Pets

[JHDK]

This is fucking rock and roll.

Athena is (about to be was) a total bitch like the kitty in this tune and I loved it. Play fighting with a young Athena was awesome. She'd draw blood more often than not. Pussy meant business. hahaha.

 

[JHDK]

1:47 left.

We've moved to the kitchen.

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[JHDK]

Meow Meow Beans saw it was time for me to get ready so she planted herself in the bathroom. I got her a cup of ice water cause she's always been a diva cat who needs ice water. I think she's knows it's the end. She comes in the bathroom for me to pet her sometimes but she's never decided to lay down in there until today.

New photo · Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025

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[JHDK]

Went to Disney this weekend and stayed in my shitty motel.

Besides everything else, a good way to tell a motel is shitty is if there are cats everywhere at night. I hadn't been there in so long but I remembered it enough that I always bring cat food with me for them.

A few of them are not feral. They let me pet them. So I figured I'd get a new cat. Give the poor thing a good home. They are all skinny and really happy to get food. So I bought a cat carrier and all that at the Walmart near the motel. This morning I went to grab one. I picked it up and it didn't really fight but it did get me with it's back leg before I got it in the carrier.

Then I realized the one I grabbed clearly had a sibling. They look exactly alike and both come out together when I lure them with food.

I'd feel way too bad to take one without the other and the other one is more timid and way harder to pick up. So I wound up with no cats.

We'll see what happens the next time I'm at my poor person motel.

Poor kitties. At least I gave them a few meals.

See?

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They are clearly siblings. The one on the left is the more social one that let me pick it up and almost get it in the carrier.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to wind up with two fucking Alley cats if I keep going to Disney over the next few weeks.

 

[scotchandcigar]

So these guys are back for the week



I was going through my pictures, and realized I never posted this action shot. It's from when my niece and family were up for the week, and they brought their mini bernadoodle. Here they're play-wrestling (that's Tali on the left).

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Are these the ones that come with a list?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Are these the ones that come with a list?

Are you referring to the big goldens? No, we've been hosting them twice a year for around 10 years.

 

[scotchandcigar]

The dog that came with a list died. They got another dog, and wanted us to watch her one day, but we already had a dog staying with us. So we offered to visit the dog at their house, and they didn't like that. They seemed pissed, like maybe we'll never hear from them again, which is more than OK.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The dog that came with a list died. They got another dog, and wanted us to watch her one day, but we already had a dog staying with us. So we offered to visit the dog at their house, and they didn't like that. They seemed pissed, like maybe we'll never hear from them again, which is more than OK.

I'm sorry their dog died but it is less hassle if you don't have to deal with that stuff.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I'm sorry their dog died but it is less hassle if you don't have to deal with that stuff.

The dog was old, so it wasn't that tragic. But I believe I mentioned what happened.

About 2 months after the dog last stayed with us, we got a call from them, telling us that she was diagnosed with a kidney disease. They weren't telling us this because they knew we cared for her; they were kind of accusing us of giving the dog something improper (2 months earlier) that led to the problem. The conversation went like: "Now that we know she has kidney disease, do you want to confess to either giving her a prohibited treat, or leaving her unattended in a situation where she had access to something bad?"

Needless to say, Mrs. Scotch wasn't happy with the line of questioning. We also assumed (and hoped) they'd never call us again. But then they got a new dog, and did contact us. But they seemed unsatisfied with our lack of bending over backwards for them. So fuck them.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The dog was old, so it wasn't that tragic. But I believe I mentioned what happened.

About 2 months after the dog last stayed with us, we got a call from them, telling us that she was diagnosed with a kidney disease. They weren't telling us this because they knew we cared for her; they were kind of accusing us of giving the dog something improper (2 months earlier) that led to the problem. The conversation went like: "Now that we know she has kidney disease, do you want to confess to either giving her a prohibited treat, or leaving her unattended in a situation where she had access to something bad?"

Needless to say, Mrs. Scotch wasn't happy with the line of questioning. We also assumed (and hoped) they'd never call us again. But then they got a new dog, and did contact us. But they seemed unsatisfied with our lack of bending over backwards for them. So fuck them.

That is fucked up. Sometimes shit just happens. It sounds like they are one of those people whom needs a scapegoat for every outcome. Given you live in the USA I am surprised they didn't take you to court over this.

 

[JHDK]

(that's Tali on the left).

The guy in the air is Michael Jordan:



The guy on the left is President Biden. The guy on the right is President Obama.



Tali is on the left.



See the pattern?

What are you going to say next? The sky is up, cars have wheels?

Normal people may forget what you do for work or whatever other details you have shared about your own life but only a soulless, subhuman monster would forget that the cool, awesome dog in that pic is "Tali on the left".

 

[scotchandcigar]

Yes, everyone knows Tali. Just like they know I play oboe.

 

[JHDK]

Yes, everyone knows Tali. Just like they know I play oboe.

Oh cool man, when did you decide to take up the Oboe? Everyone remembers all your posts about your passion for the Didgeridoo and how you have been mastering it for years.

I'm bored.

Can you just show us Tali again?

 

[scotchandcigar]

 

[scotchandcigar]

Oh cool man, when did you decide to take up the Oboe? Everyone remembers all your posts about your passion for the Didgeridoo and how you have been mastering it for years.

 

[JHDK]

This is a cool cat:

 

[scotchandcigar]

These 2 guys (actually a male and a female) are back for a stay.

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We got some sad news over the weekend. A day before these 2 big lugs were to be dropped off for their spring stay, the larger male had to be put down. He was 12. It's the one on the right



So now we just have the female for the week. They were half-siblings, and have been inseparable for the 10 years we've been caring for them. One reality of being in this business is that eventually, they all go.

 

[HecticArt]

Sorry to hear this Scotch.

 

[JHDK]

That fucking sucks. But when I clicked on this thread it took me to the first page which is a pic of Athena.

A big part of why we love them so much is because we know they will go before us.