The Ace of Spades Pet Thread

Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Your's truly will be filling in for KT as she is recovering from surgery. She didn't ask me, but if you folks would include KT in your prayers for a full recovery that would be most welcomed.

We don't have many pet and/or animal submissions today. But, that's OK as we are Morons and know how to amuse ourselves without talking politics or current events. Which could land you in the Dog Pound.

The following was submitted by Miley and is quite interesting. You thought you knew cat colors or did you?

You’ve probably heard of spooky black cats, chaotic orange cats, and distinguished-looking tuxedo cats. If you’re really into cats, you might have even lesser-known color variants like seal point and ticked tabby. But there’s officially a new cat color in town— salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice.’ You can see one here.

The pretty black, white, and grey shade—named for a popular snack food in Finland, where this coat color has been making itself known—is thanks to a fur strand that starts off black near the root, but grows whiter and whiter out towards the tip. The coat was first spotted in 2007, and in 2019, it was brought to the attention of a group of cat experts lead by feline geneticist Heidi Anderson. Since then, the group has been trying to figure out exactly what causes this shade to express itself, and recently, they finally figured it out. A paper on the discovery has been published in the journal Animal Genetics.

So as a young child I always wanted a dog, that dog an Irish Setter. My father told me, "Once you have your own home you can have an Irish Setter."

Well I did take my father's advice and I've owned Irish Setters or Irish Red & White Setters since 1982. (Get off my lawn)

Am I a dog snob? I love the Sporting Breed dogs. And have always loved Setters. Although I have never owned a Gordon Setter or an English Setter I would have no problem having either one in my home.

I admire the Working Group. And I'll be honest, I'm not much of a small dog fan. Although there are a number of Terriers I like, including the Schnauzer. So where are we going with this Mis Hum?

As our oldest dog just turned 11 I have to ask the question. Will we fill in his empty space in our home? Will we get another dog? If we do, do we get a puppy of the breed of dog we know? Or do we adopt an older Setter from a rescue group? Or do we go off the rail completely and adopt an older dog or a puppy from a shelter?

Two of our daughters have 3 rescue dogs. All of 3 of them have some Pit Bull in them. Overall they are good dogs. But, the Mid-Kid's dog has baggage which makes it difficult for them to visit as we have to keep all of the dogs separated. This dog was adopted at an older age.

The Fabulous and I are leaning towards adoption of an older Setter as we know their characteristics and medical issues.

So let us know your thoughts. Be nice, be kind, there are no wrong answers on the selection of a pet. That pet will be with you for a number of years. And you should both be happy and thankful for your decision.

Until next week, same Pet Thread Station, same Pet Thread Time. Have a great week!

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 03:00 PM

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