$110.00, and as promised, Bassethoundtown Enterprises is matching dollar for dollar!  So, $220.00 dollars will be sent to the HoPpers on Santa’s sleigh.  Chaps and Emma will haul the doe up to Santa as he passes through bassethoundtown.

Thank you all so much for taking the time to send all of the beautiful, heartfelt cards.  It was so much fun opening and then reading the greetings.

Bassethoundtown’s residents are the best.  Have a great Christmas Eve everyone.

More letting it doe later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

The Mayor and Emma will help me open them very soon.

We hope to keep opening them.  Please, if you can, send us a holiday card with one dollar enclosed.  We will match that dollar and send 100% to House of Puddles.

BASSETHOUNDTOWN
P.O. Box 347
Ft. Thomas, KY  41075

More loving the elders later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and new HoPper lovers.  Please, let us welcome…LUCY!

THIS MESSAGE JUST IN FROM MARILYN OF HOP!

“Happy Gotchaday, Lucy! I picked her up a few hours ago in Chambersburg, PA. I think she’s pretty tuckered out from her long ride from Columbus, OH. She explored, ate, explored some more, and finally settled down. She’s a blue basset and has lost most of the hair in her gray areas. But I’ve put her on melatonin and hope it will eventually grow back. Cricket, also a blue, lost all her gray hair, too, but it finally grew back. I’m thinking it might be an annual thing for blues.  She’s really sweet and doesn’t seem to be traumatized by the other 20.

In case you didn’t see her story, some guy supposedly rescued her from an abusive situation and put her on Craig’s list.  That’s how the lady I got her from found her.  She only had her 3 months, couldn’t afford vet care for her and didn’t even have her on heartworm preventative.  When Lucy started peeing all over her house, her husband wanted to take her to the pound. The lady contacted Ohio basset rescue but they didn’t respond so she contacted me.  I had her sign Lucy over to HOP and drop her off at Jessica Dworkin’s vet in Columbus on Wednesday, then someone fostered her until the transport. Lucy’s got a UTI, infected ears and horrible teeth, but she was HW negative.  I’ll have a dental done with my vet in a couple of weeks when she’ll get a recheck on the UTI and ears.

Marilyn, Alvin, Lollipup, Ricky, Boomerang Jeeps, Hermey, April, Polly, Bowser, Daisy, Buttermilk, Jiminy, Cricket, Andy, Jake, Dora, Bogie, Ringo, Chloe, Max, Caterpillar, Sophiebelle…
House of Puddles,
Frederick, MD”

More loving Lucy and the HOP later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

Of course we need a sign for the HOP table!

Look at this pawsome accomplishment!  hehehe

It is actually nice and big and yellow!  Guess why we picked yellow for the poster board!  LOL

Also, yesterday bassethoundtown received an incredible donation from the wonderful artist Karen McDonough.  Remember?  She recently painted Chaps and Emma.

Karen painted and donated her masterpiece of one of the Hoppers to the HOP Nationals table!  This is Max…..

HERE IS THE PAWSOME PAINTING! KAREN YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB.  LOOK AT THOSE EYES!

Max will be for sale at the upcoming Nationals and will be showcased in 6 short days!

BEAUTIFUL!  Please come shop the HOP table!

Of course bassethoundtown’s booth will be right next door!  For once I can pick my neighbor!

Are you attending?

Thanks you again and again Karen!

More showcasing later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

Well, it all started off with a post on the daily drool that went something like this…..

The Editor and Publisher of  Bugler, The Basset Hound Magazine (Riche Churchill) posted that she has some nice basset hound items that she was willing to donate to a rescue that would be present at the Basset Hound Club of America Nationals this October 2011, however, someone heading to the Nationals would have to pick up her package and deliver it to whatever rescue told her they wanted it FIRST!

ZIP, ZIP, ZIP….I was sitting at my computer (surprise, surprise) when the daily drool e-mail dinged on my laptop!  I scanned the line up of topics and went right to the Riche Churchill’s post which looked very interesting INDEED!

ZIP, ZIP, ZIP – I ZIPPED off an e-mail and informed Riche that I wanted those items for
House of Puddles if she could get someone to pick them up and deliver them to me at the Nationals!

Guess who was firstie firsterson?  Me, me, me!  Hehehehehe!

Riche then sends me this e-mail….

“Someone in vicinity of Nashville, has offered to pick up & deliver items to Natls. I will tell him to find the HOP booth or ask for you?

Others have expressed interest, but you were the first, so you win. There isn’t all that much stuff — but one item is the only one in the world — a Basset holding a tennis racquet that was made especially for me by Judy Helferrich (ClanzooAnimals) about 15 years ago after I fell and broke my shoulder while playing. The statue has a little band-aid on its shoulder. Her statues are adorable, anyway……Riche Churchill….”

Right now Chaps, Emma and I are doing the HAPPY DANCE!  I am so excited for the elders at HOP!

I am going to host a table for House of Puddles at the BHCA opening night welcome party.  I am sure there will be many tables of rescues and basset hound clubs. I am so looking forward to this!

I am also going to be hosting a table for House of Puddles the entire week of the 2011 Nationals along with a Bassethoundtown.com table.  100% of every item designated and sold for HOP will go to HOP!  100%!

