“He’s a sweet old guy.  Not bothered a bit by the other hounds and already used to a doggie door.  I think he was still a little too stressed to eat his dinner, although maybe it was just the kibble he wasn’t interested in.  He certainly had an eye on my dinner. But it won’t hurt him to miss a meal or two.  He’s at least 10 lbs overweight.  I definitely see green beans in his future.  He’s sticking pretty close to my side so far.  His vet records go all the way back to puppyhood, birthday 7/1998, with the same owner all that time.  What an upheaval has life has taken.

He seems to like to snuggle with other hounds.  He just helped himself to the bed Bessie was on, and doesn’t quite fit.

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and HOP lovers!  Well, we all are HOP lovers in this town!  I know many of us have seen this already but I wanted to make sure those of you who missed it get a feel good video today.

Thank you Marilyn, that really made my day and I am sure many others.

More loving HOP later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and House of Puddles Lovers! I just cannot imagine have this much snow to shovel so my hounds can go potty!  CRAZY!!!!!!!!

Marilyn must make sure the hounds have a place to go!  Any mind you me….There is a lot of going, going on!

Hey Marilyn, howl long did it take you to find the cooleroo?  I am sure Buttermilk and the others will enjoy that come around June!  LOL!  (sorry)…..

More shoveling the snow and “other items”  later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Snowpocalpyse lovers… I am not sure many of my readers are one of those but like it or not it is upon us.  The House of Puddles has been hit hard.  At noon today Marilyn had 23” and it was still snowing.

This was a picture she took this morning…She called it “Officially snowed in!”

Oh my!  Now that is some snow!  I had to LOL  at this U-Turn picture!

It looks like a few brave souls ventured out!

Then Marilyn got the pavers shoveled off much to Buttermilks delight!

Here is Coltrain playing in the snow.  This is just priceless….

I bet the belly region is chilly!

I had to LOL I was belly aching about our snow!  Coltrain is my new hero!

More checking into House of Puddles later! Love, Cat, Chaps and and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Floyd Lovers….

Our Floyd was not at the House of Puddles for very long but he was able to know love for 3 months.

I learned of his passing last night from Marilyn.  She states,

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Laverne lovers.  As we recall Laverne passed away several months ago.  I just saw this from Marilyn……

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PUPDATE – I JUST FOUND ANOTHER PHOTO OF ANDY BRAZZLE ON FACEBOOK!

Howllo fellow Basset Hound and new HoPper lovers….

Please to meet you Andy!  Our Andy was in a kill shelter in Norfolk VA.  I guess he was dumped by his family.  I really don’t know why he was there.  Another Basset Hound rescue wanted to save him but they could not find a foster home.  Enter Marilyn…….

So, Basset C.A.R.E. pulled him and their transport coordinator who is also a psychic pet communicator said that the hound told him his name is Andy.  Is that too cool?  I wonder what else he said?

So, this morning we have a pupdate from Dear Marilyn……..

“This is the only pic I’ve snapped of him so far. He’s hiding under the coffee table after a very trying day – a 4-hour road trip from Norfolk, getting dumped in a houseful of crazy dogs, and a vet visit already. He seemed kind of depressed and painful in his legs so I called my vet and was able to get him right in. He’s got horrible, horrible teeth (why do they always come that way?), bad infections in eyes and ears and has pain in his back and hips. His shoulders don’t look too steady, either. I got him set up for a dental and x-rays on Monday, and he’ll start on Rimadyl & antibiotics today.

He’s a sweet old boy. Very quiet, knows to go to the door for potty and came back through the doggie door by himself, so maybe he’s had one before.”

Poor old guy.  He will soon feel right at home with all the other old men and women of HOP.  I sure wish I could win the lottery.  it would be so cool.

Welcome home Andy.  I am already in love…..

More loving Andy later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Christmas at the HOP lovers!

Well, the HoPpers are going nuts on Christmas.  I think it is because Marilyn has a leg of lamb in her crock pot for Christmas dinner.  The hound in the beginning is Jeeps, resident interloper and frantic for lamb lover!

Howl much you wanna bet they each get a tiny bit of lamb?

Thanks for the video Marilyn and I hope you have some ear plugs.  Crock pot = slow cooking = lots of barking!

More loving lamb later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Vintage Rudolph Lovers:

This is so cute and a must see for everyone!  I cannot believe that this was done about 10 years before I was even born.  I think I remember seeing it when I was little.  I love YouTube.  This runs about 8 minutes so make sure you have time to enjoy it!

In Memory of Rudolph Brazzle…….

More Rudolph the red nosed reindeer going down in history later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and the letter J lovers: Sound weird?  Well, let me explain this tale of JOY!

A few months ago, House of Puddles supporter Jenny Standridge sent in another package of gold items for the gold rush.  Inside the package were some really cool rings.  One of them looked like this!

J was for Jenny!  So, I put my thinking cap on and came up with a perfect way to showcase the ring!  J would now be for a Sr. HoPper that hailed from Kentucky.  Jasmine!

YES!  Jasmine would be perfect to sell this ring in honor of!  Sweet, sweet Jasmine.

JASMINE’S PAGE AT HOUSE OF PUDDLES

So, I took the ring to my jewelery store and found out that it is 10K.  Scrapped it would be worth about 14.00 dollars.  It is very thin and dainty.  Of course I was not going to scrap it.  My jeweler told me to put it in the HOP boutique for about 30.00 which we both thought was very fair.

Low and behold, I could not get it off my mind.  You see, my BFF is named Janie.  We have been BFFs since kindergarten.  Can you believe that?

Well, today we had our holiday lunch at PF Chang and I gave it to her and explained the meaning behind it.

I could tell she loved it.  I know she will cherish it.  J is for Janie now.

More BFFs  and loving the letter J later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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