Ace of Spades Pet Thread, February 15

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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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Well, here are some pets who made it into politics, sort of. Courtesy IrishEi who note that they're adorable.

These three beagles were freed from Dr. Fauci’s cruel animal experimentations. Now, they’re each in a loving home and stealing hearts in the Oversight Committee room as star witnesses. pic.twitter.com/YXLXuH4zFn
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) February 6, 2025

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This is the real face of humanity ... pic.twitter.com/XLVvJXP6DA
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 12, 2025

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Meet The PetMorons

Madison contemplates a chameleon.
Eromero

I hope everything turned out okay for both of them.

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I'm not sure who's doing the Pet Thread nowadays, but here is my new golden retriever puppy Finn. He is 10 weeks old and a terror. We have started calling him the Hellhound. Lucky for him, he's adorable. Here he is in a timeout, with a toy he stole from Grandma's room.
- Jordan61

Yes, he is adorable. Hope the timeouts become less frequent.

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This is Kraken, racing name PG Kraken. We adopted him when he was a senior. He'd been in foster care for about three months because older dogs are harder to adopt and he needed a quiet home without kids.
He was with us for a very happy five years and slipped away peacefully one night. And as you can see, he was very puzzled about me asking him to pose for this shot:
NR Pax

You're doing good work, NR Pax. The travel adventure to re-home a retired greyhound, shared on January 25, was also impressive. Sorry for the loss of Kraken.

Still catching up on pet submissions. More next wee. 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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Links to Past Threads: I've been out of commission for a while. Thanks to Misanthropic Humanitarian for filling in. It was sort of like old times.

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 25

The Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Feb. 1 (Misanthropic Humanitarian)

The Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Feb. 8 (Misanthropic Humanitarian)

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 February 15, 2025 03:32 PM (fwDg9)

2 tinyurl.com/3svrs96m
On Cafe thread a cute video of cats at a Cafe, but this one by same people is Cats and their Dogs

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 03:36 PM (fwDg9)

3 My cats are all asleep but they'll be back up in 25 minutes, guaranteed. Feeding time's at 4 pm for first supper.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 03:36 PM (/HDaX)

4 Critters.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 15, 2025 03:36 PM (+E2T+)

5 I love all the pets and your puppy is adorable Jordan.

NR Pax, I'm sorry for your loss of Kraken. You are a good person for adopting a senior dog.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2025 03:40 PM (dyGWr)

6 The pets are adorable

I laughed at the Valentine’s Day cat cartoon. We got a new chair to use for son to sit in front of the computer. Pynchon the cat loves the big box left over and he goes in there to sit and to scratch another piece of cardboard in there He likes to sleep on top of the box. We really should get rid of the box. 😉

Cats must have lived in caves in the distant past they love boxes so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2025 03:42 PM (bU/wn)

7 Oh, Zola, you were the best!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 15, 2025 03:42 PM (QSrLX)

8 Thanks CaliGirl. Just a quick backstory on that. We had a foster dog that wasn't getting adopted out. She was aloof with visitors and had also decided that our house was hers. We contemplated adopting her but then my wife read up on Kraken and said "What about him?"

So we made a deal: If our foster didn't get adopted out by the visitor we were getting that day, we'd take her. If she was adopted, we'd take Kraken. Next thing you know, we're driving to Virginia to get him.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 03:43 PM (lXCUP)

9 Cats must have lived in caves in the distant past they love boxes so much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2025 03:42 PM (bU/wn)

I've seen photos of full-grown tigers sitting in big boxes. Cats gotta cat.

Posted by: PugMahon, feeling restless at February 15, 2025 03:44 PM (bDNzX)

10 My cats are all asleep but they'll be back up in 25 minutes, guaranteed. Feeding time's at 4 pm for first supper.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 03:36 PM (/HDaX)
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The fact that you refer to "first supper" implies that there's a "second supper" later.

Are your cats part Hobbit by any chance?

