Ace of Spades Pet Thread, February 22

The eyes . . . .

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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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For the Weekend

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵

1. A cub looks at her mother with admiration pic.twitter.com/idrSuGLD6i
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) February 9, 2025

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Pink the Border Collie absolutely demolishes an agility competition pic.twitter.com/0uOggh6WRz
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 16, 2025

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Meet The PetMorons

Hiya,
This is Gustav Isodore Garcia also known as Goosey. He looks serene and benign in the photo but he's a wreckless jumper and shoelace devotee. We love him madly.
You can call me SNAB or Whip Saw.

When in repose, Gustav (Goosey) looks well-loved. It is hard to tell he's a wreckless jumper and shoelace devotee, but we have seen this type of behavior emerge from a serene cat before . . .

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Hello my father is a long time lurker, we have read the pet thread for many years together. My cat Jellybean passed over the rainbow bridge last December and I was hoping you could add her to an upcoming thread. Thank you for taking your time to read this email.
Daughter of Sonofsamthebutcher

Jellybean is a gorgeous cat. So sorry that you and your family have lost her. Thanks for sharing the lovely photo of her.

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My son’s peacock, Ricky, in Ontario, Canada. Ricky loves Americans!!
Conservative Hippy in Canada

Americans love Ricky! What a gorgeous bird.

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This is Archie (the mighty Westie). He is almost 13, and is mostly just a mighty sleeper now. He is very wise (for a dog) and used to run with all the bigger dogs and nuzzle with the ladies and little girls in the neighborhood. Thanks for the weekly thread!
Jim in Charlotte

Awwww . . . Archie has captured my heart.

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Longtime lurker, love the pet thread. This is Patrick our border collie, having a good time in the snow we just got in ohio. Super high energy, so I walk him 2 or 3 times a day and play with him in between constantly. Good for him, good for me. Moved to Ohio a year ago from mn to be closer to spouses parents. In mn, we had goats, Patrick really misses them, loved keeping them in their place.

Patrick looks like he loves to be active. It makes sense that he misses the goats.

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

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Don't know if this counts or not since they aren't technically our pets, but for Valentine's day, Mr. B and I went to a goat happy hour, an event at a farm where you just get to hang out and play with a dozen goats. They also offer goat yoga but we're not into that. It was very cold but fun, the goats were inquisitive, friendly and liked being petted.
MammaB

Well, I guess they are sort of part-time pets. Fun! Interesting idea for farmers who like to interact with city folk.

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What a wonderful collection of pet stories and photos today. Thank you for sharing your pets with us. We are still catching up and have a few for next week.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, February 15. 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 Jellybean is adorable!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 22, 2025 03:19 PM (l3YAf)

2 Meow

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at February 22, 2025 03:21 PM (sAmhv)

3 Wooof

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 22, 2025 03:21 PM (JLJJ1)

4 Yay! Caturday!

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at February 22, 2025 03:21 PM (Sf2cq)

5 Can we post now?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 22, 2025 03:22 PM (XMwZJ)

6 I didn't send in a pic, but today is my sweet Jane's (Cane Corso) 11th birthday. She is getting regular treats throughout the day and tomorrow we're going to her best friend's (Rottweiler) house for a hike. She gets a whole birthday weekend, of course.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025 03:22 PM (2cS/G)

7 Sorry for the loss of Jellybean. She looks like she was a sweetheart, beautiful cat.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 22, 2025 03:24 PM (Znw75)

8 >>Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025 03:22 PM (2cS/G)
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Happy Birthday to Jane! What kind of dog is she?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 22, 2025 03:26 PM (bNf8H)

9 Jellybean is a beautiful kitty. I'm sorry she's gone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2025 03:28 PM (hXlgB)

10 Ricky the Peacock is kinda tough, living in Ontario, Canada.

Posted by: KT at February 22, 2025 03:29 PM (xekrU)

11 @Frasier Crane, Cane Corso, also called Italian Mastiff. Thanks.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025 03:29 PM (2cS/G)

12 Goat eyes are still weird.

"We're about done designing this goat. We just need eyes."

"Uh oh, we just ran out of mammal eyes."

"Well, what do we have?"

"Got a box of spare frog eyes?"

"Whatever, go with it."

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2025 03:30 PM (DgGvY)

13 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2025 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

14 I can hear the peacocks, they are beautiful but they make noises that sound like I imagine the jungle sounds like.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 22, 2025 03:31 PM (Znw75)

15 I can hear the peacocks, they are beautiful but they make noises that sound like I imagine the jungle sounds like.
Posted by: CaliGirl

They frighten howler monkeys.

