Ace of Spades Pet Thread, December 20

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.

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

Planning on doing a little local shopping? Respect the resident cats.

Not all breeds of dogs are the same. Then again, not all individual dogs of the same breed are the same . . .

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— Original Spike1962 (@Spike19621) December 17, 2025

Courtesy Hrothgar

Beware of what your cat gives you for Christmas… pic.twitter.com/9hyO2R7KgG

— Jan Hawn (@JanHawn) December 9, 2025

Unusual dog sings Christmas music, if you have an imagination.

Special Notice:

Hi KT:

I wasn't sure if anyone had updated AofS people who had donated to Shep's Place in honor of Jewells (Julie McGuire). I was in contact with Shep's Place, and wanted everyone to know that the donation goal for naming a room for Jewells at their new facility had been met. Shep's Place asked that their thanks be extended to everyone at Ace of Spades who donated in Jewells' name.

Well done all!

Thanks to all in the Horde who donated. We so loved to read Jewells' updates on the special pups at Shep's Place.

These photos are from 2010 when we had two Abyssinian kittens in the house, but they were interested in the Hannukah menorah upstairs and the Christmas "tree" downstairs. 

That year we set up the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and had to practically weld the lone ornament to it or it would have been batted all around the living room; couldn't leave the menorah attended for a second while the candles were burning, either!

Use whichever pictures you feel work best.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours, and thanks for running the wonderful Pet Thread!

-- Tankascribe

Those kitties present a challenge for decorators! Thanks for sending in the photos!

Please see attached pictures of my Christmas elves!!  Camilla is the small girl --a terrier mix--who used to help my contractor as a pup.  She loves walks, treats and Christmas sweaters.  Alexis is the Australian Sheppard mix that was dumped on the road in rural central Texas.  Unbelievable anyone could abandon such a sweet, smart girl who LOVES to herd cattle, chase cats and chew on EVERYTHING!!  We want you to know how much we love the Pet Thread (and all of Ace of Spades) all of the time and we want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!.

NIC:  Ozzie

What adorable elves!

Longtime reader and semi-professional lurker here, but I’ve got some Christmas-themed cat pictures for you.

They feature the youngest amongst our set, who found their way to Nogglestead a couple years back.  One kitten showed up in my below-grade office window, and when I went out to find him, I heard meowing from our windbreak about thirty yards away.  I thought it was a fast kitten, but it turns out there were two kittens: One in the window, and one clinging like a koala bear about four feet up the trunk of a tree.  We eventually adopted them and named them Nico (Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli) and Cisco (Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastián d'Anconia—I know, I know, in the book the nickname was Frisco, but…)  A couple of weeks later, our church’s school posted a picture of another black kitten who wanted to be let in.  It was fait accompli—and when the kitten ran across the church parking lot the following Sunday, he came home with us.  My beautiful wife named him Paul after St. Paul, but that seemed a little improper to me, so I appended Paul Atreides, the Meow’Dib.

Suddenly, we were heavily kittened.  And what clever kittens (now cats) they have proven to be.  We had to childproof our house again since they learned how to open cabinets and drawers (we briefly nicknamed Nico “Opa” because he would get into the cabinets and break glasses).  They learned how to the open sliding screen doors to let themselves out—and when we put in locks at the top of the screen doors to prevent them from opening them, Meow’Dib taught himself to push out the spline at the bottom of the screens to let himself out.

They’ve proven very curious, and Nico especially likes to involve himself in any work or appliance repair I attempt, climbing ladders, entering the cavities between the joists in the ceiling, sniffing appliance motors, and whatnot.

I have tried to exploit them by creating a line of t-shirts featuring their wisdom (at https://NicoSez.com) and an iPhone app designed to translate your cat’s meows to English (Nico’s Kitty Translator at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nicos-kitty-translator/id6754846011).

However, attached are some of their Christmas-related exploits: Nico looking up the chimney as though looking for Santa Claus; all three of them in an undecorated Christmas tree (labeled for your convenience); and Nico as the star atop a Christmas tree.

Thanks.

Brian J. Noggle

There are some cats who know how to appreciate Christmas!

Goodtime Christmas Charlie

Boswell

Everyone must love Charlie!

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

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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 13

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