Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and confronting fears lovers….

Yesterday I was doing a bit of sprucing up of the ole place in anticipation of my sister and her son coming in from Atlanta. Much to Chaps chagrin I had to bring out the yellow monster….

He runs from it but sometimes I think he likes peaking around the corner at the monster.

Then the door bell rang????

Chaps went flying past the yellow monster confronting his fears ears flying!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

Look what we received!

One of the most beautiful potted plants we have ever seen! It came with this card attached. I was so touched, beyond belief….

A little closer up…

Thank you so much dear, dear residents….

This will be a wonderful addition to our slide show. I just love it and so does my Mommy! Thank you so much dear friends and residents. I will cherish it.

More brave Mayor stories later……Love Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and resident lovers. I really cannot thank everyone enough for all of the support you have given my family over these past several months and really for years.

Yesterday we went to get Grandpa’s ashes….

The kids of course went along….They were his best friends……

In this picture you can see what a tight fit they are in an Element. Almost too tight.

This weekend we are going to have a big slide show in celebration of Grandpa. He was a huge photographer and I have thousands and thousands of slides. I had to dig out all of that last night with paws crossed that it still worked and it DID!

I cannot tell you howl many hours our family sat around this projector. Something so simple can bring so much joy.

Here is a slide of when I went to China with Grandma and Grandpa.

Here is another one. I have the screen set up in the living room and it scared the Mayor so much he spent most of his time in office. Grandpa always said that Chaps had such a delicate soul.

I am really looking forward to it.

Also, I am getting a nice amount of donations from residents in Grandpa’s name. I will send them off to HOP shortly.

Marilyn is suffering the loss of one her elders as well….

Coltrane

He passed in his sleep last night. I find some comfort that my Dad will be meeting all of these hounds he loved at the bridge.

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

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Trooper Hound Lovers! Wow, this is something to lift the mood and spirits!

This just in from Trooper’s Foster Mommy, Ann….

“Trooper is doing well after a few setbacks. He continues to get treatment for mange because it was quite extensive. Most of the swelling has gone down in his feet and he is actually walking much better now. He has gained some weight too – 45 lbs now! -but must be medically stable before he can get treated for Heartworms. His eyes have improved but we are still treating the infection. Much of the crusting and swelling has gone down and the cloudiness has subsided dramatically so that he can see better instead of only shadows – meaning that he doesn’t run into walls anymore! He is working on his house training and accidents have lessened dramatically since he can see better and uses the dog door. Yesterday, I saw him interact with one of our dogs with a wag and a nuzzle – for the first time! He has been so impaired and miserable before that he would only tell them to back off. He is getting up and joining the other dogs more often now instead of sleeping all day. A few days ago, I heard him actually join the others in some barking at a neighborhood cat. It was the first time I heard “real dog” barks from him since he came. I was surprised at how deep his voice is! I just watched in amazement from a distance – as he enjoyed himself so much!

He has become more and more of a love bug – and wants nothing more than to curl up next to me or Arnold – or follow us around the house. He has become a bellyrub-aholic too! I am afraid that there is no turning back now!

Trooper asked me to send you this picture of him giving all of his guardian angels a smile and a wag to tell you that he is feeling much better now and wants to thank you for all of your kindness and support!

P.S. He is well on his way to recovery – and his foster Mom thanks you for all of your support too!

Ann”

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

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“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 Baby Emma Lovers….

I know that I have posted this picture before but I must post it again. This was the picture I was e-mailed the day before I left to get Emma. OMG! I was bowled over! We all were! BABY EMMA!

Early Morning Misty Air! I have this in an 8×10 frame in my sun room.

Grandma and I had this picture on the dashboard the entire way to TX. I also had copies that we left every where we stopped! It was so funny! We had such a great time. We still are! Our Emma is such a gift. She amazes me every day.

More loving memories later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Town Lovers…..

Today Grandma and I had a hard day. Wrapping up a life is very difficult as many of you know. One of the hardest things I had to do today was to cancel Grandpas Wall Street Journal subscription. I have subscribed to this for him for over a decade. The woman I spoke with at the WSJ was simply a joy to behold. I told her that the WSJ defined my Dad and howl something as simple as this phone call was very difficult on me. Tomorrow will be his last paper and I am going to save it.

So, when I got home and saw a package at my door step it made me smile. There was a balloon attached…

I am keeping it in my kitchen as you can see.

There was a gift card from some of my dear friends of Bassethoundtown for 50.00 dollars to Julian’s and mine favorite Pizza place, LaRosas. OMG we love that place. It is kind of a steamy, loud Italian joint that is so hustle and bustle. I am going to take him and Grandma the next time he is over in honor of Grandpa. I am really looking forward to that.

Not to be forgotten, God Forbid! The kids! Judy was so sweet and made them some cookies.

I thought that Chaps and Emma would attack Grandma when she got them each a cookie. It was like total mayhem.

Oh, and the kids loved their toys. They have played with them all day. Pure joy!!!!!!

The goodie bag made our day. We cannot thank everyone enough. Cindy, we know that you were the one who got all of this together and you are so sweet to do that. Judy helped with the mission! All the folks that chipped in for the gifts I cannot thank you enough.

More loving residents later…..Love, Grandma, Cat, Chaps, and Emma

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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 Mayor Lovers……

He has been awake and glued by my side all day which is somewhat odd. Of course, we all know why. When I was looking thru pics a few days ago I ran across this one of our Mayor. I just thought he looked so majestic.

He worries so much.

Today, Grandma was loving on him and I heard her tell him that he was now the center of our world. It used to be Grandpa Wayne and Chaps Wayne. Now it is just Chaps Wayne. She told him, “the girls just rotate around the men”! LOL, I had to laugh. It was really nice…

More loving laughing later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hounds and hearing my sad news and those of you who are not fond of this news lovers…..

It is just too hard and there just does not seem to be that many basset hounds that need my help. I have so many other things I want to do with my life and I feel it is time to start on a new path. I have been thinking about taking up spelunking. Mammoth cave is not so far away and it should be fun hanging out in this wonderful cave system. I loved it back in the 70s. Here is a picture of me on the wild cave tour.

That is me next to the sign on the right! I want to get back to my roots! You can see my older sister, Nin, to the right of me in the striped sweater.

Dogs are not allowed in most of this beautiful national park so Chaps and Emma will spend the majority of their life in a nice kennel I have found. They should be fine. I just need some time to myself in the tranquility of a cave.

I might start to research blind cave fish.

Please wish me well……

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

🙁

APRIL FOOLS!!!

If you don’t laugh, you will cry. There are way too many homeless bassets. But, with residents like us we will cut that number down! One hound at a time! We will not hide in caves!

Have a fun day!

More not going into a cave later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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