Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 30

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.

Well, we've all heard of The Dog Days of Summer, but Tuesday was International Dog Day. Apparently, it doesn't take a lot to create an international commemorative day. There are some dog and puppy facts with information for kids at the link.

Like:

1. Dogs can see through their noses

7. Why do dogs have wet noses?

ENLUMINURES EUROPE - VIe - XVIe s. - ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS EUROPE
Martine de La Châtre

Le 26 août, c’est la journée mondiale du chien. L’occasion pour chacun de rendre hommage au meilleur ami de l’Homme à sa façon. Même si les propriétaires de chiens n’ont pas attendu le 26 août pour faire plaisir à leur animal de compagnie, cette journée internationale permet de faire des actions qui sortent de l’ordinaire.

Titre de l’ouvrage : Déduits de la chasse. Auteurs: Gaston III (comte de Foix ; 1331-1391). Gace de la Bigne (poète normand du 14e siècle, maître chapelain à la cour des rois de France à partir de 1348 ) . Enluminures: attribuées au maître de Bedford. Date d’édition : XIVe - XVe siècles . Manuscrit en français enluminé sur parchemin., Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 616. Folio: 37v.

August 26 is international dog day. An opportunity for everyone to pay tribute to Man's best friend in their own way. While dog owners didn't wait until August 26 to treat their pets, this international day allows for actions that are out of the ordinary.

Title of the work: Hunting Deductions. Author: Gaston III (Count of Foix; 1331-1391). Gace de la Bigne (14th century Norman poet, master chaplain at the court of the kings of France from 1348 ) . Illuminations: attributed to Bedford master. Published: 14th - 15th centuries. Manuscript in French illuminated on parchment. , National Library of France. Department of Manuscripts. French 616 Foil: 37v.

What do you think of the translation?

Does one of these pups resemble a PetMoron you know?

Courtesy Bluebird of Bitterness and Mindful Webworker in last week's comments

Many pets love bacon.

This is Penny.  At least, that's what the shelter said her name was. She responds to it not at all, so I call Pazuzu, as she has at least some demon blood.

The shelter lied about a lot of things. They said she was a chihuahua, but after a month she blew her coat. Chihuahuas don't have an undercoat. I think she's some sort of weird short-coated Pom, what do you think?

The shelter said she liked to cuddle and be brushed, but that's not true either. You know some dogs are dog dogs, and some are people dogs? She's neither, as she doesn't even follow us from room to room, and when she meets massive dogs on her walks, she goes after them like she's going to rip a leg off and beat them to death with it.

She's also supposed to be on a diet, according to the shelter, but that didn't last long. She found the shelf where the food and treats are kept and she sits in front of it and barks.  She has a nerve-shattering bark like the sound of a katyusha launching, so I just feed her.  I want to enjoy my last years.

She poops three times a day: fully formed, solid poops. I don't feed her THAT much. Where do they come from? It’s like she teleports them straight from hell.

She barks (again) to go out after we've gone to bed. That's courteous of her, but after doing business she has to search the yard for thirty minutes like she's looking for the coven that summoned her.  I have to come with because we have 'yotes. Many many 'yotes. 

Anyway, that's our new dog.  Yay. 

Best Thief in Lankhmar

She sounds challenging. But she's cute. Hope she mellows as time goes by.

Hello Pet Lovers. I'm still heartbroken over Tali going missing in March and part of me still prays she will somehow be found and I will get her back, but today I have adopted a new dog. Her name from the shelter is Barbie but I am not keeping that. I'm thinking of maybe the name Kaylee. She is such a sweetheart.

Buzzion

She looks like a sweetheart. Congratulations!

Hi Katy,

I guess I can’t claim this wild bunny is a “pet” but, he is a lot of fun. He shows up with his friend once a day or so looking for his carrot. He won’t touch celery or grapes. His friend/sibling stays at least ten feet away from me. I have named him “Bob” (aka Robert Rabbit).

Thanks for your great work on Ace!!

Admirale’s Mate

There's a little video here. thanks to CBD. That bunny is a charmer.

Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

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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Until next Saturday, have a great week!

If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 23

From the comments:

64 A reminder that BluebirdOfBitterness.com has a couple of Caturday posts, this week including funny feline fotos: what is it about cats and sinks?
Posted by: mindful webworker - just like bowls, baskets, and boxes at August 23, 2025 05:35 PM )

Take a look. And also:

Quote of the Day

How we behave toward cats here below determines our place in heaven.
―Robert Heinlein

Thought of the Day

When I inevitably choke to death on gummy bears, I hope people will just say I was killed by bears and leave it at that.