(My own cats get fed between 4-5 p.m., but that's it until tomorrow morning...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2025 03:44 PM (BpYfr)

11 Woof! Finn looks like a sweetheart. Sorry for your loss NR Pax. Glad to see you’re back K.T. Thanks for the pet thread. Oh, bye the way, Eff Fauci.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 15, 2025 03:46 PM (MSG4G)

12 Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 03:43 PM (lXCUP)

Funny how life works out. My condolences.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 03:47 PM (/HDaX)

13 Are your cats part Hobbit by any chance?

(My own cats get fed between 4-5 p.m., but that's it until tomorrow morning...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 15, 2025 03:44 PM (BpYfr)

One would think. What we put out at 4 pm (wet food) usually gets partly eaten, then put back out at 6-6:30 pm for 2nd supper.

The dry stuff's available 24/7. Leastways if we don't want the cats to eat us.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 03:49 PM (/HDaX)

14 For Jordan61. Our retriever turns 3 tomorrow.

https://tinyurl.com/36x4wzhp

Posted by: Turn 2 at February 15, 2025 03:50 PM (JfxgE)

15 Posted by: PugMahon, feeling restless at February 15, 2025 03:44 PM (bDNzX)

The box might be less inviting if it were standing up, but it’s on its side- perfect for a cave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2025 03:51 PM (bU/wn)

16 Meeaahh

(Meow in Persian kittuh language)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 15, 2025 03:51 PM (sAmhv)

17
Cats must have lived in caves in the distant past they love boxes so much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Damn! He was a wild one, old Hatchet Jack. He was livin' two year in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him.

Posted by: Del Gue at February 15, 2025 03:52 PM (XeU6L)

18 Funny how life works out. My condolences.

Thanks. It was a couple of years ago but we took comfort in the fact that he was in his home and on his bed when he went to sleep.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 03:52 PM (lXCUP)

19 Hi all. Our last pet was a rescue hunting-dog beagle. Those beagle photos are simultaneously heartwarming and infuriating.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 15, 2025 03:53 PM (hyS0X)

20 Our retriever turns 3 tomorrow.

I have seen that poster with Swiss Mountain Dogs and it's equally accurate.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 03:53 PM (lXCUP)

21 Thanks. It was a couple of years ago but we took comfort in the fact that he was in his home and on his bed when he went to sleep.

That's the best way...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 03:53 PM (/HDaX)

22 Our cats loved being under cover, as in under bed, hutch or behind couch. Maybe the cave ancestors does make sense.

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 03:58 PM (fwDg9)

23 Several years ago, I was watching my sisters cats at the time. I had an empty 12 case beer box waiting to be taken out to the garbage pick up. One night, I hear a commotion, only to find one cat had crawled into the hole on top of the box, and was inside it now while the other cat was poking at her from the outside. Every household item in a cat toy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 15, 2025 04:00 PM (sAmhv)

24 Lizard came in the garage in a trumpet plant Mrs. E has had like over 35 years, then somehow in the house. So the lizard became a rescue lizard back in the trumpet plant. Madison was like ‘whatever’.

Posted by: Eromero at February 15, 2025 04:00 PM (jgmnb)

25 Cats are predators but also prey in the wild. Smallish cats anyway. So whatever cover is available is good enough to hide in.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 15, 2025 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

26 Every household item in a cat toy.

Including the people that live in the house.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 04:02 PM (lXCUP)

27 Had a scare this week. Monday morning, with no warning, Precious couldn't use her hind legs. No hint that anything was wrong before this. The vet couldn't explain it since she wasn't in pain. Blood work was good and no sign of a spine problem. Could be a brain tumor but nothing definitive. The vet prescribed a mild steroid and some muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories. She is doing much better, although the back legs are still unsteady but each day brings improvement. Part of the problem is she is almost 17 years old and some of this could just be her body wearing out. (We've been through this before.) We're hoping for a full recovery.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 04:04 PM (yTvNw)

28 Afternoon, Pet Folken! KT, I'm glad you're back. MisHum stepped up to the plate, but we're glad you're all right.

Cats must have lived in caves in the distant past they love boxes so much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2025

I used to tell Linda that Arizona, my big red part-Maine Coon, had racial memories of cave lion days. She'd never heard of Panthera spelea, so she thought I was making the name up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2025 04:06 PM (omVj0)

