Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Dreaming the Dream Lovers:

Have you seen this YouTube video from Britain’s Got Talent? If you have, I am sure you want to see it again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related

The video runs about 7 minutes long so, get inspired, dream a dream, and join the millions who are now behind her as fans.

I read where Sony has already signed Susan Boyle. Wow.

More dreams coming true later………Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Famous Scully lovers!

This girl really knows how to make a bed! She also likes to lick her paws before heading off to dream land. How cute is she?

More digging to China later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and wanting to know the cost of basset hound back surgery lovers! Well, not quite lovers, but you know what I mean.

I am now blogging about the cost of Emma’s back surgery. I had kind of put it off because it is not the most fun posting to do but I want this information to be available to people who need it. I have an entire sub blog devoted to what to expect when your basset hound or any dog for that matter needs back surgery and you choose go forward. The bill is a huge issue to consider. So far I have spent 3,518.00 dollars. Here is a copy of the big bill:

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The remaining 58 dollars was for Emma’s first physical therapy session. She will have about 3 more of these sessions and then it is on to water therapy.

This morning as I was walking Emma down the princess promenade I was just beaming from ear to ear. Emma was walking at about 85%. I could just tell she had an extra special bounce in her step.

This ordeal has been trying, expensive, depressing, uplifting, and down right back breaking for Grandma and myself but that walk we took this morning made it all worth it. It was like she was saying to me, “I knew Mommy could fix me”.

I had an emergency fund for the kids medical needs. That money was the best money I ever saved.

More feeling glad later………Love, Cat, Chaps and little Miss new back Emmers later!

Look at me standing so good!

P.S. Wednesday is week three of the eight week recovery.

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and new members to the family lovers:

Most everyone in the basset hound community know who the Gordons are! They have
ABC’s Slobber Shoppe.

All the proceeds of this online store go towards saving Basset Hounds in need.

Back on February the 28th the Gordons lost their very first basset ever to a cancerous tumor at age 12 and 1/2. His name was Doc Gordon. The hole in their hearts was huge as you can imagine. He was very famous.

The Gordons morned his loss along with all of Doc fans.

Over the Easter holiday I got an e-mail from the Gordons and was thrilled to read the subject line, Meet Duke Ellington Gordon!

I have to add Shelly’s e-mail because it is just so cute and sweet. Here it is:

Start of e-mail……..

A few days after Doc passed away, Don and I went on our trip to California that we won at the GABR Ball. While in CA, we visited Daphneyland and BARNI (one of the basset rescues in California). While there, a cutie named Duke kept following us around. Out of 97 homeless bassets, he kept finding his way back to us. We instantly fell in love. Duke is 4 years old and is deaf. He’s been at the Daphneyland Ranch for a year now. He was originally a stray in Burbank. We couldn’t stop thinking about him and decided to add him to our family. After a month of waiting, he finally arrived to us yesterday. He had a long flight in on American Airlines from LAX to Chicago. He flew in with 2 puppy mill puppies, but he is the one that got all the attention from everyone at baggage claim. He sat in the front seat with Don on the ride home. He met Dudley, Diesel, Eeyore, Marshmallow & Munchkin and the?2 fosters, Victor and Brutus, and everyone got along great. Last night, he slept the entire night (in bed) between Don and me. It’s like he’s been here all along.

Thanks to Dawn Smith and everyone at Daphneyland/BARNI who helped get Duke to us. He is going to be a great addition to the Gordon Family.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Shelly, Don and new guy….Duke

End of e-mail and start of pictures!!!!!!!!!!

Can you imagine what was going through his mind? OMG, he is one of the cutest hounds I have ever seen!

What a wonder family photo! Can you imagine Duke’s surpise when he saw the folks he loves greeting him after that long flight?

Here is Duke settling in to his new home. Wow, red is your color big boy!

Duke looks like he is saying, “I knew from the beginning I liked this guy”!

I guy can really stretch out in New York.

Hello – nice to meet you.

I was amazed that Duke had not been adopted from the Ranch, but I guess the deafness played a part in that. It did not bother Shelly or her husband one bit.

I was telling Grandpa about it and his comment was that the Gordons would probably not have many problems having a deaf basset because they don’t listen to us any way! LOL

More about Duke Later……..Welcome home and to bassethoundtown sweet boy!

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Easter Bonnet Lovers: Emma has decided to start a new trend and not tuck her ears into a snood. Hey, as long as she is getting good grades in school, I don’t care how she dresses. LOL!

Every year we do a photo shoot of Emma under the blossoming cherry tree to honor her birthday. She is going to be 5 on the 21st of the month. Please dear readers do not send her anything. I know it might be a bit presumptuous of me to even say that but save your dollars and donate them for the next bassethoundtown homeless basset we have in her honor. Even one dollar can be tucked away for the cause. They all add up!

Emma has had this bonnet for years. She never wears snoods but today, being Easter she was all up for modeling for her birthday picture.

This is the high fashion shot that would have probably been used in W or Vogue. Look how she showcases the bonnet!

She is such a natural. We also incorporated a therapy session into the photo shoot.

What a way to capture love every year. Slurp!

More high fashion later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow hound and Hallmark Lovers: I just wanted to put a small blurb on the blog that someone very sweet tries to send us Hallmark e-cards and they never work. I think today might be the third one I have not been able to open and they are usually on holidays.

