Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and VooDoo Lovers! Our newest homeless resident arrived at my vet today via his chauffeur, Paula Dunlap. Paula drove him all the way from Knoxville. She had himz in the back seat but he would had none of that! Remember, VooDoo was a long haul trucker’s co-pilot so a bit of arranging had to be made.

Paula moved him to the front seat and the drive was smooth sailing all the way north!

VooDoo arrived for his scheduled spa appointment right on time and was whisked away for his extreme makeover!

The folks at my vet office love him and he is already nestled into his bed for the night. I will pick himz up about 8:30am and travel to Sidney, OH where I will meet the wonderful Kathy. She will transport him to his forever Mommy, Corey near Toledo. She lives in Parma, MI!

The good thing about this transport is that VooDoo has traveled his entire life. His Daddy is probably looking down on all of this with a huge grin on his face and pulling that air horn! HONK, HONK! Here comes VooDoo to start a new life.

I will have many pictures tomorrow.

More trucking up 1-75 later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. for those of you who follow my tweets you may have noticed they are not being updated. Twitter has done some changes and it screws up howl they appear on my blog. I normally like to send out some when I am transporting. You can always click MORE UPDATES and see what they are if you want.

Yes, I am a twit!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and breaking news lovers…..

Well, yesterday was a whirl wind of e-mails and coordination regarding a very needy senior boy hound in Knoxville, TN. His is another sad story. His name is VooDoo and the only person who ever loved him was a truck driver that was found passed away at a truck stop, apparently of a heart attack.

VooDoo was left at a distant relative’s home, neglected and basically abandoned. The poor thing not only must be grieving the loss of his loved one but then he is neglected and left to his own devises. His nails are so long he can barely walk. The fleas are eating him alive.

Over the course of about 10 hours yesterday a group of us working as a team on facebook found VooDoo a great new Mom that lives in MI. Her name is Corey.

Marilyn at the HOP was the team leader. She worked her senior magic for VooDoo.

Paula, who lives in Knoxville, where VooDoo is languishing, is driving him up to my vet today where he will get a spa treatment and B&B.

I hope everyone is OK with using our 70.00 to get him a bath, a Capstar, clip his nails so he can walk:(, anal gland expression, kennel cough vaccination, and food/lodging for the night. I can’t risk putting him in my BHV and infesting it with fleas.

I will pick him up in the morning and drive him to middle OH where a woman named Kathy will take him to Toledo to meet his forever Mommy.

Poor guy has been through so much. It’s the least we can do for a new life. His truckin’ days are over.

This picture was just sent to me from Paula who is now on the road to my vet.

10-4 Good buddy, 10-4!

Keep checking back for more updates.

More helping the helpless later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Stewie Lovers. I had to share this series of pictures of Stewie saying, “thank you” after we pulled into BHT yesterday. This is what he did as soon as he arrived….

He jumped right into my lap!

Then he went belly up for Grandma. It is amazing every hound around always goes belly up for Grandma….

Then all of the thank yous came pouring out…..

“Am I dreaming?”

“Can life be this good?”

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh……..Life is good!”

More thank yous later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Birthday Basset Hounds that give a gift to Basset Hound Town Rescue Fund Lovers!

Today is Phelps and Zoey Porter’s 2nd birthday! Phelps and Zoey are part of the Porter pack that include Charlie and Otis as well! BJ and Gary are the proud parents! To celebrate their birthday they sent basset hound town rescue fund a check for 25.00 bucks! Nice! Sweet! I cannot thank the Porter Pack enough!

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!

Frosty paws and party hats for all! Yummers!

Let’s get this party started!

Here are Zoey and Phelps the birthday kids!! I just love this picture! Phelps was Zoey’s Christmas present! Her own bro!

Hey Mommy, love the frosty paws but wez is getting hungry! Can we eat our Sunday Birthday Supper early tonight? Please?

Oh dear me, howl can you refuse a sitter upper?

Thanks Mommy and Daddy! We had the bestest birthday ever!

Thank you Porter pack for the 25 dollar birthday donation! The basset hound town rescue fund is now up to 65.00 dollars. That is huge!

More loving generous birthday hounds later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and donation lovers! Giving thanks this morning for the 20 dollar donation from Cindy, Jethro, Rugs, Ozzie and Harriet.

Cindy states, “We hope all the dogs we save find a home where they can lick the beaters!”

OMD! That is so cute I can barely stand it! I used to love to do that. Your kids are very lucky kids indeed!

More Loving our residents later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo fellow Basset Hound and new Stanley Lovers! Call him Randy, call him TJ, Call him Stanley, just don’t call him late for dinner! Suzanne of Mid-Atlantic heard from TJ’s new family today and the big news is that they changed his name to Stanley. LOL

Here is the e-mail….

Dear Suzanne and Michelle,

Just a quick update to let you know that we’ve changed TJ’s name to Stanley. He seems to answer to it as well as TJ frankly!

He has been quite good so far. He is well socialized and gentle. He was amazing riding home in the car with Harvey in the 3 hour ride.