29 Fauci looks like a ghoul, experimenting on beagles just proves it. I read somewhere that the reason they use them in labs is that they are such sweet dogs, that they are easy to deal with.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 15, 2025 04:07 PM (0Htd1)

30 Every household item in a cat toy.

Including the people that live in the house.
Posted by: NR Pax
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I do not care for the sneak ankle attack. Or worse, the springing back of leg attack.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 15, 2025 04:07 PM (Dm8we)

31 JTB, how big is your dog? Wobblers syndrome can affect larger breeds in this way.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 15, 2025 04:11 PM (Dm8we)

32 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 15, 2025 04:12 PM (2UnvF)

33 31 ... "JTB, how big is your dog? Wobblers syndrome can affect larger breeds in this way."

Precious is a Bichon and goes about 15 pounds.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 04:12 PM (yTvNw)

34 25 Cats are predators but also prey in the wild. Smallish cats anyway. So whatever cover is available is good enough to hide in.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 15, 2025 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

Works with introverts (people), too! Not the predator part, but if you're a short introvert, finding a place where you can have your back and sides covered is very comforting 😊❤

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2025 04:14 PM (SRRAx)

35 K.T., good to see you in action again. Hope you're recovering from your health issue!

Posted by: Rodent at February 15, 2025 04:16 PM (E1TDt)

36 Ok. The farmer pausing to save the nest made me tear up. Or maybe it was the song.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 04:17 PM (3wEtx)

37 Love the cartoons and humor at the top of the post. But the beagles who survived Fauci's Dr Mengele ministrations are beautiful. For so many reasons there is NOTHING too horrible to happen to that grotesque POS.

Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 04:20 PM (yTvNw)

38 Cats in too small containers. Two minute video:

https://tinyurl.com/msea544b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 15, 2025 04:20 PM (fY3kU)

39 My two furry thugs, big black Stirling and little gray Dagny, are doing well. Next month will be their third birthdays, but they have lost little of that kitten-play attitude.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2025 04:24 PM (omVj0)

40 Part of the problem is she is almost 17 years old and some of this could just be her body wearing out. (We've been through this before.) We're hoping for a full recovery.
Posted by: JTB at February 15, 2025 04:04 PM (yTvNw)

Small stroke?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 15, 2025 04:25 PM (/HDaX)

41 When the dog returned to the bank, in the first cartoon, did he also bring his mostest favorite toy?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025 04:28 PM (VNX3d)

42
So we made a deal: If our foster didn't get adopted out by the visitor we were getting that day, we'd take her. If she was adopted, we'd take Kraken. Next thing you know, we're driving to Virginia to get him.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2025 03:43 PM

Kraken was lucky to have you. Again sorry for your loss.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 15, 2025 04:32 PM (A/s+Q)

43 Glad you back sck. Prayers for your complete recovery and a long happy life. I don't post often, but I never miss the pet thread..

Posted by: Idlan at February 15, 2025 04:33 PM (iVIbH)

44 Additional B!ond Agent Yes a stroke is possible. Imaging shows nothing in particular which leads to possib!e cns problem or brain tumor. Thanks for suggestion.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at February 15, 2025 04:35 PM (yTvNw)

45 Lucy the Fink says hello to all her moron horde cousins!

She's turning into a lap cat! Only took 11 years.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 15, 2025 04:42 PM (1wZKM)

46 34 25 Cats are predators but also prey in the wild. Smallish cats anyway. So whatever cover is available is good enough to hide in.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 15, 2025 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

Works with introverts (people), too! Not the predator part, but if you're a short introvert, finding a place where you can have your back and sides covered is very comforting 😊❤
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2025 04:14 PM (SRRAx)

Big introverts, too.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025 04:43 PM (VNX3d)

47 Works with introverts (people), too! Not the predator part, but if you're a short introvert, finding a place where you can have your back and sides covered is very comforting 😊❤
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 15, 2025 04:14 PM (SRRAx)

Big introverts, too.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025 04:43 PM (VNX3d)

NO!
No.
Well...yeah.

