Ace of Spades Pet Thread, March 28

Courtesy Lyneeta Payne

Poor guy

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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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Priska, a French dog, with friends

Courtesy Marie Thérèse Tamini

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Little girl saw the dog sleeping… and gave him a pillow 🥹

Not all heroes wear capes… some carry pillows 🥹 pic.twitter.com/FtySsio8jq
— Restoring Your Faith in Humanity (@HumanityChad) March 26, 2026

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Meet The PetMorons

The Big Dummy dozes in his man cave at a show. It's a 4x4x4 pen with a top that can be put together in a few minutes, giving him plenty of room to stand or lie down on blanket and pads. Sheets hung on the outside give him some privacy, he has food, water and chew toys and a floor fan to keep him cool. The only things missing are beer and a TV.
Hadrian the Seventh

He's all set, and looks relaxed! Thanks for sending in the great photo of his life at a show. Quite the set-up!

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

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This week's wildlife photo is... a Gray Treefrog (Hyla Versicolor)
A man eating amphibian, weren't they one of the bad guys in Jack Chalker's Well of Souls series of novels?
BifBewalski

I don't know about the series of novels, but I looked up another famous amphibian: From an Aztec god to Minecraft star. Why does Mexico love the axolotl so much?

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian

It has made quite a sensation lately.

The funny axolotlpic.twitter.com/ngnRTBVJ4Z
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 18, 2025

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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:

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, March 21

I closed the comments on that 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 03:15 PM

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1 The Big Dummy leads a good life.

I have seen enough tree frogs on my back deck (and grill) to last me for the rest of my life, thankyouverymuch.

Posted by: bluebell at March 28, 2026 03:20 PM (afFes)

2 the clip of the tot giving the dog a pillow made my afternoon. Especially her little "oooh how cute" gesture and face at the end.
I wish I could magically enter that scene via my computer scree and hug both of them.

Posted by: vivi at March 28, 2026 03:26 PM (OFw3k)

3 Gave The Cat some Churu squeeze treats earlier. There is definitely crack or Red Bull in those things. She's clawing to get into the treat cabinet now for more.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 28, 2026 03:27 PM (abIsI)

4 Walked past a big reedy pond yesterday and there were a million frogs pitching woo. A deafening croakaphony of cheeps, peeps, moops, and ribbits.

Spring is here!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 03:31 PM (kpS4V)

5 Maj. Harley, my Lily snarfs down the Churus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026 03:33 PM (kpS4V)

6 Yay petzzz!

We bought a big bolster pet bed for doggeh recently and he really loves it.
Shoulda got one years ago.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 28, 2026 03:34 PM (znREB)

7 Happy Caterday everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 28, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 28, 2026 03:36 PM (Kt19C)

9 That's a gargoyle frog

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 28, 2026 03:37 PM (znREB)

10 Nice man-cave for Big Dummy!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 28, 2026 03:37 PM (znREB)

11 Comsidering all the "variants" that Jack Chalker had in the Well of Souls series, I would believe ANYTHING at this point.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at March 28, 2026 03:38 PM (7kJyR)

12 Hey guys,

That pooch is setup so nicely in his cave.

Our cats are doing well, our car not so much.

Cat update https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Posted by: Joyenz at March 28, 2026 03:43 PM (2F0/Y)

13 Yesterday at the store, in two separate shopping carts being pushed around during a shopping trip were two tricolor basset hounds.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 28, 2026 03:47 PM (hJH5n)

14 My youngest grandson loves axolotls. He has a tshirt and stuffies.

Posted by: Tuna at March 28, 2026 03:48 PM (lJ0H4)

15 Wife is going to set up our cat as a support cat so if I have to go to the hospital she can bring him to see me. This may not work.

Posted by: Ronster at March 28, 2026 03:49 PM (LjEfn)

16 Woof!!! Big Dummy is big and a beautiful dog. H7....why no beers and TV, maybe at least internet.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 28, 2026 03:49 PM (ql1G9)

17 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at March 28, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

18 Thanks for the Pet thread!

Ralphy is recovering incredibly well. He easily makes it up and down steps but I'm still carrying him to let soft tissue damage heal. The stairs to my bed are going downstairs. I'll lift him up and down when we watch tv.

Snowflake the cat, upstairs now, licks and grooms him before laying by him. Very cute.

Everyone have a great rest of the day.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 03:57 PM (Sco7b)

19 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) says, "Hello!" and is glad that she does not have to carry the burden of the One Ring to the Cracks of Doom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 03:57 PM (ESVrU)

20 I like the "Starsky & Hutch" soundtrack.

Outta sight!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2026 04:01 PM (RIvkX)

21 Doggeh woke up and heard neughbor dogs barling and is barking the intermittent "alert alert" with occasional growl.
He is quite disappointed in my lack of action.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 28, 2026 04:01 PM (tcsrY)

22 There are people walking outside.
Without him.
This is clearly a violation of dog protocol.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 28, 2026 04:03 PM (tcsrY)

23 Elvis and I are back from our walk. We did 3, count 'em 3, parks.

He's now happily chewing on his mandatory Saturday bone. Life is good, it's better with a dog.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 28, 2026 04:07 PM (viF8m)

24 Thats a Red Heeler! Bit more Grey and black in his back coat than Ajax had though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 28, 2026 04:08 PM (zZu0s)

25 Is it just me or do other people think of the doggie telegraph? scene in 101 dalmations when neighborhood dogs get each other barking?

Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2026 04:09 PM (+89TD)

26 Oh, I was at the Pet store yesterday getting flea control for Ralphy and Snowflake since she hangs out inside the house.

Cute, young woman cashier. Lives on a farm with her fiance. She has 5 dogs and fosters cats - she has 11 cats.

She was really cute and sweet. But still.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 9 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 28, 2026 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

27 The thing I missed the most when I had my stay in the hospital was the cats.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 28, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

28 The cottontail rabbits have recovered from their latest pestilence, and my ol' barn cat has acquired a taste for them. Unlucky rabbits' feet, anyone? That's all he and the ravens leave.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 28, 2026 04:14 PM (UajcV)

29 other people think of the doggie telegraph?

Yes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 28, 2026 04:14 PM (Kt19C)

30 >>the doggie telegraph? scene in 101 dalmations when neighborhood dogs get each other barking?

The Midnight Bark? (Wow, that's a long-ago memory).

Posted by: Nazdar at March 28, 2026 04:17 PM (NcvvS)

31 Excellent pics & memes, K.T.!

Posted by: Nazdar at March 28, 2026 04:20 PM (NcvvS)

32 And that top photo could be Buckley...

Posted by: lin-duh at March 28, 2026 04:20 PM (yt//j)

33 Still at the shooting competition. There's is a poodle running around, not literally.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 28, 2026 04:24 PM (yt//j)

34 The dog at the top? Describes my Piper exactly. She is not particularly trainable unless you have a spine of steel, which luckily, I have. She is a force of nature, and really thinks she should have her food, Ruby's food, my food, and DH's food. And treats, all of the time. Because she is Piper. Caught her last week getting on the kitchen counter stealing shredded chicken.

And, the vacuum must die.

And, if I can't reach your face, I will jump up to get to it. No matter how many times mom steps on her feet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 28, 2026 04:27 PM (OhEuo)

35

Does anyone have a recommendation for wildlife cameras?

Posted by: four seasons at March 28, 2026 04:28 PM (3ek7K)

36 Yay pet thread. Not nearly enough Moronimals, though. Big Dummy looks comfy. The frog was cool, and nicely photographed.

The past week we've had various workmen out here rehabbing the old house, and the tree guys doing their thing. (The pear tree that lost a branch is trimmed up and looks good now - oops, wrong thread.) So, Daisy the incredibly loud Malinois has had plenty to bark at.

Some critter videos that Ace's Cafe probably missed:

🐶I’m pretty sure my dog just cussed me out
https://youtu.be/r1h8scm1d-o

🐶How powerful is the discernment of a dog’s nose? (X)
https://bit.ly/dog-discernment

🐶Seven dogs escaped from a Chinese slaughterhouse and journeyed home, walked together and made sure no one was left behind (YNet news story w video)
https://bit.ly/homeward7

🐶Lost dog found, with friends (X)
https://bit.ly/lostdog-w-friends

Posted by: mindful webworker sends pets to all critters at March 28, 2026 04:28 PM (jrd4M)

37 16 Woof!!! Big Dummy is big and a beautiful dog. H7....why no beers and TV, maybe at least internet.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 28, 2026 03:49 PM (ql1G9)

How's he supposed to find dates without an app?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 28, 2026 04:30 PM (OhEuo)

38
Afternoon, Pet Folken! I'm a little late to the festivities, I see.

Gave The Cat some Churu squeeze treats earlier. There is definitely crack or Red Bull in those things. She's clawing to get into the treat cabinet now for more.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 28, 2026

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I'd better not try those on my feline thugs. Stirling is already addicted to the ordinary crunchy treats, and Dagny loves them too and knows how to open the cabinet I keep them in. (Not how to get them out, not yet anyway --)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:31 PM (wzUl9)

39 @37: How's he supposed to find dates without an app?
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 28, 2026 04:30 PM (OhEuo)
>>>>>
I know right?? No wonder he's laying down. Trying to figure out a way to get on line.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 28, 2026 04:35 PM (ql1G9)

40 Howdy pet folks.

Lucy the Fink is purring next to me. I just gave some catnip, which she ate. Then rolled in. And is now mellow and purring.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 28, 2026 04:35 PM (qDWYL)

41 This video starts out heartbreaking, but dog recovers and has a better life. The original owner needs to be hunted down and buried!

Warning for those sensitive.

https://youtu.be/-MnwM-r-wXc

Posted by: Joyenz at March 28, 2026 04:35 PM (2F0/Y)

42 Walked past a big reedy pond yesterday and there were a million frogs pitching woo. A deafening croakaphony of cheeps, peeps, moops, and ribbits.