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on last week's post, but don't try it anyway.

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1 Yapping McYapface!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 30, 2025 03:28 PM (zyyF7)

2 The date with the smiley face is 1348.

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 03:30 PM (7vIsy)

3 PETZZZZ

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:31 PM (dE3DB)

4 when she meets massive dogs on her walks, she goes after them like she's going to rip a leg off and beat them to death with it.

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At least part chihuahua then

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:33 PM (dE3DB)

5 I’m being supervised by Xena, moose and tha lil nugget dawg. Well, supervised as in being watched from the patio on the sofa while I pull weeds and deadhead the cannas out by the hot tub

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2025 03:34 PM (3Ope8)

6 Dogs can see through their noses
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That makes no sense

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:34 PM (dE3DB)

7 Happy Caturday everyone
I miss my kittahs

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2025 03:34 PM (+qU29)

8 vmom….exactly!

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at August 30, 2025 03:34 PM (64rer)

9 Changed the HTML for 1348. Interesting that they have a combo of numbers and symbols for smiley faces.

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 03:35 PM (7vIsy)

10

My mom told me a story about when they lived in new Orleans in the late fifties.

They had friends over for dinner, cooked a big roast etc.

Took it out of the oven, set it on the dinner table and they went for a walk around the block to let it rest.

Came back in, big whatever dog was sound asleep in the middle of the dinner table. No roast.

They went out for Po Boys...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at August 30, 2025 03:38 PM (fMaOJ)

11 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 30, 2025 03:38 PM (sAmhv)

12 Afternoon, Pet Folken,

The TP Wall vs. Cats video was instructive about how cat personalities differ. Most jumped over with various degrees of success, but the brown British Shorthair (?) tabby just bulled right through the wall, at least twice.

I think my late Arizona, Chekov D. Siberian, and Wolf would have pushed through. Or they would have pushed experimentally at the rolls and when they gave way, would have pushed the entire thing down at that point. Marie-Antoinette the Smart Queen and Tatiana the Wonder Siberian would have leaped over -- but once they saw another cat push through, would have learned to do that too.

Little Oreo the long-haired tuxedo cat might have sat on the far side and squeaked for me to come get her.

Not sure about Stirling and Dagny, if they would have stayed leapers or would have quickly learned to shove at the wall of paper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:39 PM (omVj0)

13 My French classes are a long time ago but that translation in the post matches mine.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2025 03:40 PM (yTvNw)

14 >>>Anyway, that's our new dog. Yay.
Best Thief in Lankhmar

You haven't lost your sense of humor!

Posted by: m at August 30, 2025 03:42 PM (aURVT)

15 The look on the doggy in the top photo reminds me of one of our poodles. He had a similar expression and was dedicated to educating me and Mrs. JTB.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2025 03:42 PM (yTvNw)

16 Penny/Pazuzu sounds like a furry handful. Perhaps she'll mellow with age . . . which might take a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:42 PM (omVj0)

17 That makes no sense
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:34 PM (dE3DB)

That makes nose sense.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 30, 2025 03:43 PM (FMtrg)

18 Yesterday I was flittering around the kitchen in the middle of getting vdoggeh's dinner ready.
I guess I was being too slow coz suddenly someone growled and it wasn't his tummy!
So demanding!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:43 PM (6U1c2)

19 In the medieval/Renaissance painting, the black dog to the far right (who appears somehow to have more than four legs) reminds me of my late Wolf cat. He was large, rangy, and social, and wolves do come in black; hence his name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:44 PM (omVj0)

20 JTB at August 30, 2025 03:40 PM

The translation looks quite correct, but I wonder what "Hunting deductions" means?

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 03:46 PM (7vIsy)

21 Both of our cats like naps in the bathroom sink upstairs, but not in the half bath sink downstairs even though both are the same size sinks. They don't climb in the kitchen sink, only sit and observe it while the dishwasher is running.

Posted by: Lirio100 at August 30, 2025 03:46 PM (ky7/T)

22 Who watched the little bunny video? That critter really likes Admirale's Mate.

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 03:48 PM (7vIsy)

23 As for the translation from French, K.T., you did beautifully. The English is idiomatic and natural, which is better than I usually did translating my Spanish homework into my own tongue. If I'd been able to type then -- and if we'd had work processing devices -- I could have revised my translations into something less like "Since many years I have not seen a rifle in your hand." But we wrote everything out by hand in the Dark Ages, and I had other homework; so one pass had to suffice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:49 PM (omVj0)

24 Both of our cats like naps in the bathroom sink upstairs, but not in the half bath sink downstairs even though both are the same size sinks. They don't climb in the kitchen sink, only sit and observe it while the dishwasher is running.
Posted by: Lirio100 at August 30, 2025