Posted by: mikeski at February 22, 2025 03:35 PM (DgGvY)

16 @Lincolntf Ugh. I'm a dummy - breed right there in the post. Magnificent though.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 22, 2025 03:35 PM (bNf8H)

17 So sorry about Jellybean. I hope she brought years of merriment to your life, and wonderful memories in the years to come.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 22, 2025 03:37 PM (VSht7)

18 Archie is adorable. I originally suspected my dog may be part Westie but I did a DNA test and it said she was half mini schnauzer, poodle and rat terrier.
When I first found her her fur was all white but when I had her groomed she has brown/tan spots on her back.

I'm really enjoying the spirited terrier breed. They're very brave and good little hunters.

She's very stubborn though, doesn't want to listen.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Znw75)

19 After two days of not wanting to enter the bedroom at all, Reef has now started sprinting in as soon as I open the door, and like this running slide under the bed. He then comes to the foot of the bed and pokes his nose out.

It's pretty hilarious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2025 03:38 PM (bss/y)

20 She's a beauty. 140 pounds of pure loyalty and love.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025 03:38 PM (2cS/G)

21 That Gemsbok in an earlier thread sure was a surprise.

Wow 298 posts for the kitties. Where has the time gone?

Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another photo update #298 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 - Gemsbok in the USA - never thought I'd see that at February 22, 2025 03:39 PM (KjLnc)

22 Patrick is a handsome fellow. Those are the smartest dogs ever.

I go to a yearly BBQ and they have the dogs herding sheep and those dogs are amazing. They love their work.

I like watching queenslands work cattle too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 22, 2025 03:41 PM (Znw75)

23 Boxer eyes--oh yes!

A couple of years ago we spent a lot of time dogsitting SiL's white boxer. I used to say she doesn't beg for food--she "guilts" for food. Looked at you with those melting brown eyes. Few could resist.

She's crossed the Rainbow Bridge now but we still miss that very special girl.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 22, 2025 03:43 PM (FEVMW)

24 Daughter of Sonofsamthebutcher

Re Jellybean, have you other cats?

Posted by: Ciampino - I have Loki keeping my leg warm. at February 22, 2025 03:44 PM (KjLnc)

25 12 Sounds legit. I am surprised horror movie directors don't have the FX department CGI goat eyes into their villian's face.

(Why, oh why, dear Lord in Heaven, does autocucumber want to change "villian's" to "Lillian's"? When I was two thirds of the way through typing the word, "villian" was a suggested autocomplete. Is it really astonishing that somebody might sometime make that word a possessive? Hell, villians are well known to be overly possesive. Do better. BTW, thank you to my copy editor for catching that before I posted. As a reward, I shall remove one thumbscrew.)

Posted by: tankdemon at February 22, 2025 03:46 PM (VSht7)

26 Critters!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 22, 2025 04:05 PM (2UnvF)

27 Once, vast herds of peacock roamed the frozen tundra we called the place of flannel, lesbians and poutine- you call it Canada.

Before the White Man came.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2025 04:05 PM (bss/y)

28 Okay, this may befit the thread: youtu.be/IXgVW0ng2CA
This proposes that domestic foxes (which exist in Russia, not here) can be used to find people buried in avalanches or rubble.
As house pets, foxes might not work, because they like to chew on wiring and otherwise break into cabinets they shouldn't. (Dogs and cats can generally be trained not to do this.) But in a K-9 unit for rescue, they could work.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 22, 2025 04:06 PM (gKWVE)

29 Howdy and good afternoon, Pet Folken!

From his initials, Snab, Goosey could also be known as Gig, as in Young. And Daughter of Sonofsamthebutcher, Jellybean looks in his photo much as my current black roommate Stirling does. Stirling had a single white whisker when he was small; I told him it spoiled his looks, he was flawed and had to go back, etc. None of which bothered him -- he goes by my tone of voice and my actions. The whisker fell out on its own after a month or so and hasn't returned.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:06 PM (omVj0)

30 I am so glad it warmed up i have critters with cabin fever. Trouble kept trying to go out but it was 13 last night. He did go out earlier but it hadn't warmed up above freezing. He had to take a nap and will be shocked to find out that it's 54 right now. Hank the stray even came out of the warm shelter. I think we are all ready for spring.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 22, 2025 04:08 PM (o5+a9)

31 @Frasier Crane, Cane Corso, also called Italian Mastiff. Thanks.
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025

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From the names, then, I'd guess her ancestors were the dogs Shakespeare meant when he had a Roman character say, "Let slip the dogs of war!"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)

32 Wolfus!

I so love hearing about your feline friends past and present.
Lucy the Fink says hello. She is really becoming a lap hog. It's adorable, but painful as she has very sharp claws and sometimes forgets to retract them fully when she jumps up.

