Howllo Fellow Hound and Hush Puppy Lovers! OMG – I am not ashamed to admit I could become easily addicted to Hush Puppies. I love them. So decedent in their flavor. So easy to pop in the mouth. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Hush Puppies, so greasy!

I was scrounging around in the fridge looking for breakfast and what do I find? A lone Hush Puppy from last night’s dinner – cough – addiction. Yummy, I just found breakfast!!!

I peeked around the corner and the kids were sacked in taking their morning nap. Everyone all deep in sleep.

As I crept down the hall to my office I sat down and within seconds, if not a nano second, guess who shows up?

Any one recognize Mr. Feeling Better?

I eyed my lone Hush Puppy with sadness – knowing my treat was in jeopardy…….

Hum, I had to call Emma, I could not let her smell this tremendous treat on his breath. Heck the Hush Puppy was named in honor of hounds. Here are a few of the stories that the Hush Puppy harkins back to.

An African cook in Atlanta is said to have given the name hushpuppy to this food. When frying a batch of catfish and croquettes, a nearby puppy began to howl. To keep the puppy quiet, she gave it a plateful of the croquettes and said, “hush, puppy.” Since the name was cut, it stuck. This same story is also attributed to a Creole cook.

Hunters and trappers could be on the trail for days at a time. At suppertime the hunting dogs would get hungry, so the hunters would mix a batter out of cornmeal or flour and cook it in grease on the campfire. Then they would throw the fried dough to the pups, telling them to be quiet, shut up, or “hush.”

Confederate soldiers would sit beside a campfire preparing their meals. If they detected Yankee soldiers approaching, they would toss their yapping dogs some of the fried cornmeal cakes with the command “Hush, puppies!”

Enough history this thing got serious when I called in Emma –

This is Chaps’s very serious look!

Did you ever wonder if a blind basset hound could still give, “The Look”? Well, they can……….

One more to prove my point…….

My breakfast went from an entire hush puppy to a 1/3 of a hush puppy in no time flat…….

And then…………..The Hush Puppy was

Gone…………….

I think we are all addicted now!

I just wanted to make sure you knew Emma got her 1/3.

So much for my decedent moment of pleasure with my whole hush puppy! I am still hungry and the kids are back in bed.

More sharing later……Cat and the Sleeping Hush Puppy Eaters……….Slurp!

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Hounds feeling better lovers:

I was so worried about our boy today and maybe I was too quick to rush to my fears. I know he did not feel good today because he slept more than usual. However, he ate his dinner and jumped on my Mom when she came down to check on him today! That was a great sign. Then I went into the kitchen to make dinner and saw this. OMG! I tip toed back to the office and got my camera!

They were still in position when I got back! Best friends.
Emma is always there for Chaps! She has a great shoulder to lean on!

I love this picture.

More love later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Chaps’s tummy lovers: Our boy woke up with a tummy ache this morning. I have been somewhat worried about him since I am trying to find a better food.

Anyway, he was pacing around and threw up some gastric juices. He actually ate a little bit of his breakfast and then started pacing again. Of course, I was worried sick because we basset lovers know that bassets can bloat quickly. I actually used my own reference material on my web site to see if he fit any of the symptoms. You think you know them, but when you are freaked out you forget.

This is the link I went to on my website:

BLOAT (GASTRIC TORSION)

It really put my mind at ease that he was not fitting any of the symptoms. There is a chart at the bottom of the BLOAT page, right before the comments. It is called:

http://www.thenewfoundlandclub.co.uk/files/bloat_symptom_guide.pdf

This is what I referred to. You really should print it out and keep it handy.

Chaps is resting right now and thank God he is not pacing any more. Here he is. He just crawled into his bed in the office.

He licked his paw for a few minutes and now he is sleeping. Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!

More tummy updates later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and singing hound lovers! How cute is this Billie Holliday Hound singer?

More singing later……Love Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Friend Lovers:

Our friend Lisa was over today! She is a total Titan in the graphic design world and we love her so much. Lisa has been our friend for 15 years! Anyway, she brought Chaps a 15.00 present today for his birthday. We donated it to the Canine Health Foundation for Blind Bassets and her gift turned into 30.00 dollars via their matching program!

What a smart friend! Here is the link that she donated to:

EMMA’S GLAUCOMA FUNDRAISER

Our Lisa is a treasure! We love her!