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I think I did once find Stirling the great black cat curled sleeping in the bathroom sink. That was before he found that water comes out of the silvery tube at my command, and he loves to drink his water that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:51 PM (omVj0)

25 It's from a book
The Hunting Book or Deductions from Hunting

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666987/

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 03:51 PM (gDlxJ)

26 Jake successfully defended his territory against a visiting husky and smaller dog. And he did stop when I yelled at him and didn't go on the road.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 30, 2025 03:55 PM (kUxzU)

27 The translation looks quite correct, but I wonder what "Hunting deductions" means?
Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025

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Deduire, says the 'Net, can mean to deduce, to deduct (as in "to subtract" or "take something off a total"), or to conclude or infer. All the synonyms seem to center around that. Maybe these are the dogs that got cut ("subtracted") from the hunting pack for some reason?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:57 PM (omVj0)

28 20 ... "but I wonder what "Hunting deductions" means?"

KT,
I think it means the end or conclusion of the hunt. Best guess. My French classes were so long ago Middle French was still on the way out.

Posted by: JTB at August 30, 2025 03:58 PM (yTvNw)

29 Thanks, JTB

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 04:01 PM (7vIsy)

30 Publius the cat whisperer is in the process of seducing a stray. He's already bitten both of us (hair trigger). He needs to learn restraint. Tends to be jumpy, always looking over his shoulder. I feel sorry for him. He's not feral, looks like he's been fixed and was someone's pet at one time.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2025 04:03 PM (w6EFb)

31 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2025 03:49 PM

I didn't translate it, but I tried to read what I thought it meant, given when the original was written.

Posted by: KT at August 30, 2025 04:04 PM (7vIsy)

32 Lucy the Fink bids y’all hello.

I love her.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2025 04:04 PM (mT+6a)

33 That doggie up top has a better come back than Rodney Dangerfield

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 30, 2025 04:06 PM (ZWa3Z)

34 Wolfus Aurelius, one of the characters in the crime caper film "Caught Stealing" is a large Siberian cat who steals every scene. The "actor's" name is Tonic.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2025 04:07 PM (jk25b)

35 Been feeding a feral kitty, and today she moved a litter of 6 to a spot just outside the back door. Appear to be about a month old.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 30, 2025 04:10 PM (XvL8K)

36 Nurse, Lily loves that dethatching brush you recommended. I have to brush her at least a couple times a day; she demands it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2025 04:30 PM (kpS4V)

37 OT: I'm channel surfing and read "AVP Volleyball" and immediately flashed to "Aliens vs Predators", which is a beach volleyball I'd watch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2025 04:33 PM (kpS4V)

38 Penny looks exactly like the no name shelter dog I got October 2024. I named him Rusty. After living aline last 4 years I needed someone in the house with me. He sheds a lots. A very very good boy already house trained and estimated 4 years old. I think he was an older man's apartment dog.

Posted by: CapeFear at August 30, 2025 04:35 PM (5CnDM)

39 Sitting on the patio watching the birds hit the bird feeders with Elvis. The usual cardinals, blue jays, woodpeckers, etc.. And just now a large swarm of blackbirds descended on the feeder. Must be close to 50 of them.

If Tippi Hedren appears I'm running.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2025 04:37 PM (viF8m)

40 I'm hanging out on the porch with Charlie, my vacation dog. He's been my buddy since he was about 6 months old when he and his sister, who sadly passed last year, were dumped on my mother in laws remote property. Little did they know that they were dumped into dog heaven. The other dogs found them and brought them to the house. MiL walked out one day and found she now had 6 dogs.
Down to three now and off the property after the fire. Charlie latches onto my like always on my vacations. He's a solid good sturdy short haired lap dog, or so he thinks.
MiL says he get's depressed when we leave. I might take him home with me. They're getting old and he's an energetic as anything. He could hurt them pretty easy.
I don't know. We'll see. I'll talk to the wife tonight.

Posted by: Reforger at August 30, 2025 04:38 PM (uSFSX)

41 I see I don't need to recommend Bluebird today. 😀

Big news this week is that Daisy the excitable Malinois has discovered the water in the toilet. She has a water dish in the kitchen next to her food bowl, and water near her bed in the bedroom, but drinks from the toilet anyway.

Since MiladyJo got her rear wet sitting down on the toilet one night, I have gladly and chivalrously remembered to put the seat down every time (even though I haven't sat down since I got the ostomy bag). Now I am trying to remember to put the lid down as well. At least if she sits down on that, she won't get wet.

