Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Skittles Lovers! Well, Chaps and Emma sure are one of those. I was enjoying a few Skittles this morning. The kids have never seen a Skittle before. It is not a candy I ever have around. My friend brought some over, anyway…..

Emma and Chaps wanted to try one!

Emma got a purple one. Yummy!

Then Chaps went into frantic mode….

Heaven forbid Emma gets a treat before him!!!!

Chaps got his favorite color, orange. At first he spit it out, but he woofed it down pretty quickly when Emma started to sniff around…..

I forgot how good Skittles were!

More Skittles later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and THE TODAY SHOW Lovers………

NOTHING IS CONFIRMED YET, but I received a phone call today about Chaps availability and interest level to appear in New York City for the morning shows (including THE TODAY SHOW) in very short order.

Why you ask? Well, it seems that the company who did the contest for the Yellow Pages is doing some big time marketing and how better to market than to have the winning dogs on the morning shows? The girl I talked to said that she had little to no info. She was just told to see if we were willing participants. All expenses would be paid of course!

Can you imagine Chaps plugging House of Puddles, talking about giving his winnings to the elders? Hopefully, he is not too sleepy! He would not have been able to donate all of this doe had it not been for all of his loyal residents voting for him day in and day out. Chaps actually receive more votes than the winner of the Cincinnati addition. YES!

It is all very sketchy. It may never happen or it could happen next week or several weeks there after. I had to share the news. Maybe the power of drool and good thoughts will make it happen?????

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I know is that I told the girl I would drive Chaps to New York City at the drop of a hat.

My head is spinning. How cool would that be? It may all just be a dream but I bet I don’t get much sleep, not to mention dreams tonight!

More knowing my boy deserves this more than anything, later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and orange Tootsie Pop Lovers! Chaps is so cute. Just look at him!

As you can see, I have a pile of toys in the office for the kids. About once a day Chaps will go to the pile and pull out the orange Tootsie pop. This is the only toy he plays with in the office. I do have purple and red Tootsie pops. I have to laugh, because orange Tootsie pops are still my favorite flavor. I cannot remember ever picking any other flavor for myself. I am pretty sure Chaps son bought him the orange pop. I wonder if that is why? Maybe Colby Chaps’ smell is on it. Very interesting…….

More Mother and Son moments later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Corvette Lovers: Every year Guardian Angel Basset Hound Rescue raffles off a corvette! This year it is a 1960 Corvette Roadster!

What a beauty! Could you see the Mayor riding around in this machine? Emma would be by his side. It would be toooooo cute!

Most Basset Hound Rescues are selling tickets and the more they sell the more money they get from the sales after the raffle ends. So, please go to House of Puddles to purchase your tickets!

Good luck…….

More feeling the wind in our ears later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and summer lovers! Well, I am watching my sister’s dogs again. Remember Enzo and Oscar? Of course you do! Emma is having a great time but Chaps, not so much. Also, Oscar cannot figure out where Emma’s eyes went. He keep smelling all around that area. Emma is so sweet. She just sits there, as still as a statue and lets him.

Well, the next time I am babysitting I will also have Romeo! OMG! I went looking on YouTube to see just what Romeo might look like and you will never believe it. I not only found what he will look like but this big guy is also named Romeo! Is that not too cute? It looks like English Mastiffs will give the basset hound a run for their money in the singing department.

“Romeo will sing happy birthday back to you if you ask him, or if you sing it yourself. He apparently sings it to a recorded song too ! He’s a three year old English Mastiff who weighs 200lbs.”

OH MY GOD!

More singing and looking into another couch later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Lily book Lovers! So far this week the Mayor has booked 3 gigs for the upcoming school year! Chaps and I read to school kids and teach dog safety. Who can be better than him at that?

Chaps and I always do a dog safety lesson for the kids. That is how we start out out visit. We explain how to act around a dog. After the lesson the kids practice on the Mayor…..

The Mayor makes the rounds!

The Mayor wonders if this kid had a PB and J? Yummy!

We have so much fun. After the dog safety lesson I read the Lily book!

More about Chaps booking gigs later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and loving seeing basset hounds playing. Especially a big hound and a little hound. It makes me think how sweet joy is. Just to see such a big basset play so sweet with a baby………This is a 7 minute video. Worth every second!

That baby is so lucky to have that big hound in it’s life…….

More wishing we all have that kind of fun! Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and hating that it is too muggy lovers….

I know that I have shown similar pictures of our Mayor before. However, this one is of him rebelling this morning.

It was muggy, muggy, muggy and the Mayor was mad. He usually has his usual morning “constitution” at this time. Kind of like clock work. However, this morning when he stuck his head out of the door. I myself could feel a rush of hot air come in. So what does our Mayor do?

Let all of the AC outside. Maybe he thinks he is cooling down his potty area????

I guess he is!

Oh, Chappers………

More too hot to potty later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and shoe mystery lovers! This is just the oddest thing ever. I am trying to unravel a real life head scratcher! THE MYSTERY OF, WHO CHEWED THE SHOE!?!

OK, here are the facts and nothing but the facts:

1.) I was gone most of the day yesterday. I “play bridge” with 3 friends. I left at 10:00ish wearing these shoes, minus the teeth marks………

Grandma was in charge of the kids so they were very happy.

2.) I arrived back home at approximately 4:00ish. The kids had been fed and were very happy. A severe storm was approaching Northern KY and Chaps was getting ready to freak out.

3.) I changed clothes and left the shoes in question laying in my bedroom, on the floor.

4.) The storm lasted for most of the night and Chaps and I logged about 3 miles of walking in the house. It seems to be the only thing that calms him. We were both exhausted.

5.) During storms Chaps likes to go into my bedroom and try to climb on top of things. He also likes to nibble on various items like clothes, pillows, or toys. I cannot recall if I had the door to the bedroom shut. It would have been very odd not to have done that because I don’t like him climbing on things.

6.) The shoes in question were walking around my friends house and she has cats.

7.) Chaps, to my knowledge has never chewed a shoe.

8.) Emma has chewed almost everyone of mine but not for years.

9.) I never saw Emma in my room, but she is pretty sneaky.

10.) I did see Chaps go in my room this morning.

11.) I was in and out of my room several times today, and never saw the chewed shoe until about an hour ago?

12.) When I picked up the shoe, Chaps was looking at me. I said his name in a really long low voice and said, “Did you chew Mommy’s shoe?” Immediately his tail went between his legs and he sulked away. May not prove anything more than him not liking the way I said his name. We all know how delicate he is.

A closer look at the evidence……

They are not talkin………

So, who do you think is the guilty party and chewed the shoe? I am leaning toward Emma because past behavior is a great predictor of future behavior. REMEMBER THIS?

More wondering later……Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Sweet Sister Lovers! Can you believe that my Chaps has such a sweet sister? I think I have shown you pictures of her before but I don’t think I have showed you this one!

Her name is Diamonds and Rubies, AKA Di! She was pick of the litter! Chaps was second pick.

Can you believe that Chaps was not first pick? LOL!

I no longer am in touch with the breeder. They totally wrote me off when Emma went blind, but I am all about showing pictures I took when I picked up the kids!

Can you believe how cute Chaps sister is?

More pictures I took later…….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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