Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Movie Pick of the Night lovers! It’s time to grab that hound and settle in for a good movie. I know my picks are something you have to find in advance so, you may not be watching this movie tonight, be we are! Make a note and a plan to see this flick soon.

Corrina, Corrina:

Set in the early 1960s, this sensitive comedy-drama stars Whoopi Goldberg as a feisty housekeeper-nanny hired by a widowed ad jingle writer (Ray Liotta) to care for his 7-year-old daughter (Tina Majorino), who has been unable to speak since her mother’s death. Goldberg uses her magical personality to help the young girl speak again and draw Liotta out of his sadness. 115 min

Looks like you have to click on the video to see it on YouTube. That’s OK – The preview is about 8 minutes long.

115 minutes of total bliss. I love a good movie. Grab your tissues, a hound or 2 and get ready to cry and laugh….

Brilliant..

More Movies later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Mutt Madness lovers:

This just in from Rachel Ray…..

Thank you for visiting Mutt Madness. We had a rough start to this first week due to many technical difficulties people were having with the site. Due to these problems, we will extend the program by one week, meaning this first week will not end on Monday night as originally planned but will end on Sunday, October 25th at midnight. On October 26th, the candidates that will move into round two will be displayed on the site. This extra 6 days will candidates more time to get friends and families in to vote and get comfortable with the blogs. Here’s an update on the technical issues:

Registration: You do need to register anew with rachaelray.com to vote. Previously you would register and then still need to login to vote. People were confused in thinking it would automatically log them in and wondered why they were still seeing the Login to vote button. We have changed this so immediately following registration, you are logged in.Buttons: Some could not see the Submit button on the registration and Voting Booth pages. This should be fixed.

Voting: When you go to vote for a bracket, you will notice a small pop up that shows more information about the organizations. Then you can click into either of the orgs to learn more. You need to close this window and go back to the original page with the Voting Booth to place your vote. This may seem confusing to some so we are trying to make this process smoother.

If there are any other problems, please do not hesitate to post your comments here. Thank you for your patience and good luck!

End of posting……

OK, let’s all stay on board and get the HoPpers some Mutt Madness doe! YES!

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

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and old pictures of the girls lovers! A few blog postings ago I told my dear readers that I was going to look for an old Halloween picture of Chloe and Lily in their cute disco costumes. I did find some, but I am still looking for the one with Grandma and I in it as well. Anyway, look at this picture I found! It’s the girls laying on the couch. Grandma always made sure they each were right on their coverlets. It is so cute.

I think this picture was taken in 1998. How time flies…….

More memories of the girls later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and winning money for the House of Puddles Lovers! Please everyone, please take the time to follow and vote in this contest!

Here is what has been posted by our very own Marilyn Brazzle, wonder woman extraordinaire and House of Puddles Mother!

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House of Puddles has been selected to participate in Rachel Ray’s Mutt Madness contest for cash awards as much as $50,000! There will be 6 rounds of voting to eliminate candidates-the 1st round starts with 32 pairs of rescues to vote for.

It takes a little time but the rewards are great. Please cast your votes and vote for HOP!

http://www.rachaelray.com/pets/muttmadness/

HOP has been selected to participate in Rachael Ray’s Mutt Madness contest for cash awards of $50,000 for first place and $25,000 for second place. There will be 6 rounds of voting to eliminate candidates-the 1st round started this week with 32 pairs of rescues to vote for. HOP is on the left-hand side, 11 down from the top. Please register on Rachael’s site and vote for HOP! It takes a few minutes – you have to register, then vote for one rescue in each bracket on both sides of the page…but it’s 5 minutes well spent. Log on and vote for HOP!

Then check back every week for the next round to see if HOP is still in the race. Each time we go through to the next round, we win $1,000! So even if we don’t win one of the big prizes, we can still earn several $K. Round 2 starts 10/19. Only YOU can help us!

http://www.rachaelray.com/pets/muttmadness/index.php

Remember, you need to vote for each of the 32 pairs, then submit your final vote at the bottom of the voting page in order for your vote to count. You will get an acknowledgement at the bottom of the voting page if you are successful. And don’t worry, it will get easier every week as Awards Candidates are eliminated. Thank you for your vote!

By the way, it appears that HOP is the ONLY basset hound rescue in the contest!

I will keep reminding everyone to vote. I had a bit of trouble at first but I switched browsers and was successful. I think we can do this folks! Please, pass this information along to your friends and family.

Are we excited or what?

If you want to read more about this contest here is Rachel’s press release for the contest on her blog….

http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2009/08/06/announcing-mutt-madness-a-rewards-program-for-animal-activists/

The website area for Mutt Madness is super cool and a lot of fun to sniff around.

More excitement later, Love Cat, Chaps and Emma

Oh Snap and PS…..I just thought of something! I bet Marilyn and some of the HoPpers would be on Rachel’s show if they won! Oh, I can barely contain myself. This is sooooooo cooooooooool

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Photo Caption Contest for Your Basset Hound Rescue Lovers!

OK, as we all know, our Mayor is so benevolent! In honor of his dear 9th birthday (10-17-09), he is holding a caption contest! The winner will receive 25.00 dollars donated in their name to their favorite basset hound rescue! All you have to do is provide a caption to this photo!

The contest ends on Chaps Birthday at midnight, KY time, 10-17-09.

The winning caption will be picked by Chaps Grandpa, who has his 83rd birthday the following week. He has no idea he is doing this, but Grandpa will be very thrilled to perform this task.

When you leave your caption, please leave what basset hound rescue you want to support. You do not need to leave the link, I can add that.

Here is my comment, which does not count!

“Did someone say, Lunch?”

hehehe

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and old Black and White Pictures of Brigitte Bardot and a Basset Hound Lovers! LOL!

Anyway, I was sniffing around the internet this morning and ran across this wonderful photograph of Brigitte Bardot with this cute basset hound. It was taken in 1967 during a movie she made called:

A coeur joie (Two Weeks in September) I googled it, but it mentions nothing about the basset, just a brief summary about how Bardot is in a loveless marriage and finds love else where. Yawn.

Looks like the best part of this movie is probably in this scene!

Interestingly, this original photo sold for about 20 bucks on E-bay. I probably would have paid that.

More rare photos later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and another YouTube video lover:

I disagree a bit with this main woman talking. I don’t think bassets are lazy. The video is cute, but I think the interview is a bit off. What do you think?

I think that a basset hound can be just as active as any other dog. It totally depends on the human as well. If you sit on the couch, so will they. If you go for a walk, so will they. Basset Hounds can actually out distance a marathon runner.

Their activity level totally depends on us.

More interesting videos later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Hal lovers! I am certainly one of those. OMG, Hal’s parents make the best videos. I also love that song. ENJOY!

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

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Halloween Lovers! I have some fun pictures I want to post of Chloe and Lily from a past Halloween very soon. As a matter of fact, I based a page of the Lily book on that day. I think it was back in 2002 or so. I am still digging out the actual pictures for our viewing pleasure, but I thought you might enjoy seeing the page in the Lily book that the upcoming pictures are from.

I love this page and the inspiration the girls gave me for it. This is an actual picture of Lily on Halloween. I made her and Chloe orange tube tops. It was so much fun. I cannot wait to show you the actual event! You will crack up! I totally guarantee it!

Coming soon…..

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and sign lovers! My dear sister Caryn sent me this little sign that she found in Nappa and I just love it! So do Chaps and Emma!

Never to be left out of the fun is our very own Emma!

More Love is being owned by a basset hound later….Love the lovers! Cat, Chaps and Emma

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