I guess I need to wear thicker pants.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2025 04:12 PM (68lhN)

33 Is there really a thing called "goat yoga"? I always thought it was something on the same order of a coffee table book I saw years ago called Why Cats Paint. It suggested, deadpan, that cats have a long-submerged urge to daub paint on their paws and then onto canvas, and analyzed their motives as academics do (i.e., to death, using abstract words galore).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:12 PM (omVj0)

34 Hello my father is a long time lurker, we have read the pet thread for many years together.

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Delurk and say Hi! We don't bite. Except for that one guy. Stay away from him and you'll be fine. Mostly.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 22, 2025 04:13 PM (2UnvF)

35 'Round these parts, that top meme would be, "I'll just sit here and stare." Cat on one side, dog on t'other.

Howdy, Pet Threaders. Temperatures finally above freezing today. Snow is starting to melt. Daisy the madcap Malinois had a good time chasing a ball, but sure was sloppy wet and muddy when done.

Posted by: mindful webworker - yay yay pet thread day at February 22, 2025 04:14 PM (9pu/X)

36 Wolfus!

I so love hearing about your feline friends past and present.
Lucy the Fink says hello. She is really becoming a lap hog. It's adorable, but painful as she has very sharp claws and sometimes forgets to retract them fully when she jumps up.

I guess I need to wear thicker pants.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2025

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Jeans work great. When I finally move to a cooler climate, I fully intend to buy some flannel-lined jeans, both for outdoors and for cat lap times.

Big black Stirling is up here with me, hinting he wants the lap. If I let him have it, I won't be able to type. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:14 PM (omVj0)

37 Thread on the beauty of wildlife: Those of us who can't see the thread because we didn't join Xwitter can enjoy it by way of
https://xcancel.com/JamesLucasIT/
status/1888422907711226270

Posted by: mindful webworker - critters galore at February 22, 2025 04:16 PM (9pu/X)

38 Goat yoga is an actual thing.
Not judging it at all, but can practice yoga at home for free with a dog and cat who like hanging out while I do that.

Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025 04:21 PM (FUagJ)

39 Wolfus, Yeah, I've seen paintings and mosaics of Roman war dogs that could be Jane's twin.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 22, 2025 04:23 PM (2cS/G)

40 PETZZZZZZ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 22, 2025 04:25 PM (WbaIk)

41 Goat yoga is an actual thing.
Not judging it at all, but can practice yoga at home for free with a dog and cat who like hanging out while I do that.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025

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Well, then, I have Cat Calisthenics. Little Dagny trots around me and bumps her head against me, and tries to chew my hair occasionally, while I'm on the floor doing crunches and stretches. It's about the only time she does anything resembling affection. I think she likes it because I'm down on her level instead of being so much taller and higher up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:27 PM (omVj0)

42 Daughter of Sonofsamthebutcher, I'm sorry about Jellybean. It is always hard to say goodbye to a cherished pet.

Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025 04:28 PM (FUagJ)

43 The top pic
Doggeh will sit tall at a polite distance and stare at me eating.
"But this is chocolate. You can't eat chocolate!"
Doggeh **headtilt**

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 22, 2025 04:28 PM (WbaIk)

44 Before the bounty paid in the 20s, herds of feral Chihuahuas would derail Mexican railroad trains, feast on the bodies. This is why to this day they shiver and wear festive little hats. https://i.pin___.com/originals/
8b/a9/5c/8ba95c5b025822d471
10ead4fb20af5.jpg

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 22, 2025 04:29 PM (JLJJ1)

45 Woof! Great pet thread as always, thanks K.T.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 22, 2025 04:30 PM (12GoN)

46 It is always hard to say goodbye to a cherished pet.

Don't know what I'll do if Mr Senegal crosses before me. I'd be destroyed. 27 years of daily companionship. More than many marriages.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 22, 2025 04:32 PM (JLJJ1)

47 Goat yoga is an actual thing.
Not judging it at all, but can practice yoga at home for free with a dog and cat who like hanging out while I do that.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025 04:21 PM (FUagJ)

Saw a vidya of corgi yoga once. It was predictably adorable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the Treasure Valley at February 22, 2025 04:43 PM (bDNzX)

48 Happy Saturday one and all. As some of you may know, my wife runs a babysitting service for greyhounds. We currently have two long term guests as their owner is recovering from knee surgery. And the other guest is here until the 2nd as their owners are on a cruise.

