Ace of Spades Pet Thread, December 16

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.

mindful webworker here.

If I'm doing this right, should be three attachments here, pix for the pet thread.

One is two cats ready for Christmas. Comet and Kismet, living at Daughter (Sugar Plum Fairy) & Son-in-Law's house. These boys were first seen as tiny kittens in the Pet Thread Sep 19, 2020. They are much bigger now.

I guess Comet and Kismet didn't even have names back then. But they sure were cute. And the story at the link is great.

They are still charming as they get ready for Christmas.

Next: Daughter & S-i-L generously took in Daisy our overly-affectionate Belgian Malinois, while we were hospitalized. She's pictured with their dogs, her good friends Chowie and Maya, all looking very obedient and attentive in anticipation of treats.

Also: Daisy learned (finally) to get along with their cats, and is pictured paw-to-paw with Kismet.

Always enjoy the pet thread. I'll get some pix of SonM's dogs & cat, sometime. Takes me a while to do anything in email nowadays.

Love the photos! The dogs waiting for treats look like they have been practicing in formation. And the stories are nice, too.

This is Pinto, aka The Pinterminator. He's an accomplished tomcat, skilled hunter, master of a large suburban territory, and expert with the local animals' storm drain/subway system. He's also the new Head Cat down at the creek across the road, having displaced the neighbor's cat Zydeco, who was getting a bit long in the tooth. Yet at heart he's a gentle soul whose favorite thing on earth is his friend Rae, to whom he remains devoted. They were both rescue cats and spent the first year of their life together in a shelter.

Photo and text courtesy of Lady S.

Pinto and Rae look very contented together. It's great to have a friend!

Hello, KT, I hope I'm doing this right.

My first pic, sweet brown-eyed girl, is Yuki, a 12-year old American Eskimo. She's growing deaf, but still loves to run, eat and cuddle with her daddy. The second pic is 6-year old Odessa. She was a rescue dog who bit and snarled when she first came to Stately Poppins Manor, but now she wants constant petting and cuddling with her daddy. I would love to think there's a rainbow bridge, because I want my girls.

Yours, MP4

What sweethearts! I can see why you love them and want them with you. Read on concerning the rainbow bridge.

A rainbow bridge for Hadrian's Delilah

We lost our old blind dog a few years ago, and several days after he went on, we saw this in the sky out back. My daughter said she thought it was Homer telling us he got there safely. I looked it up, and it is called a circumzenithal arc, and is a phenomenon related to sun dogs (appropriately enough!)

Apparently it is fairly common, but not often seen because most people aren't in the habit of looking up. I feel very lucky to have seen this and got a picture.

Please tell Hadrian there's photo proof: the Bridge is real.

Photo of Homer the spaniel and BeerBeer the hot mess included. Beer is still with us at ten now. Sincere condolences to Hadrian and spouse -- I will miss reading about Delilah's triumphs.

We had a photo of Delilah and her pups just two weeks ago! What a shock that she could go so quickly!

We will all miss hearing about her.

Homer and BeerBeer are delightful! Sorry about Homer's loss.

Thanks for the great story and photos. The information about the Rainbow Bridge is fascinating.

We will really miss Delilah.

Update: Thanks to barbarausa. "Yes, the bridge is real."

Rescued nephew kitty, 2 - 3 years old. Pampered.

Rescue niece cat with kittens. Four girls and a boy (the orange one). She is a good mama who did not allow human contact with her babies for a little while.

Niece cat lives in a different state from the nephew cat above, who is neutered. He is not responsible for the kittens. Or much of anything else except looking remarkable and being gracious toward his humans.

Thank you for sharing your pets 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

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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, December 9. 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.

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