Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Aug. 19

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.

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Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

Pet Art

Saw this posted on a doorpost on our walk in Sonoma this morning. -San Franpsycho

Dog Art, Happy Dog

This image dates back to 1991 and a simple afternoon visit to Audubon Park's Simon Gumbel fountain & wading pool one sticky summer day. This lucky puppeh was just sitting there enjoying the cool and made a great image that embodies the simplicity of happiness. Things don't need to be complicated and/or expensive to be enjoyed - a cool pool on a hot day is oftentimes enough - as it was for this Happy Puppeh. I don't know the breed, but I'd take a SWAG (i.e., a 'guess') that it's likely to be in the Retriever family. As always, use as you deem Right, Fit, and Proper . . . enjoy.

(Dr_No)

The Horde comes through with more great Pet History:

The turnspit dog is an extinct short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat.

Referred to as the kitchen dog or cooking dog, the first mention of these little dogs was made in 1576. By 1850 the dogs had become scarce and by 1900 it seemed as though there were none left.

Turnspit dog - Wikipedia

- fd

After the terrible year we had, we decided to get a puppy. This is 10 week old Lincoln. He is a Weimaraner obviously. This is our third Weimie and yes he has his crazy times. But he has made my husband and me smile, and he is a cuddle bug. He plays with our daughters dobermans and runs them around the yard. He is always up for a ride and loves the rv. We start traveling in September so he's going to be a good travel buddy.

Peggy

Lincoln looks like a great dog! Legs too long to be a turnspit dog. Travel buddy is better!

This is Sasha, a wonderfully polite extra fuzzy tabby cat that I adopted in her golden years. She was about 10 or so when I got her, and she hung around for another four years, so I guess she liked me. She's been gone for quite a long time, but I still think fondly of that ol' bag of hair.

Once in a blue moon, I post as Ask Mr. Lizard. Most of the time, people already said what I wanted to, so I lurk.

Thanks for sharing Sasha's photo and story. A beautiful cat!

We recently had to say goodbye to our little rescue Borzoi girl Musya. She had reached the wonderful age of 13 years and 9 months old.

She came to us from a terrible situation and was in bad shape when she arrived. With care and attention she recovered, but her age and health (heartworm positive) meant she could not be rehomed and so she lived out her life here. For the three years Musya lived with us, she hit the jackpot: she was treated exactly as our own homebreds, with clean water, all the nourishing food she could eat, bones, toys and treats, shelter, a comfortable bed, kind words and ear noogies. She fit in well and was the perfect lady, never giving us any trouble at all. Sadly, there was always around her an air of anxiety, as though she was scared the good life she was leading was an illusion that might disappear at any moment.

She was tiny but sassy. One evening big Dan trotted down to visit her and she let him know in no uncertain terms who was boss. It was funny to see the huge hulking boy beating a flustered retreat before the fierce little girl. It's too bad that she could not have lived her whole life with us because we could see she would have been a real firecracker.

Rest well, sweetie. And wait for us.

Hadrian the Seventh

So sorry to learn about the loss of Musya. It sounds like she was full of personality, and could have had more personality under better circumstances. I wish she had had had more time with you, too. Such a sweet face.

KT,

We have had pets our whole lives. Early on in the Mr. & Mrs. endeavour we got our first pet Rex, a Belgian Shepherd. He was a wonderful companion, caring and careful around toddlers, in addition to being a trickster. We continued on in the same approximate size dogs until we had to put down our last one. About three years ago Mrs. asked to go to a shelter in a neighboring county to look at and apply for a stray. Skeeter has a gypsy soul, I am convinced someone read him Kerouac and Ginsburg while he was encamped at the shelter. He has a wandering soul along with the heart of an assassin. He is a stone cold killer of anything from lizards to rats to rabbits. Elevation is the only thing keeping the squirrels safe, otherwise I would have tails littering the yard. After all that he is a sweetheart who loves his mama and really just wants a scratch behind the ear.

Here he is at the dog park. He has to be on the "Big Dog" side as he terrorizes the old ladies lap dogs.

Best,
rdohd

Great photo of another dog full of personality!

Notes: Would the parent of the pet with the name containing "Moo" please provide a name for yourself so we can post your information?

Wildlife adventure next week, I think.

UPDATE: Can you love someone like a good ol' dog? Think about it.

Thanks to Roger for sending this in.

What a wonderful collection of pet stories today. Thank you for sharing your pets with us.

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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 12. Some special PetMoron stories and photos there.

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