Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Chaps becoming Famous Lovers. I was wondering about the next step in the journey of our Mayor becoming famous. I am going to start a campaign to get him on as many cover publications as possible.

I am so serious. Could you imagine Burger Boy Extraordinaire (one of his nick names) on the cover of Vanity Fair? I am going to ask them to do just that. He is just as big a celebrity as any of those folks they show case!

When he wakes up I will take some new pictures.

Annie Leibowitz watch out!

More Chaps becoming famous later……..Cat, Chaps, and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and long time resident lovers! Thomas and his basset Calamity Jane have been residents in basset hound town for years. I think they came to our town in 2006! Yesterday I received an e-mail from dear Thomas telling me that he and Calamity joined in on a St. Patrick’s Day parade along with 13 other hounds. All the bassets were from the Staten Island Basset Hound Club!

Wow, Thomas and Calamity Jane! I cannot believe how grown up you both look! That parade looks like so much fun. I am assuming this is Dad?

I love seeing your pictures and hearing how much fun you guys are having with Calamity. That hat is totally cute. Thanks for sharing Thomas.

Have fun in the big apple!

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

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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 Basset Hound and Vintage Lily Picture Lovers. These pictures will come for years because I have a zillon of them! My hounds certainly know what it is like to have a camera in their sweet faces.

Every one say Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

I miss her everyday, but she guides me along the way. Love you Pad. Mommy

More Lily Pad Pictures later………….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and new forum lovers! I have the basset hound town hall forum up and running. Everything is still in the puppy stages (making mistakes) but nothing we all cannot work on together as a town! LOL

If you click on the the Mayor’s picture it will take you to our new forum. I am working on all of the details and pretty soon it will have a fun look.

I will be in the Town Hall off and on all day and most of the evening. If you have some time today you can play around with it. Most of you might be familiar with Cyberhound’s forum. That is why I picked this board, to make it easier to learn.

So mosey on over and look around. Chaps is getting ready to swing his gavel!

In the future you can find a link to BASSET HOUND TOWN HALL FORUM on the right side of this blog under bassethoundtown.com. Just scroll down and you will see it. Or, you can book mark us.

More about forums later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Enzo and Oscar Lovers! I did not take nearly enough pictures of the pet hotel this week. It was so hectic around basset hound town. Little pups really need so much attention. Wow, that little guy is brave. He wanted to play with Chaps in the worst way. Chaps, not so much. He did enjoy smelling him however.

I drove over and dropped off the boys today and as I was leaving I captured this shot.

Sometimes less is more. When you get a shot like this you don’t need a bunch of pictures. What good boys.

More Later……….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Emma Lovers! I have had so much traffic today on my blog that I think I crashed my portion of my host server. So, if you are here checking on Emma, welcome!

She has been trying to educate basset hound lovers for years on glaucoma by telling her story. I wanted to respond to an article in the Tally Ho about her breeder. You can find it under Important pages.

Check back daily for updates. Lot’s of information is coming in.

Much more later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and BHCA Lovers:

I was just wondering if you belong to the BHCA? I have been a member for about a decade or more. I let my membership lapse once, I think. Anyway, one of the main reasons I belong is to keep up with the politics. Plus, like any club you get to vote for certain stuff. The membership comes with a subscription to Tally-Ho, the BHCA official publication. It has a lot of information about the show world and lots pictures of basset hounds stacking! LOL

Stacking, never heard of it! Now fetch my blankee!

Recently, the club has started an advisory committee for basset hound rescue headed by Larry Little. I have talked to Larry and asked to be a part of that committee. I am hoping to help out the rescue front as much as possible. Our all breed club has been really slow to come around and I think it will be fun to be involved in the process of a committee(?) The first thing I would change would be the wording on their website about rescue:

“While BHCA does not engage in basset rescue activities, there are basset hound rescue groups around the country working to find homes for homeless bassets. The groups whose links can be found on this website are supportive of our efforts to promote ethical practices in basset hound rescue.”

OK, they make it sound like participating in rescue is an activity that is not to be engaged in. It has the feeling of being somewhat beneath the Club. It really is almost funny. I know for a fact that there are members who engage in basset hound rescue. I am a member and I engage in basset hound rescue.

This area of our website is sorely lacking. We only have a very few basset hound rescues listed. I think they need my help, don’t cha think so? For example look at how the
Golden Retriever Club of American treats rescue. The underlined link will take you to this All Breed Club’s Rescue page. Carol Allen who is a top notch member of the GRCA just won an award at the Westminster Dog show for her work in breed rescue. Now that is a club to be emulated.

Anyway, food for thought. I think the time has come!

More Musings Later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Potty Training Lovers! (NOT)! I must say, I am pretty much a pro at it. However, I have my Mom to help. I will report that our puppy charge, Oscar has not had one mistake! He gets an A+100 and I will throw in a gold star for my Mom! LOL – This is her taking the pup out back. I was sitting at my desk and saw this sight and I could not resist a snap!

OK, OK…… I know, I work out of my home and it is easier for me to take a pup out every hour. I know I am lucky and so is the pup!

Anyway, gotta run………It’s Potty Time!

More later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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