Howllo fellow Basset Hound and celebrity lovers! Well, our boy has an appointment on Thursday for his “Man”icure. A boy has to look well groomed to go for a professional photo shoot. We are taking Miss Emma as well. They like to console each other and she needs her nails trimmed as well.

Today, my Mom and I groomed the big guy. Our definition of grooming is different than most. We cannot give Chaps’s a bath because that would send him into a funk. We don’t want that for the love of Dog!

I tried out my new furmanator today and it worked great! I made sure I did not go too deep, just an upper level smoothing. His coat looks fantastic. It will be so shiny for the shoot!

I got a huge amount of winter hair out of him!

It’s a wirlwind I tell you, a real wirlwind!

Chaps got a phone call today from the Yellow Pages asking for his permission to use his name, (and mine) for a regional press release!!!!!

This is so much fun. I cannot wait to promote HOUSE OF PUDDLES!

Much, much, much more later……….Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. Emma is proud to support her guy!

She stands behind her Man and his “Man”icure! LOL

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and wondering who won the photo contest for the Yellow Pages and the 1000 dollars for the House of Puddles?

CHAPS WAYNE RUDERT!

The phone call came in moments ago and Chaps is the 1000 dollar prize winner and the Yellow Page Cover Hound for Northern Kentucky. Chaps has been invited for a professional photo shoot this Sunday.

I am so excited I can barely stand it. I bet Marilyn of House of Puddles will be as well. Chaps is donating the entire amount to the elders of HOP.

I thinks this warrants a talk show circuit tour. I bet I can get him on all the local channels, newpapers, magazines and the like. Do you think we can go National? OMG am I a stage mother?

I can’t wait to tell Chaps. I will as soon as he wakes up.

More Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. does he need an agent?

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Howllo Fellow Hound and HOUSE OF PUDDLES lovers! I saw this on the wires last night! HOP has a new logo! I am totally jazzed about this new design by
Annamarie “Missy” Johnson. I do not know her personally, but she sure does cute and fun work!

This is so much fun and Marilyn has updated her HOP SHOP with the new designs.

Do you need some new stuff for spring? Sure you do! Support HOP and SHOP!

More supporting House of Puddles later…….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and HOP Boutique Lovers! Look at these gorgeous earrings that were sent in today from Jenny Standridge as a donation for the House of Puddles! She designs all of her own creations.

You must click on the picture to get my take on them. It will astound you. I HOPe!

100% of your purchase price will go to House of Puddles. If you add this to your cart, it is going into House of Puddles PayPal!

More astounding news later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and House of Puddles Boutique Lovers! OMG!, OMG!, OMG!

The jewelry in the House of Puddles Boutique is selling like HOT CAKES! In the past week we have sold almost 600.00 dollars in stunning items donated by YOU, lovers of the HoPpers!

I cannot thank you all enough for donating these super and spectacular items. Just look at them! These are the items that have sold within the last 6 days! Just awe inspiring!

I hope my dear readers enjoyed this puddle pictorial. These items sold and 100% of each sale went to House of Puddles!

I am so happy. This is just incredible. Hounds helping hounds.

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

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Daily Drool Calendar lovers: I posted on the drool yesterday, not to forget that Chaps was trying to win 1000 dollars for the House of Puddles. Click on his link right above and vote every day. This is HUGE!

A friend of mine saw the post and we got caught up. She sent me this picture of her hounds which were pictured on February 2, 2009. OMG just take a look!

What a nice pack! Mary also works with Ohio Basset Hound Rescue. Good work my friend. Don’t forget to keep me posted on up coming events.

More cute pack pictures later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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UPDATE!!!! SOLD

EMMA’S ITEM SELLS IN LESS

THAN 24 HOURS!

THANKS TO OUR FRIEND.

I THINK IT IS A GIFT SO I DON’T

WANT TO TELL HER NAME. IS IT

OK FRIEND?

Howllo Fellow Hound and Re-Gifting Lovers: Come on! We all do it and Emma is proud of it. Her dear friend Jackie (my co-worker who alerted me to the photo contest that Chaps is in), and her two sweet daughters Trista and Maddie, sent Emma this fancy, fancy collar for Christmas.