Posted by: PugMahon, feeling restless at February 15, 2025 04:47 PM (bDNzX)

48 Yay, Pet Thread. Yay, Moron pets. Yay, KT back in the saddle.

We had some good critter news this week.

On a very cold, miserable, snowy Sunday evening, sonM found two dogs outside the fence at the dog park. He took pix and called us about it. No official services were available until morning.

MiladyJo thought to call the neighbor's granddaughter who had worked at the vet's. She suggested posting something on Facebook.

So, our son-in-law posted the pix and info on Facebook.

Next day, we find out the owner had got the word and had found his dogs! ❣️

Remarkable. Social media has its redeeming qualities.

I still won't have a soc-med account, though. 😉

Posted by: mindful webworker - tick tock is for grandfather clocks at February 15, 2025 04:49 PM (yfRSa)

49 Today a lady told me her pal left 4 cats alone in a room with a lit candle. House caught fire, four cats died. Ick.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 15, 2025 04:53 PM (+E2T+)

50 Dang, that story about the Fauci beagles just proves to me what a fiend is Fauci.
Whatever possible benefit proceeds from mistreatment of animals, I don't want it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at February 15, 2025 04:56 PM (c6hLR)

51 Finn is sooperkewt

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 15, 2025 05:09 PM (RIvkX)

52 The only news story I want to read about Fauci is that he was alone, slipped into a pool, started bleeding, and was attacked by toothless piranhas.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025 05:09 PM (VNX3d)

53 Finn looks like he's in the T-Rex stage of dog development. Cute as heck, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025 05:10 PM (VNX3d)

54 The feral tortoiseshell cat who occasionally visits my front door for food is still around; it seems she survived the Snow Surprise last month. We spotted her last night sitting by a tree. She won't come near if anyone is outside, but she will creep up if the screen door is closed, even if I'm standing there. I put out some dry food, and by morning it was gone.

There are several other ferals: a black cat with a clipped-off tail, a sandy tabby, and others. A lot of them have bushy coats or at least tails. We've always wondered if my late big black cat Wolf, when he was still intact and his former humans let him roam, spread some longhair genes among the feral population.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2025 05:15 PM (omVj0)

55 The only news story I want to read about Fauci is that he was alone, slipped into a pool, started bleeding, and was attacked by toothless piranhas.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 15, 2025

***
What a way to go -- gummed to death!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2025 05:16 PM (omVj0)

56 Stirling has been chasing Dagny and jumping on her, playing kind of rough. I'm not sure she likes it; I've heard her squeak at least once. She has claws, of course, but she's smaller than he is. I don't know what kind of play this is supposed to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 15, 2025 05:20 PM (omVj0)

57 HOBBY NOOD IS UP

Posted by: Skip at February 15, 2025 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

58 Eromero, that looks a lot like our kitchen floor in the 60s.

Sometimes I left the kitchen door open at the house I lived in in San Diego. It was on a canyon and the cats were always after lizards. The tails were everywhere.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 15, 2025 06:35 PM (w6EFb)

59 I don't know how to type birds, but I would not be surprised if that farmer avoided that bird's nest because the bird is another one on the endangered list.

We've paused million dollar per day projects because some endangered bird decided to nest close enough to our Right-Of-Way. The fines for encroaching the EPA-mandated buffer zone make pausing for a month the economically beneficial decision.

The farmer had a choice: avoid the bird, or lose his farm. I don't put that choice as being "the face of humanity."

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at February 15, 2025 07:32 PM (bufu1)

60 LCMS Rulz! at February 15, 2025 07:32 PM

That farmer didn't leave much of a buffer zone. Building a shade structure for mama bird would probably violate the endangered species act if that bird were endangered.

Farmers have been avoiding the nests of non-endangered birds for a long time. There are some burrowing owls living in a field not far from us.

Posted by: KT at February 16, 2025 01:35 AM (xekrU)

61 KT, great to see you posting again. Hope you are well and recovered. Your pet threads are always special.

Posted by: Decaf at February 16, 2025 02:20 AM (unUNN)

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