He’s making a good adjustment and is eating well.

I think he’s extremely smart too. Very bassety; curious and clever.

It looks so far like it will be a good fit.

Off for Stan’s vet appt.

End of e-mail.

I have Stanley’s new e-mail and I will e-mailing his Mommy soon to see if she will stay in touch. Those were such good pictures! Stanley’s new bro is very handsome as well!

More about Stanley later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and our TJ Lovers…Breaking news……..

THIS JUST IN FROM SUZANNE OF MID-ATLANTIC BASSET HOUND RESCUE!

“A nice couple from Long Island, who had been pre-approved as adopters, came out to visit two female basset hounds at a foster home close to my home. The two females didn’t seem very interested in the couple, nor their basset, so I went home and brought back TJ. Instant hit! He was last seen trying to play co-pilot between the husband and wife while sharing the back seat with his new furbrother..

Such a happy boy. In a brief period of time, he captured my heart…. but they all do!

Thanks for helping to get TJ to his new home!
Suzanne Fitch
Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue”

I have already sent Suzanne an e-mail asking why we don’t have pictures! I am thrilled but I want to see the family! Suzanne e-mailed me back and said she would ask the family to check in and send some pictures. That would be so cool!

Can you believe it lovers? Our TJ has a home in seconds! We know one when we see one! Snatched from the jaws of death to riding along in a car with his new family in NJ! Totally Sweet!

WE BETTER GET PICTURES! This is an old one from his Foster Mom!

Lois, can you get the job done and get us pics? hehehehe

More loving Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Emma getting Married to TJ lovers! Our beautiful Hannah and fellow basset hound town resident has been following TJ’s journey along with all of us and decided to write an illustrate a story about what could have happened! Here we have the beautiful artist herself, busy with her etch-a sketch! She is an artist of many mediums!

First there was TJ with his long ears and spots, on his leash.

Then a picture of TJ teaching Emma how to play “tag” at the park.

Then Emma and TJ playing “hide and seek” at the park.

Then TJ was rowing Emma around in a boat and there was a big heart behind Emma (I asked Hannah what it was and she said “that’s the heart of love that TJ has for beautiful Emma. He is rowing her to the “castle of love” for their wedding.”).

The final picture was the wedding, with Emma wearing a beautiful dress and TJ down on one knee offering her a present of “beautiful, precious wedding jewelry”!

End of story, but what could be the beginning of a beautiful marriage! hehehe

Kerry, OneMom and Mommy to Hannah says….

“I have no idea how this particular story line developed, but it was very sweet and I thought you’d enjoy it (although the Mayor may not enjoy it!). “

Kerry, Please tell Hannah that I enjoyed those pictures and the story beyond belief. I Just loved every second of it. She is so talented. The Mayor is just fine sharing his best girl but only in the form of a cute story like this!

I know all of the residents will just love it! We love you Hannah!

More loving Hannah later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

Oh, and an update about TJ in the comment section! He sounds like he has some nesting techniques like our Emmers! They are nesting together in Miss Hannah’s dreams! Ahhhhhhhh…….Dreams!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and cute update lovers……..

I was so please to be on this list of updates about our TJ and his transportation. Here is part of the e-mail…..

“Good afternoon everyone, Busy morning I went to Mechanisburg PA with the 11th hour mini-van. We were expecting a 90 lb Gr Pyr who was very scared and didn’t think it would be safe to transfer three times. She came up HW positive, didn’t go on the transport and it was too late to change plans, so I went anyway and of course Deb found other dogs for me to take back to NJ with the two I went for. When I left Mechanicsburg there were eight dogs in my little red van, I felt like Santa Clause in July, dropped off 4 in Philipsburg, and my favorite TJ the Basset in Washington NJ on the way home to drop off the last two. I loved TJ, those ears !!! I don’t know how he manages to walk around without stepping on them. He needed a little help getting into the van, those short legs didn’t reach.

Here is the van that TJ was in!

Here is a traveling companion!

And another one!

regards
Rose Brown”

Thank you Rose Brown for this wonderful update and caring for our treasured TJ. Transport people rock!

More about our rock star later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and I am not talking about TJ lovers! Here is howl the story goes. Thursday night I received an e-mail from Terri, our Animal Control officer. She said, “Can you help this pretty girl in Gallatin County, KY? Her 5 day hold is up and they are a tight ship down there.”

So, first thing Friday morning I was going to call on her. Can you believe it? We get one hound out the door and another one is knocking. So, I called to check on her. She was on the list but others were ahead of her. The volunteer was fantastic and said that she would be in touch on Monday because she was safe over the weekend and through Monday. This is the picture that really got to me!

Dogs are so amazing. Look at that smile.

So guess what? Last night after closing, the gal receives a phone call from a man looking for a sweet female basset for his family. Even though the kennel was closed she met him and completed the adoption. She got an e-mail last night telling her that she was already the Star of his neighborhood!

Wow, what a difference a few hours makes for a homeless hound!

Oh, he named her Star! Very fitting indeed!

More good news later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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