Ony the dear old black cat still heads into the bedroom when Son or Daughter bring their dogs by, but she doesn't seem as scared anymore. Saunters rather than skidaddles.

At the empty house next door, the pale yellow male lets me skritch him every time; the small female is still skittish, but the distance she keeps is shrinking. And I finally did get to glimpse one of the kittens as it ran to hide. Theoretically there are three kits.

Thanks for the pet post, KT. Nice critters, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - do run run run da doo run run at August 30, 2025 04:39 PM (HETr4)

42 36 Nurse, Lily loves that dethatching brush you recommended. I have to brush her at least a couple times a day; she demands it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes


!!!! So glad she loves it! So does Lulu. And it gets some of her undercoat that needs to make room for new undercoat. Because she needs more fur.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2025 04:40 PM (mT+6a)

43 does Lulu. And it gets some of her undercoat that needs to make room for new undercoat. Because she needs more fur.
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Lily is a fur hydra. One hair comes out and two sprout in its place.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 30, 2025 04:44 PM (kpS4V)

44 "Deductions of Hunting" is the book title; the illustration comes from the book but is untitled.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 30, 2025 04:50 PM (eGLSJ)

45 Changed the HTML for 1348. Interesting that they have a combo of numbers and symbols for smiley faces.
Posted by: KT

mee.nu Smilies Sets
https://smilies.mee.nu

(I don't think AoS can use the variant background ones.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - old fashioneds at August 30, 2025 04:58 PM (HETr4)

46 A family of foxes has now inhabited our backyard for at least a week. My daughter is getting to within 15' for videos. I was doing some quiet yard work, and looked over from about 35' and they were sound asleep on the trampoline.

I have three large dogs in a fenced portion of the yard about 80' away. They bark sometimes to let me know if there are dogs or any sketchy joggers in the park across the street. The foxes seem completely unbothered by the dogs.

We do have one derpy outdoor cat that has the golden retriever trait of assuming every new acquaintance is certainly a new friend. I am skeptical that the foxes hold the same philosophical outlook.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 30, 2025 04:59 PM (HlyYF)

47 Woof!!! Great pets and stories as always. Robert the rabbit is an unexpected surprise, very sweet. Thanks for the thread K.T.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 30, 2025 05:01 PM (JWCyv)

48 Thanks for the Pet Thread, KT. Always a treat.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2025 05:08 PM (N4DCU)

49 My morning routine calls me to take Paisley (my dog) out. Then I put out her food and make sure she has water. I then settle down for reading, prayer, meditation and coffee.
But Paisley (my dog) likes nothing more than a ride to the dog park. And she gets quite demanding. Lately it seems she getting into it earlier and earlier.
I wish I could train her in patience but it's her treat.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 30, 2025 05:15 PM (kTd/k)

50 Our Shih Tzu, Heidi, turned 6 months old. She's up to 8.5 lbs. One cat tolerates her the other not so much. Heidi keeps to trying to engage them in play time but cats are having none that.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 30, 2025 05:26 PM (N4DCU)

51
Took care of my sister's two cats for a week. Practically never saw them, except the one that came out to sit on my keyboard and hit me in the arm to get petted in the evenings.

When she returned, they came running out and got up on the counters and stayed out all day every day.

Well, I know where I stand.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 30, 2025 05:28 PM (GlwZS)

52 My pup, Gabrielle enjoying being chased around more than anything. And her favorite way of making sure she gets chased is to take something she isn't supposed to have.

Today, she grabbed a tee shirt and the chase was on. Because I really can't let her just have it. I like that shirt. And she does chew on things if she's left alone with them.

She's a butt. But life is better with her in it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 30, 2025 05:29 PM (xcxpd)

53 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2025 05:31 PM (+qU29)

54 I have been taking Jake to the lake early, to beat the heat. But now that it's getting light later, and has been cooler, I make him wait. They will adjust

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 30, 2025 05:43 PM (kUxzU)

55 Pazuzu is not a dog, its a fox.

Posted by: susan harms at August 30, 2025 06:04 PM (Kkd7F)

56 The horde has figured it out for me: Pazuzu is the offspring of a chihuahua and a fox, who mated in a pentagram.

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at August 30, 2025 06:31 PM (64rer)

57
Best Thief,

It's probably to late for you to see this.

Your doggie looks exactly like a rescue dog we were blessed with a couple of months ago. Same coloring and size.

We were told Daisy is Chihuahua, Dachshund and Corgi.

Hubby looked that combo and our darling is Chihuahua and Corgi. They are "designer dogs".

She is a Chigi. Our baby is wonderful.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 30, 2025 08:35 PM (3ek7K)

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