Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and flying week lovers. I guess with all of the hoopla with the blue eyed boys, this week in basset hound town flew by.

The poor Mayor is all worried because I have to go get the homeless residents. Himz is “making” his worry bed. Scratching and scratching….

What he doesn’t know is that the boys will be in the basement for about 8 hours. His worry bed will need a seat belt. Talk about a bumpy 8 hours…..

Howl much you wanna bet his ears get a bit whiter by tomorrow?

More needing seat belts later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emmers….

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Bumpy Blog Lovers. OMD, it has been crazy this past week for the OH blue eyed boys. At least that is what I call them. Each boy has one blue eye…

Do my dear readers remember the story of the crazy woman who dumped her 4 bassets and 1 blood hound at the the dog park? I did 2 blogs on the case.

FIRST BLOG POSTING

SECOND BLOG POSTING

Well, here is the update…As some of you may have read, a plea was sent out over the Daily Drool to help 2 of the remaining 5 hounds that were dumped and were still at the pound. Hum, still at the pound huh? Sup with that? So, I jumped on the pound’s PetFinder site and I could not find the hounds. Interesting. Round about this time I am getting e-mails about the duo and can I help, blog, or whatever. I always do my home work so off the bat I e-mailed the pound and asked their contact why they were not on PetFinder.

Come to find out, Stewie and Mikey were both food aggressive. At this pound and many others if a dog is deemed food aggressive they can be put down without question. Hum, I did not realize that but I guess it makes sense for some breeds. But for a basset hound? Anyway, Stewie was only food aggressive towards other dogs coming to his bowl. This is our Stewie….

Chaps has been food aggressive his entire life. I never feed Chaps and Emma together. Goodness, she is already blind she does not need to lose an ear!

Mikey was deemed food aggressive to a fake hand. That cracked me up. When they put a fake hand into Mikey’s bowl he growled but did not bite the fake hand. Who puts their hand in a dog’s food bowl?

Anyway, here is our Mikey the fake hand hater!

Heather is the woman who is their advocate and was given some time to find a rescue that might be better suited to deal with the “food issue”. Yes, us basset hound owners know all about food issues!

So, as I was contemplating the fate of these blue eyed boys I get a DING! Incoming e-mail! It’s from Erica….

“Hey Cat!
Just wanted to send a reminder that if you know of a transport needed to the east coast, I’d be happy to help out! We will be leaving Cinti the morning of Sunday, August 22 to travel back east. ”

Ha! Can you believe that? The boys might be able to land in a rescue up north east! Dogs from the South always fare better in the North. In my entire rescue life I have never sent a hound south. It just does not happen in my world. My mind begins to spin…..

If I am going to get them in spot in a Northern Basset Hound Rescue I better learn more about these hounds. So, I ask Heather at the pound my questions…

Age, neutered, HW status, medical status, all of the biggies that matter for rescues and adoption.

Stewie age 2, Mikey age 3. Neither neutered. Neither vetted and the past owner who is now facing criminal charges claims to not remember when they have been to the vet. Heather tells me that for 75 bucks a piece she can have them vetted and neutered.

Hum…..75 bucks a piece, almost seems like a no brainer. Heather is also willing to keep them until the 21st. So, basically at that point the hounds are mine. GULP

OK, I have over a week to get them a hard to find spot in a coveted basset hound rescue. I have significantly raised their profile!

Young Good Looking Hounds
Neutered
HEART WORM NEGATIVE
Totally vetted
Perfect Heath Certificate and ready for transport

I check on them everyday and the boys are getting a bit sad as you can imagine. The days are ticking by and the boys have no takers as of this morning:(

The e-mails are flying and the networkers are tap dancing. I spent the entire day today working on their case.

Then, DING! It’s the wonderful Shelly Gordon of ABC (All Bassets Cherished) Rescue in New York State….

It was so hopeful! GUESS WHAT? They have a van coming to the town next to mine Sat at 2:00AM. They are meeting GABR to pickup some homeless hounds!

IS THERE ROOM FOR THE BLUE EYED BOYS?

Stewie grabs a drink of water while he waits…..

And waits to see if he will find a place at ABC….

Mikey is also waiting…….

OK, I am at the door. Someone open these bars please…….I am ready to blow this pop stand!

Then the ultimate call comes in, from Gary Penny, President of ABC!

THE BLUE EYED BOYS ARE CHERISHED!

Yipeeeeeeeeeeee

Stewie is totally jazzed!

Mikey is all like, wait, What? I am loving me some New York!

Yes, Mikey we are all loving us some New York!

