like a striking snake and nipped -- clearly, "Don't touch the paws, man." Stirling and Dagny have no trouble with paw touching, but most cats I've known don't like it.

Come to think of it, the only time Arizona ever scratched me was by accident. I was on the stairs in the townhouse and he was down by the front door, when someone rang the bell. He took off like an orange streak up the stairs and drew blood from the back of my left hand with a clawed foot as he passed over. I still have a thin, almost invisible white scar there that itches in very dry weather!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 04, 2025 04:56 PM (omVj0)

79 Doubly so. Unless, of course, you two were doing things like the two boys in last nights ONT tweets.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 04, 2025 04:54 PM (VNX3d)

I showed that to the Missus, and she about died laughing. Our two sons were just like that.

Posted by: Joe Schlabotnik at January 04, 2025 04:57 PM (Ad8y9)

80 Afternon all.
Loved the Spaniels with the shoe. Dogs can be so clever. They just wanna have fun.
I miss my dogs. Thank you all for sharing yours.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 04, 2025 04:58 PM (t/2Uw)

81 Bailey's smile made me smile. And the Adjacent Animals are an adorable bunch.

Posted by: Scarymary at January 04, 2025 05:00 PM (zddDv)

82 Buckley is almost 15 months old.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2025 05:17 PM (UwBs6)

83 That's interesting .How did you decide to get a parrot or you've had them before?

A surprise birthday gift was a lorikeet. Then joined the now defunct West valley bird society. A member said she "stalked" me after hearing my voice on the phone. She had many parrots. I had read about Senegals and just let him out his cage. He was so lonesome for affection he was overjoyed. He's the only one now. Makes purring noise when on my shoulder.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 05:18 PM (oJbIm)

84 I have two Australorp hens. They are beautiful, black with a sheen of blue feathers and brilliant red combs. They produce large brown eggs and have been the healthiest of the bunch.

They are, however, very broody. Twice this year we've had to put them in uncomfortable chicken jail. Takes about 5 days to get them out of their condition.

That said, because of this trait, they apparently make great mothers if you have a rooster and want chicks.

Posted by: Derak at January 04, 2025 05:18 PM (Oq3mj)

85 Doubt that, but prayers up for Rose and your kindergarten buddy.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 04, 2025 04:49 PM (hoCmQ)

Doubly so. Unless, of course, you two were doing things like the two boys in last nights ONT tweets.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 04, 2025 04:54 PM (VNX3d)
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Thanks. And so much more. We planned a get together in 2 weeks, and there have already been threats of physical violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2025 05:20 PM (RIvkX)

86 they apparently make great mothers if you have a rooster and want chicks.

If you keep them in the entrance hallway, it's chicken mother foyer.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 05:21 PM (oJbIm)

87 uh, oh...looks like winter may have arrived in my AO...

White stuff is falling from the sky....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 04, 2025 05:24 PM (BpYfr)

88 FWIW our cats... a couple of them don't mind rubs in most areas... other than... you know

down there.

Bellies are more or less off limits tho'. But the resulting attacks are pretty mild, all things considered.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2025 05:25 PM (Q4IgG)

89 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 05:18 PM (oJbIm)

Awww: Makes a purring noise. That's a nice story!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2025 05:25 PM (MwEVT)

90 Most of mine, the lap cats at least, don't mind tummy rubs and a few will roll over for one. Shadow, the 20-pounder, and Serena, Cheese family only girl kitten, do that.

Posted by: Ciampino - cheap at the price at January 04, 2025 05:30 PM (i0xsb)

91 We don't get snow until about 11 tonight. No rain but it's slick outside. Will be glad to get through tomorrow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2025 05:31 PM (NQtI0)

92 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

93 Fen - do a web search for Senegal purr. Most are short bursts. His have evolved to an extended purr/raspberry/fart combo. Laughing reinforces the behavior, and he cracks me up every time.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with festive little caps and interpretive dance. at January 04, 2025 05:32 PM (oJbIm)

94 Yay pet thread, and I didn't miss it today. Thanks again, KT.

Daisy, our overly affectionate Malinois, has had a great couple of days.

Yesterday, SonM came by with his two dogs, Jarl the monstrous Malamute, and Bandit, the, um, black and brown I forget what dog. Bandit is about the same size as Daisy, and they had a great time play-bowing, mock-fighting, and chasing back and forth through the house. Jarl plays a little, but is mostly above the fray. Literally.

Today, Daughter & hub brought their two dogs by, Chowie the long-haired handsome guy, and Maya, the short mass of muscle. They raced around and bounded into each other, having a great time.

When I see these dogs coming, I open the back door, because for some reason they all like to run out into the small fenced yard first thing. They also like to gather around MiladyJo until she distributes treats.

Ony, the old black cat, hides in the bedroom while Daisy has guests, emerging only after the house gets quiet again. We try to tell her she should come out and play with the dogs, but she barely even tolerates Daisy. Jarl's head is practically bigger than Ony.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ~~leader~~ feeder of the pack at January 04, 2025 05:33 PM (erzCX)

95 I started with 12 hens, 6 from chicks 3 days old., 6 from 2 month old pullets.

3 Idaho gems, 2 austrolorps, 7 Easter eggers.

1 chick turned into a rooster, bye. One gem died after a year. One Easter egger got sick, we isolated her for 9 mos, she laid and seemed okay....put her back with the brood and she promptly keeled over dead. The third one died last week, got kind of immobile and just up and died. Oh, and a fourth one nearly died of heat stroke two summers ago, but we saved her.

I have no idea why these birds died. They died many many month or years apart, so unrelated causes.

They were healthy and then they weren't. We isolated each one each time just in case of infectious diseases. None of the other birds ever was infected with whatever these three died of.

Chickens are ironically both very resilient and very fragile. To me though , they are worth the trouble if you like eggs. As far as venturing into livestock , they are easier, and their death is easier to accept and handle. That's not to say you DON’T get attached to them. They are quirky and funWe keep asking ourselves if we could handle cows. Now that's a problem when they up and die.

Posted by: Derak at January 04, 2025 05:38 PM (Oq3mj)

96
92 HOBBY NOOD
94 Yay pet thread, and I didn't miss it today.

Well, dang!

Posted by: mindful webworker - late to the party again at January 04, 2025 05:41 PM (erzCX)

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