Well, Emma and I just love it, but we both know that she cannot wear a collar like this. She is so allergic to any material that is not 100% cotton. So, Emma is going to donate it to House of Puddles Boutique in honor of Jackie, Maddie and Trista. How generous is she? I am so proud of her. She does not have a bad bone in her body!

My Mom and I did a photo shoot today so Emma could always remember this beautiful gift. Jackie, I hope you are proud of our Emma. Please tell Maddie and Trista for us.

At the end of the photo shoot Chaps was just besides himself with jealousy. Grandma looked down at him and said, “Chaps, this is too feminine for you”!

But Mommy said that Chaps is really in touch with his feminine side so Grandma put it on him for one last photo!

Boy was Grandma glad! What a pretty boy indeed!

Here is the link to this item in HOUSE OF PUDDLES BOUTIQUE, CLICK HERE!

More re-gifting later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Sunday Shopping Lovers:

Last night I added an item to House of Puddles Boutique on my website. It’s a donation from Helen, Monty and Fleur. Vintage rhinestone earrings and a matching pendent. Here you can see Emma modeling one of the screw back earrings. She looks so pretty lounging in her bed with her finery on!

Mommy, bring me a Bon Bon or 10!

Can boy dogs wear pretty things? Oh who cares, I just want the bon bons!

Oh Emma you wear it so well. Someone contact Houndie Winston!

The glare of the spot light can be so tiring. Sleep really is this girl’s best friend. Snore……….

Here is the link to the item in the boutique. CLICK HERE

I am going to be adding a lot of stuff over the next several weeks.

The HOP boutique links directly to the HOP Paypal. Any time you buy anything in HOP boutique it works that way.

Enjoy your Sunday and Shop til’ ya flat basset!

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

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Howllo Fellow Hound and voting for Chaps lovers. I just want to mention that I am working on getting a link installed at the top of my blog so you can vote for Chaps with ease when you visit my blog. It should be up something this weekend, but for now I want to remind everyone to vote for the big guy. Here is the link,

VOTE FOR CHAPS, YOUR MAYOR CLICK HERE!

The Mayor has picked this video selection for your viewing pleasure. He wants to show off his playful side. It was the second video I ever made so I was not good at editing endings. When the credits roll it’s over.

The song goes on for a few more seconds. I always watch the entire thing because I love that song.

Enjoy your Saturday.

More Later………Cat, Chaps and Emma

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UPDATE CHAPS IS NOW IN THE RUNNING FOR YOUR VOTES. YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY AND EVERYDAY UNTIL FEB THE 28TH AT 11:59PM!!!!!!!

http://www.cbypcoverdog.com/Dog_Detail.aspx?ID=268

Add this to your favorite and vote every day!

Special thanks goes out to my co-worker, Jackie for bringing this contest to my attention. I am so excited!!!!!

Howllo Fellow Hound and Photo Contest Lovers:

Many of my dear readers may remember that Chaps entered the Sr. Hounds Abound Calendar contest for 2009. My Mom and I did a big photo shoot and everyone helped us pick this picture of him.

Well, now I am using this same picture in a contest that Cincinnati Bell Yellow Pages is running. If Chaps get’s the most votes he will be on the cover of the Yellow Pages and he will be awarded 1,000 dollars which he will promptly send to House of Puddles after he pays taxes. Actually, we will check into that and maybe he would not have to pay taxes since he would want the check made out to HOP which is a 501(c)3 not for profit rescue.

Hahahaha – listen to me, I am already acting like he won. Well, a Mom can’t be too sure or too proud! I just signed him up and I am waiting for my confirmation e-mail. I will post the details very soon. I know that you can vote for him everyday. I already saw 3 or 4 bassets in the contest.

Now I am getting nervous. Can you imagine? 1,000 dollars toward our goal of 10,000 dollars. That would put at 7,000 dollars.

OK – get your voting finger ready and I will be back in touch.

Go Chaps Go! Hop on!

More later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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