Our Emma was in the next shot but it was totally blurry!

We love you Lisa……

More loving Lisa later…….Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. Chaps was trying to eat the money! What a silly boy!

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Clancy Lovers: Our Clancy had surgery last week to remove his anal glands and his Mommy just sent me an update.

“Clancy is doing quite well for all that he had done to him. He’s still not eating real well, but Clancy’s Dr. says that the antibiotic will have a lot to do with that. We haven’t got the pathology results back yet, but am keeping positive thoughts. The day after surgery he started draining from his stitches where his anal glands were removed. Its been a little difficult for him but he’s been a real “Little Trooper”. The Dr. says this is all normal, but may last several days. Everyday seems to be getting a little better.

Thanks for caring, will keep in touch.

Clancy’s Mom”

Thanks Clancy’s Mom. We will look forward to our next update. Kiss Clancy for us.

More updates later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Hound and little things in life lovers: I was getting ready to drop off some back pack fliers to a school Chaps is reading at next week. I was rushing around getting everything together when I noticed Emma……

Don’t cha just love when a hound kicks out their back leg?

Oh, it’s the little things in life that one might miss if they are in a hurry!

More kicking back legs later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

OMG – Look at this picture that our Mary just sent in of her Leo doing what she calls the
“half froggie”!

A D O R A B L E!

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Picture of the Week Lovers!

Emma is Picture of the Week! You have to go and see how cute she is. Please leave a comment. It is fun and bryanprindville.com is so much fun!

CLICK HERE TO GO AND LEAVE A PICTURE COMMENT!

Oh Emmers…………

I love my comment!

More later……Cat, Chaps and PotW: Emmers! Thanks Bryan!

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Howllo Fellow Hound and Election Indian Summer Day Lovers:

OMG – I cannot tell you how magnificent this day was in the world of voting and walking hounds. My Mom took a walk yesterday and told me that we HAD to walk the hounds today and capture this tree that was 2 minutes from our home. I have to let you know that I did NO color correction whatsoever. This is the true color of this tree – absolutely!

THIS IS THE START OF THE PHOTO SHOOT OF THE TREE THAT MY MOM INSISTED THAT THE KIDS BE PHOTOGRAPHED UNDER………..(God I love her)

We set up shop for about a half hour doing this shoot. I took about 80 photos and these are some of the best…….

What I love about the photos is that the white areas of fur on the kids look pink. This is the sun reflecting off of the leaves onto their coats. I am just thrilled with how wonderful these pictures turned out! Thanks to my Mom.

My Mom is the best at bringing me the best shot. Just look at Emma!!!

I had Chaps attached to the tree that had a large cow bell in it. It was so totally cool, hearing that cow bell and seeing my kid in such a beautiful setting!

The sun light was dancing on the pink leaves and I was in heaven. Of course there were out takes!
This one was just as cute as any of the others! LOL

Then a leaf landed on our Emma’s head!

Then the Mayor said he was done. He let me take this one final shot. Some times the last shot is the best. Some times the moment is the best. When they combined. Priceless………..

More pink leaves later (hopefully) Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma – Enjoy

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Howllo Fellow Hounds and those of you who voted lovers! I am just now updating my blog with my voting experience. You will not believe this. My Mom, Dad and I walked right in and voted without waiting one single second. OMG! How flukish is that? I was thrilled because my Dad is very uneasy on his feet for any extended period of time. I had a chair for him, but of course we did not need it.

The smooth sailing was not without incident. I got yelled at by the poll worker!!!! I voted first and when it was my Mom’s turn, I pointed out to her that something was on the ballot that was a bit confusing that had to do with our city counsel. As I was very quickly pointing this out to my Mom, the poll worker went nuts! She accused me of trying to influence the elderly!!! The issue is deer hunting with bow and arrows in our town. We hate it. We despise it.

I got yelled at!

Poor me! Luckily my Dad told me not to take my camera in or else, I might have gotten kicked out.

After we voted we did what we do every election day. Head right to Bob Evans for breakfast and start the bitching which we are totally entitled to and proud of it! LOL

Sorry, this is really boring. Now for the not boring stuff!

The next tradition is taking a walk and boy did we take a walk. You will not believe the pictures. They maybe some of my best. I will post them in my next blog. All I can say is OMG!

More really soon, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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