Five dogs total. Thankfully, greyhounds are rather low energy beasts so there is a lot of napping going on right now.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 22, 2025 04:44 PM (lXCUP)

49 Daughter of Sonofsamthebutcher, my condolences to you for the loss of Jellybean. She looked like a very sweet little thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 22, 2025 04:45 PM (lXCUP)

50 Not judging it at all, but can practice yoga at home for free with a dog and cat who like hanging out while I do that.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025 04:21 PM (FUagJ)

My calico, Bug, would do pushups with me. I hate that we never got video of it. It was super cute. I miss her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, in the Treasure Valley at February 22, 2025 04:45 PM (bDNzX)

51 After living with five cats for over two years now, they may finally be getting used to each other. Allie and Penny touched noses the other day.

Kaylee now likes to run around the kitchen when I'm preparing their meals. Hexie is too pre-occupied with eating to notice or care much. I even caught Kaylee eating Hexie's food more than once.

Cats are weird.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2025 04:49 PM (BpYfr)

52 I so love hearing about your feline friends past and present.
Lucy the Fink says hello. She is really becoming a lap hog. It's adorable, but painful as she has very sharp claws and sometimes forgets to retract them fully when she jumps up.

I guess I need to wear thicker pants.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2025 04:12 PM (68lhN)
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I've often put a towel or a blanket in my lap just for that reason.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2025 04:51 PM (BpYfr)

53 NR Pax, I love hearing about your greyhounds. I had the good fortune to have 2.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2025 04:52 PM (mB6WH)

54 Glad you're feeling better, KT ...
Welcome back to the wordy boxes!

Posted by: Kathy at February 22, 2025 04:53 PM (qpw89)

55 After living with five cats for over two years now, they may finally be getting used to each other. Allie and Penny touched noses the other day.

Kaylee now likes to run around the kitchen when I'm preparing their meals. Hexie is too pre-occupied with eating to notice or care much. I even caught Kaylee eating Hexie's food more than once.

Cats are weird.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 22, 2025

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My late part-Coon, Arizona the big red tabby, never liked having other cats in his territory. He ignored the Siamese kitten Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 adopted when he, AZ, was three; he disliked Li'l Bit, my mother's dilute calico, whom I rescued when Mom passed on; and he hissed at and ignored the ultra-friendly black Marie-Antoinette.

I've been lucky with other pairings, though, that the incumbents accepted the second cat or kitten. (Stirling was precocious. He wanted to get next to little Dagny when he first met her, even though she was way too young to know what he was about. We had to separate them until he was altered!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 22, 2025 04:58 PM (omVj0)

56 Pink...amazing critter.

Brought to you through multiple beatings and gallons of peanut butter.

Posted by: BIOG Protnoy at February 22, 2025 05:03 PM (+a3eO)

57 Loved the video of Pink! Really loved how he jumped into his owners arms at the end.

Posted by: Akua Makana at February 22, 2025 05:07 PM (owXCN)

58 56 Pink...amazing critter.

Brought to you through multiple beatings and gallons of peanut butter.
Posted by: BIOG Protnoy at February 22, 2025 05:03 PM (+a3eO
I always heard it was the shrimp.

Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2025 05:08 PM (jgmnb)

59 Thanks heavens for the pet thread because today was a day to hate some people.
Driving into town and see a poor, exhausted dog standing by the side of the road. Close to the traffic lane but not in it. I see the dog and the car a little ways behind me. I pull over partially to the left lane so the car behind me will notice that there might be something to look out for. I pull over to the side to go pick up this dog and the mfasshpos hits the dog.

I really wanted to inflict some bodily harm

Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2025 05:19 PM (mB6WH)

60 YooToob suggestion today was a ten-minute vid about Koko the Gorilla. Not much I didn't already know, but still amazing. (Appears someone fearmongered her about humans destroying earth, though.)🦍
https://youtu.be/Cp7U7v5jX-o

A reminder that Bluebird of Bitterness almost always has a couple of Caturday posts. Today, sleepy kitteh pix, and a video.
bluebirdofbitterness.com

My hash today is not an editorial opinion of Musk's social media platform. Not intentionally, anyway.

Posted by: mindful webworker - woof at February 22, 2025 05:30 PM (9pu/X)

61 I'm sorry Ben Had. Some people just suck.

Posted by: Scarymary at February 22, 2025 05:31 PM (FUagJ)

62 HOBBY NOOD IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

63 So good to see you posting the Pet Thread KT!
The goat farm looks like a hoot!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 22, 2025 06:05 PM (hOUT3)

64 Google goat yoga Monroe Oregon. This is where we went and I supposedly the original goat yoga, the lady who runs it ha multiple franchise locations around the country.

Posted by: MammaB at February 22, 2025 06:39 PM (F8WdA)

65 Hello, Jellybean! Clearly a much-loved cat.

Posted by: m at February 22, 2025 06:46 PM (v0TzN)

66 Great prt thread today KT. You are back on your game!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2025 08:31 AM (hbhsM)

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