I wish I could see it and thank you for it. We are not ignoring our Hallmark friend! Thanks for trying and maybe you can send it a different way with a link perhaps? Thank you who ever you are!

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Bird Watching Lovers:

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? It was way up in a tree in my back yard and I had to zoom in. I cannot believe I got this good of a shot. It was huge. Look at the claws on this thing? I googled a red headed woodpecker, but this boy looks somewhat different. It almost looked like he had a red Mohawk!

Click on the pic to see his fancy eye makeup!

I watched him for about 20 minutes and I never heard any wood pecker sounds. Maybe he was just eating bugs. I swear he looked like he was about 16” tall.

Maybe he was looking for Easter eggs???

More bird watching later……….and Easter Bonnets! Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. Still having talking Chaps problems with my website. Sigh

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Gabe Lovers:

Everyone remembers Gabe! He was the very young boy that was found wandering the streets near Jourdan’s School.

Gabe had such a fantastic family fostering him and I cannot thank
Glenn, Charlene, Audra, Mike and Jourdan enough.

Well this fantastic foster family, with the enormous aid of
BASSET BUDDIES RESCUE OF TX, found Gabe the perfect home. He gets to live with a brother and a family who plan on taking them on RV trips across the United States. I sure hope they come my way. l would love to meet them and hang out at the RV with the gang. I’ll bring the cold slaw and potato salad!

Audra and her Dad drove Gabe over 3 hours to Houston to his new home. Here is Audra with her boy. She misses him so much and it was very hard on her. Audra, that is why I cherish families that foster. It is so heart tugging.

Here is Audra’s Daddy, Glenn saying good bye to the boy they so tenderly cared for. I love our basset hound circle of love.

Here is a picture of Gabe with his new brother Clyde:

Here is Gabe with his new Mommy, Carmen. It was love at first sight!

Nice belly Clyde!

Here is Clyde showing Gabe all of his new toys. I just think that Gabe’s butt is so cute!

It always amazes me how many people it takes to care for an abandoned hound. One evil person who dumps a dog on the side of the road can create a huge group of great people working together to help the helpless.

Heck it worked for Gabe, now he get the best life ever with a loving family!

Keep in touch Gabes new forever home! We want to hear all about your travels. You could do a travel blog. You could call it
BASSET BROTHERS SMELL THEIR WAY ACROSS THE USA!

More basset brother news later………Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and tail wagging lovers: This morning I woke up before Emma did which is totally unusual. Since I have been sleeping on the couch next to her bed she thinks it is funny to lick my face which is about at her level. Me, not so much at 5:30 in the morning.

So, I was just laying there, looking at her sleeping. She was all covered up with her blankee and she looked sooooooo cute. Anyway, she must have sensed me being awake and lifted her head. She stood herself right up and walked out from under her blankee with her tail wagging. My goodness what a way to start your day. That little brief moment was such a gift. No need to be grumpy in the morning – just wag your tail! LOL

This picture was taken back when our girl could walk on hard wood floors. I bet she will be able to do this sooner than later……..

More waking up with your tail wagging news later………Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Nancy Drew Lovers: Remember those books? I lived for them.

My favorite was THE MYSTREY OF THE 99 STEPS……….

I loved to stare at that cover. It really intrigued me!

OK, this will most likely be the oddest and intriguing blog posting you have ever read. I am calling it,
THE MYSTREY OF THE DIAMOND LIKE OBJECT IN CHAPS POO……….

Yes dear readers you heard me correctly. Now you see why I am saying this will be the oddest blog posting you have ever read!

I was doing my least favorite task. Cleaning up the back yard of all poo poo potty (PPP). I am such a freak that I do this basically after every deposit. I just like to keep it clean for the kids and I got into the habit of it and works for me. Plus, they both seem to appreciate it. Anyway, this information kind of comes into to play.

So, I was cleaning up the normal areas which only Chaps has been in since Emma has been confined to the front Ladies room. Pooper scooper in hand I went to do my maneuver and the sun hit a sparkle. I am totally a sparkle girl so I kind of looked closer. It looked like a diamond type of thing as I got closer. The smell distracted me but not to the point where I ran upstairs and got a baggie.

Armed with my baggie I picked out the diamond type thing. It is a stone. After I washed it off I am thinking it looks too perfect to be real. It has to be a Cubic Zirconia. I was so excited and confused. Where did Chaps find this. It is W A Y too big to be a diamond I might had dropped from the Gold Rush. Plus I am way too careful. Plus who would drop a 3 karet diamond stone plus who would donate a stone like that. OK – Chaps would “donate” it! LOL

Again, I cannot believe it is real. Plus Emma Drew and I are still trying to figure out how this happened. Chaps has been a few places recently. Then again, did I miss a deposit from months ago. Oh Lord, Emma cannot do one step not to mention 99!

Here is another shot. Thank Dog he passed it without a problem. I have looked at it under a loop and I do not see any flaws. That is a sure sign it is not real. However, we can still hope! Can you imagine Chaps helping the Gold Rush in this manner? Pooping diamonds? Well, we might just end up on national TV for that one! LOL!

Here is another picture.

I am pretty sure it is a CZ but Emma Drew is still on the job. It is kind of like holding a lottery ticket and the numbers have not been called yet. I will take it in on Monday. Emma Drew needs more time to investigate over the weekend.

I told you! This will be the oddest blog you will ever read! Where did he eat this thing? Like Mother like Son. We like the shinny stuff!

More Emma Drew updates soon………Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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