Spring is here!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 28, 2026

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I'm reminded of the frog hunt scene in Steinbeck's Cannery Row. "During the millennia that frogs and men have lived in the same world, it is probable that men have hunted frogs. And during that time a pattern of hunt and parry has developed. . . . But how could [the frogs] have anticipated Mack's new method? How could they have foreseen the horror that followed?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

43 Woof!!! Big Dummy is big and a beautiful dog. H7....why no beers and TV, maybe at least internet.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

How's he supposed to find dates without an app?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Big Dummy is part of the doggy nobility. It's all arranged marriages for them.

Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 04:39 PM (VHUov)

44 Big Stirling was just napping with me, and Dagny is over on the end table watching him play with a paper grocery bag.

Now and then they get more creative and destructive. One of them got the snap buckle of a strap of my leather briefcase. No harm done; the buckle is brass and hard to destroy. I just wonder how they get it off to start with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:41 PM (wzUl9)

45 Went to my local gun store yesterday - which is a one-man operation. However, the owner always brings his very large, male German Shepard to work.

He has to leave the sales office to go into the gun safe if you are making a purchase.

The German Shepard then fixes a look on his face that says, "Go ahead, make my day." to anyone that is contemplating jumping the counter and breaking into the cash register.

I believe the dog is a little depressed that no one has yet tried to make his day.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 28, 2026 04:45 PM (HlyYF)

46 Little Dagny just turned four this past week. I gave her treats and a little extra playtime, and Miss Linda snapped a good pic of her standing on the kitchen floor, looking like a Hollywood star glaring at a member of the paparazzi. Since she is a very sweet cat (amazingly, she's curled next to me right now), it's not representative of her personality at all.

I'll send it in to KT so that you can see how she's developed and flourished since the fall of 2022.

Stirling also turned four earlier this month. Cue the cliche, "They grow up so fast, don't they . . .?" I need a companion pic of him. But being black, he is hard to photograph.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)

47 Stirling also turned four earlier this month. Cue the cliche, "They grow up so fast, don't they . . .?" I need a companion pic of him. But being black, he is hard to photograph.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
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Do you ever walk into a room where your two cats are doing something delightful and then realize you left your smartphone camera in the other room? That's happened to me many times...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026 04:49 PM (ESVrU)

48 Pets!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2026 04:50 PM (fNISR)

49 The axolotl looks . . . unfinished. As if he has a coat of white base paint. God fully intended to put colors on him but got distracted struggling with the independent AI coding of the cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)

50 >>>Big Dummy is part of the doggy nobility. It's all arranged marriages for them.
Posted by: mikeski at March 28, 2026 04:39 PM (VHUov)
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So they're going to end up like the Brits?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 28, 2026 04:53 PM (ql1G9)

51 Does anyone have a recommendation for wildlife cameras?

Posted by: four seasons at March 28, 2026 04:28 PM

What is your main goal?

I have had 9 cameras (over the years) to monitor wildlife at our farm.

The "deer" cameras from the name brand U.S. companies have been a little hit or miss for me.

Just as an experiment, I bought one of the cheap cameras from Amazon. (A GardePro E5 for $40.) It has given good service and good pics for two years so far.

If you need "real time" data for monitoring intruders, etc. then buy one of the cell phone cams. I have used the Tactacam. I think it was $100. The cheapest cell plan is about $15/month, and I think that is for 200 photos per month.

If that is not enough info, come back into the thread with more questions and I will check in after finishing some yardwork.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 28, 2026 04:54 PM (HlyYF)

52 Do you ever walk into a room where your two cats are doing something delightful and then realize you left your smartphone camera in the other room? That's happened to me many times...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2026

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Many times, Perfessor, and in the before the cellphone times too. Big Arizona the red tabby loved, and stole for his own, Mrs. Wolfus No. 2's childhood stuffed Pegasus. It was just the size of a rat, apparently. Late at night, years later, I'd hear him scuffling with something, and would creep out to see him playing with it. The funny thing was the look he gave me, as if embarrassed to be doing such kittenish things -- "Busted!" -- and he'd rise and stalk away from the Pegasus.

Then next week he'd be doing it again.

He's been gone since late 1999. I still have the toy atop my bookcase.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 04:56 PM (wzUl9)

53 What is your main goal?

To hear the lamentations of their women.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 28, 2026 05:06 PM (Kt19C)

54 smartphone camera

Mr Senegal is quite photo shy.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 28, 2026 05:08 PM (Kt19C)

55 Stirling has been hit-or-miss, thankfully miss, on his little hobby of leaping across me and kicking me as he goes in the early morning. For a while you could almost set your watch to him: 3:45 am. And I plan to get up at 4:30 to 5. The last two mornings, though, he has not done it and I've been able to sleep until the alarm, or today until 5:30. That's rare for me to do that, and unusual now for him to let me do it.

I hope he's outgrown this hobby.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)

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