Grandma and I are schlepping up to Dayton in the morning. We will collect the blue eyed boys from the shelter and stash them in the basement until the 2:00am transport meeting. Is there an Ap for that?

hehehehe

Lastly, I did not want to needlessly stress out Basset Hound Town residents so I tried to do all of the heavy lifting and hopefully report good news instead of stressed out news. It was Emma’s suggestion. She is the Public Relations Official for BHT!

More ending the bumpy ride later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Birthday Basset Hounds that give a gift to Basset Hound Town Rescue Fund Lovers!

Today is Phelps and Zoey Porter’s 2nd birthday! Phelps and Zoey are part of the Porter pack that include Charlie and Otis as well! BJ and Gary are the proud parents! To celebrate their birthday they sent basset hound town rescue fund a check for 25.00 bucks! Nice! Sweet! I cannot thank the Porter Pack enough!

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!

Frosty paws and party hats for all! Yummers!

Let’s get this party started!

Here are Zoey and Phelps the birthday kids!! I just love this picture! Phelps was Zoey’s Christmas present! Her own bro!

Hey Mommy, love the frosty paws but wez is getting hungry! Can we eat our Sunday Birthday Supper early tonight? Please?

Oh dear me, howl can you refuse a sitter upper?

Thanks Mommy and Daddy! We had the bestest birthday ever!

Thank you Porter pack for the 25 dollar birthday donation! The basset hound town rescue fund is now up to 65.00 dollars. That is huge!

More loving generous birthday hounds later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and donation lovers! Giving thanks this morning for the 20 dollar donation from Cindy, Jethro, Rugs, Ozzie and Harriet.

Cindy states, “We hope all the dogs we save find a home where they can lick the beaters!”

OMD! That is so cute I can barely stand it! I used to love to do that. Your kids are very lucky kids indeed!

More Loving our residents later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo fellow Basset Hound and new Stanley Lovers! Call him Randy, call him TJ, Call him Stanley, just don’t call him late for dinner! Suzanne of Mid-Atlantic heard from TJ’s new family today and the big news is that they changed his name to Stanley. LOL

Here is the e-mail….

Dear Suzanne and Michelle,

Just a quick update to let you know that we’ve changed TJ’s name to Stanley. He seems to answer to it as well as TJ frankly!

He has been quite good so far. He is well socialized and gentle. He was amazing riding home in the car with Harvey in the 3 hour ride.

He’s making a good adjustment and is eating well.

I think he’s extremely smart too. Very bassety; curious and clever.

It looks so far like it will be a good fit.

Off for Stan’s vet appt.

End of e-mail.

I have Stanley’s new e-mail and I will e-mailing his Mommy soon to see if she will stay in touch. Those were such good pictures! Stanley’s new bro is very handsome as well!

More about Stanley later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and our TJ Lovers…Breaking news……..

THIS JUST IN FROM SUZANNE OF MID-ATLANTIC BASSET HOUND RESCUE!

“A nice couple from Long Island, who had been pre-approved as adopters, came out to visit two female basset hounds at a foster home close to my home. The two females didn’t seem very interested in the couple, nor their basset, so I went home and brought back TJ. Instant hit! He was last seen trying to play co-pilot between the husband and wife while sharing the back seat with his new furbrother..

Such a happy boy. In a brief period of time, he captured my heart…. but they all do!

Thanks for helping to get TJ to his new home!
Suzanne Fitch
Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue”

I have already sent Suzanne an e-mail asking why we don’t have pictures! I am thrilled but I want to see the family! Suzanne e-mailed me back and said she would ask the family to check in and send some pictures. That would be so cool!

Can you believe it lovers? Our TJ has a home in seconds! We know one when we see one! Snatched from the jaws of death to riding along in a car with his new family in NJ! Totally Sweet!

WE BETTER GET PICTURES! This is an old one from his Foster Mom!

Lois, can you get the job done and get us pics? hehehehe

More loving Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Emma getting Married to TJ lovers! Our beautiful Hannah and fellow basset hound town resident has been following TJ’s journey along with all of us and decided to write an illustrate a story about what could have happened! Here we have the beautiful artist herself, busy with her etch-a sketch! She is an artist of many mediums!

First there was TJ with his long ears and spots, on his leash.

Then a picture of TJ teaching Emma how to play “tag” at the park.

Then Emma and TJ playing “hide and seek” at the park.

Then TJ was rowing Emma around in a boat and there was a big heart behind Emma (I asked Hannah what it was and she said “that’s the heart of love that TJ has for beautiful Emma. He is rowing her to the “castle of love” for their wedding.”).

The final picture was the wedding, with Emma wearing a beautiful dress and TJ down on one knee offering her a present of “beautiful, precious wedding jewelry”!