I am so excited about the Nationals and I hope some of the residents can come and enjoy this event that will most likely bring in at least 300 bassets.  I will get a better number soon.

Here is the official site for the 2011 Basset Hound Club of America Nationals to be held in Northern, KY the first week of October. I live about 20 minutes from the site and I am beyond jazzed!

http://bhca2011nationals.org/

I have subscribed to Bugler, the Basset Hound Magazine for about 20 years I think.  I love this magazine and I have all of my old copies. This is an online magazine.

Thank you Richie for helping House of Puddles!  The elders love you as well!

Well, I was certainly up with the birds and I got the worm!

Interestingly, Grandma and I just helped deliver a hound named Caterpillar to the House of Puddles a few weeks ago.  Maybe it was an omen!  Thanks Catmandoo – this one is for you!

More loving being the early bird later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

This is Sophie…..

Herz is 11 years old and was a victim of a family breakup.  Jan, Joyce and Carol of Guardian Angel Basset Rescue worked hard on her behalf.  When Marilyn found out about her situation she agreed to make her a HopPer!  Jan fostered our Sophie until a transport was arranged and reports are she rules the roost from her beloved dog bed. Look howl pretty she is!

Well, that transport took place today for her and her traveling companion, Caterpillar!

Today is the first time they met!

Here is darling Caterpillar and Lisa with his story!

Well, I was calling himz Catmandoo!  He is so handsome.  This is himz with his foster Mommy Lisa.  She fell in love with this old guy.  I am not sure of his full story but I think he was pulled from an area pound and through networking found his way to Marilyn and House of Puddles.  Oh, he is really cute and loves attention.

Turns out they were both coming from the same direction and the bassetabulous Jess’e Potts of Hound Haven Basset Rescue whipped up the transportation run sheet and I think it was filled in a few days.  Jess’e runs a tight ship and it was a well oiled machine today!

As soon as Marilyn sent me the run sheet I changed my plans and jumped on board.  Today was the big day and it was touch and go as to whether Grandma could come with me or not.  Thunderstorms started rolling thought bassethoundtown around 11:30 am and lasted until about 1:30pm.  Our leg of the transport was to leave at 3:55 pm.  It all worked out and we picked up our charges on time.

Isn’t this funny?  My camera was in my BHV, which was in the cool garage.  When I stepped outside to take this picture it was 109 heat index degrees.  The air was dripping wet!

We wasted no time loading the kids after meeting Donna.  It was too hot to chit chat!

Here is a tiny section of Donna!  hehehe

Off we go then!

Grandma and I made our 2 hour journey up to Columbus, OH right on schedule!

We met Susan and her pawsome neighbor!

Pawsome neighbor with Caterpillar….

Susan loads Sophie in the front seat…

And the new HoPpers are off to spend the night in Columbus. We were in the parking lot for less than 6 minutes.  Folks, when I say “well oiled machine”,  I mean well oiled machine.

They will start their final journey to House of Puddles tomorrow morning.

Grandma and I traveled back home feeling great about helping 2 new HoPpers find a soft place to land.

More loving HOUSE OF PUDDLES later…..Cat, Grandma, Chaps and Emma

Cricket lives at the House of Puddles. I have a theory here. I think that Marilyn sits on the couch next to this table and Cricket is reserving her place in the VIP lounge! Marilyn, might have a bit of a challenge with that haunch area in her face if I am correct. LOL

Too cute!

More Loving HOP Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

First we have the basset hound town hallway. Here you see toy washing day. Chaps is frantically trying to find his favorite toy. Not to worry he had it back in his paws within 45 minutes.

But that is not the jest of this post.

What a difference a hallway makes! Check out the House of Puddles hallway! WOW!

Keep in mind, these are not all of the HoPpers! I think it is feeding time so all of the elders are hungry! I am thinking about 4 or 5 hounds are not in the picture!

More comparing hallways later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

Here is the picture of Abby and Elmo, their Mommy did the school project on my blog! Is that not really cool?

There are so many more cool cards that I will showcase! I loved everyone of them. The residents of bassethoundtown are the best!

Voodoo’s first Mommy sent House of Puddles 50 dollars. I really thank her for that. Cory is the new Mommy and just loves Voodoo!

We are really lucky here in our town. Very lucky! The hounds are more lucky!

More vlogging later….YES! Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

Well, the House of Puddles is certainly one of those! Remember, Bassethoundtown is going to match all dollars up to 200.00. The HoPpers say,

The cards poured in and I had fun opening them and putting them on display for all to enjoy!

The kids were at the ready to help me tally up the haul!

I whipped out the office supplies and went old school with the pen and paper!

AND THE TOTAL IS!

Dollars received = 107.00
Matching amount = 107.00
BHT year end additional donation = 100.00
Round up to my lucky number and the Grand Total that will be sent to HOP in the name of the residents of BHT = 333.00

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SENT IN A DOLLAR OR MORE. THANK YOU IF YOU SENT THIS REQUEST ON TO OTHERS THAT SENT A DOLLAR OR MORE! THANK YOU IF YOU COULD NOT SEND A DOLLAR BUT MIGHT HELP WITH THE NEXT PROJECT! THANK YOU IF YOU ONLY SENT WELL WISHES.

THANK YOU!

More loving lucky numbers later….Cat, Chaps and Emma