Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 10

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.

An Unlikely Friendship That Will Make You Smile 😊 pic.twitter.com/0foWLNPtoQ

— Tweets of Dogs (@TweeetsOfDogs) January 10, 2026

This squirrel clearing snow off his fence walkway 🐿️ pic.twitter.com/x4KcSdKD70

— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) January 9, 2026

Something serious, courtesy of Biden's Dog:

Israel has very sane pit bull laws:

- You have to muzzle it in public
- You have to muzzle it around kids anywhere it is
- Only adults can walk it legally
- You can't let the pit bull loose in a dog park
- You must spay or neuter by 6 months of age

Result? ~6x fewer dog bites! https://t.co/yofcijH7Q8 pic.twitter.com/Bo8U9Eobqx

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 31, 2025

We have personal experience with this topic here in the wild and wooly Central Valley of California, where even smaller dogs can be dangerous when they run in packs. VDH alluded to this in Mexifornia,

Most recently, our little blind kitten (who got over at least part of his blindness) escaped from the garage and was killed along with one of the old garden kitties he had befriended.

A few years ago, our precious little Shaggy the Dog was killed by a gang of pit bulls which ripped down part of our fence. See his photo with the PetMorons below. The dogs who killed Shaggy were kicked out of town by the sheriff, along with their owners (who had their own problems). The dogs had shown early signs of chasing a man on a bicycle, too.

I also know someone who has raised a much-loved champion Pit Bull. He kept her on leash in public.

This is our dear departed Shaggy. Hard to believe that he was given to us by a neighbor because he was causing family conflict. Probably involving urine.

I think he was about ten years old at the time of this photo. He was as sweet as he looked. Had some quirks.

We had a new baby bird enter this world this morning (Jan 7). As some of you will recall I did a lot of posts from the last brood, but this time I’ll just be posting milestones.

He/she will get their first feeding this evening, and every 3-4 hours for the next 2 weeks.

We are expecting another hatching in the next few days.

Regards,
David

Really Tiiiny

A few pics of our dragon - she’s been featured before. Our son rescued her 7 years ago, and she was in such poor health that she was not expected to survive. This January she’ll be 12…
>>> She likes our enclosed porch on sunny days and has been very well behaved around the Christmas trees.

Later:

She was awake for a while this afternoon and evening, and this is what we’ll see for next few days to a week. She’s lying on her favorite heated rock and quite snug

Fun photos of Nayro! Thanks for sending them in.

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, Jan 3

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.

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