End of story, but what could be the beginning of a beautiful marriage! hehehe

Kerry, OneMom and Mommy to Hannah says….

“I have no idea how this particular story line developed, but it was very sweet and I thought you’d enjoy it (although the Mayor may not enjoy it!). “

Kerry, Please tell Hannah that I enjoyed those pictures and the story beyond belief. I Just loved every second of it. She is so talented. The Mayor is just fine sharing his best girl but only in the form of a cute story like this!

I know all of the residents will just love it! We love you Hannah!

More loving Hannah later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

Oh, and an update about TJ in the comment section! He sounds like he has some nesting techniques like our Emmers! They are nesting together in Miss Hannah’s dreams! Ahhhhhhhh…….Dreams!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and cute update lovers……..

I was so please to be on this list of updates about our TJ and his transportation. Here is part of the e-mail…..

“Good afternoon everyone, Busy morning I went to Mechanisburg PA with the 11th hour mini-van. We were expecting a 90 lb Gr Pyr who was very scared and didn’t think it would be safe to transfer three times. She came up HW positive, didn’t go on the transport and it was too late to change plans, so I went anyway and of course Deb found other dogs for me to take back to NJ with the two I went for. When I left Mechanicsburg there were eight dogs in my little red van, I felt like Santa Clause in July, dropped off 4 in Philipsburg, and my favorite TJ the Basset in Washington NJ on the way home to drop off the last two. I loved TJ, those ears !!! I don’t know how he manages to walk around without stepping on them. He needed a little help getting into the van, those short legs didn’t reach.

Here is the van that TJ was in!

Here is a traveling companion!

And another one!

regards
Rose Brown”

Thank you Rose Brown for this wonderful update and caring for our treasured TJ. Transport people rock!

More about our rock star later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and I am not talking about TJ lovers! Here is howl the story goes. Thursday night I received an e-mail from Terri, our Animal Control officer. She said, “Can you help this pretty girl in Gallatin County, KY? Her 5 day hold is up and they are a tight ship down there.”

So, first thing Friday morning I was going to call on her. Can you believe it? We get one hound out the door and another one is knocking. So, I called to check on her. She was on the list but others were ahead of her. The volunteer was fantastic and said that she would be in touch on Monday because she was safe over the weekend and through Monday. This is the picture that really got to me!

Dogs are so amazing. Look at that smile.

So guess what? Last night after closing, the gal receives a phone call from a man looking for a sweet female basset for his family. Even though the kennel was closed she met him and completed the adoption. She got an e-mail last night telling her that she was already the Star of his neighborhood!

Wow, what a difference a few hours makes for a homeless hound!

Oh, he named her Star! Very fitting indeed!

More good news later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Hellow Fellow Basset Hound and needing an update on TJ’s move from Stanford to Ashland to catch his ride (for 50 bucks) to NJ lovers! Wow, that was a mouth full indeed!

OK, I just got this e-mail from Kristie, TJ’s foster Mommy:

It starts like this with another group of rescue transport folks:

I have 2 dogs that need to get to Deb Hinkle’s transport this Friday(July 16th) in Ashland. They will be leaving from Stanford, but I also have dogs that are going to Lexington this evening, and towards Louisville, so I can meet someone with them if need be. Thanks! Hillery

Response

Good morning Hillary.

I am Sylvia with the Mercer Humane Society. We did receive your message and your dogs may ride with us tonight if you are able to bring them to Harrodsburg. I will check on the correct time that our driver will be leaving but I am thinking they will need to be here about 5:30.

What are their sizes? Please reply to all when responding and we look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks for all you do to help the animals!!!!

Sylvia

Reply from Hillary

Oh, BLESS you!! Thanks so much. I will indeed get them to you in Harrodsburg. When and where? My cell is 606-669-7194. I have a Basset Hound named TJ, about 45lbs., and a Lab mix adolescent named Marty; he is about 25lbs., maybe a bit less.

Hillary
Black Cat Rescue
Liason for the Lincoln Co Animal Shelter

Reply from Sylvia

The van will leave from Harrodsburg at 5:30 so please have them at our office, 132 North Main Street, by 5:00. The phone # there is 859-734-9500 if there are any problems. They do have the necessary paperwork correct? See you then. Thanks.

TJ’s ride is ALL confirmed…..

His bags are packed and he’s ready to go! He is actually waiting at the door! He will be sad to leave his great and benevolent foster Mommy but he will be making room for another homeless victim at the wonderful Foster Mom Kristie’s home!

Our boy gets to start an entire new life with someone who wants him. His foster Mommy said that she is going to miss him dearly. He was her little glue stick and just loved to be by her side. Thank you foster people.

More about TJ later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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