Howllo Fellow Basset Hound Town and Garden Lovers! Well, here in bassethoundtown the weather has been what some would consider ideal for tomatoes. It has been hot and steamy! With the help of our tomato consultant and BHT resident, Cindy Doyle, Grandma and I are able to move towards our first success with a tomato plant! YES!

Here we have the lovely garden model, Emma, behind the soon to be juicy tomato plant!

And now for a look at the low hanging fruit!

Chaps is thinking, “I can smell the bacon now!”

I also planted a hydrangea next to the tomato barrel.

This is exactly where Grandpa planted a hydrangea about 10 years ago and it thrived with stunning beauty…..until……..Emma started eating it. Grandpa took it out so she would not get sick. Hydrangeas can make dogs very sick if they eat them. Grandpa took a few of his beloved plants out for her.

I had a little fence installed so I can get the garden back to howl Grandpa envisioned it and little miss garden model cannot get to them.

More garden tours later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and new screen saver lovers! Sometimes an image will lift your spirits! Just a fun screen saver will make you smile! I know that the first thing I do in the morning is turn on my puter! Howl can you not smile when you see this?

Feel free to join me with this Emma screen saver! Let’s all smile together!

More loving first things in the morning later! Cat, Chaps, and Emma (wanting to be your smile)!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and BHV (basset hauling vehicle) wearing jewelry lovers!

What do you mean? Your BHV does not wear jewelry? LOL! I just love this. My BHV has grill wear!

Some of you might remember a blog I did about his piece of BHV jewelry!

Now we roll with the big dogs!

Chillin’ in the town, with a jewel in our crown!

More loving grill jewelry later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Precious Lamb Lovers…..

Well……….who is not one of those? I just received this update from Norway about the 5 lambs that my friend Tina is rehabilitating!

What could be better than precious lambs and bassets? Just look at that landscape. The hounds were all wanting to explore the lambs and their faces! Why? They have milk on them! hehehe

Ah……..come on Mommy let us in! We love lambs!

I think the lambs like being left alone to explore!

Tina, they look great! You did such a wonderful job with them. What a happy pack. Is that what a lamb group is called?

More loving Tina, her hounds, and the precious lambs later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Hellow Fellow Basset Hound and bassethoundtownrescue.com lovers!

I am adding this header to a new category (street) in our town! This is where I am going house all of the homeless bassets that our residents rescue and their stories.

I am also trying to figure out a tally page. I want to show what we have in our neighborhood basset hound town bank account. I think I might have my website guy link to a page right under the header. I will have to think about howl to do that the best. Every donation will be recorded on that page and howl to donate. Since I am not a 501(c)3 I cannot start a FirstGiving Page but I do have a paypal account.

Do you remember when I said that I wanted to start a fund for the next hound we want to save?

Well – we already have money in our account. As of today (and this will be on the page tally shortly, hopefully tonight.)

WE HAVE!

BJ Porter – 30.00

Donation overage from Frankie 20.00

10% discount off of Frankie’s bill from vet 35.00

Debra Holdcraft-Bach 20.00

Wanda Richlen – 5.00 (20.00 of the 25.00 she sent went to Frankie)

So, there you have it! 110.00! For our next hound! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT????

Bassethoundtown residents are the BEST!

More counting money later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Hollow Fellow Basset Hound and Frankie Update Lovers!

A few days ago I contacted Suzanne for a pupdate on our Frankie! It is just amazing to me howl rescue folks are so dedicated. This is a perfect example of howl long it takes to get the right hound into the right home if they are one of the lucky ones. There is so much dedication, care, work, money, effort and the list of words goes on and on!

Subject: Frank
From: Cathy Rudert <cat@bassethoundtown.com>
Date: June 17, 2010 9:16:41 PM EDT
To: Suzanne Fitch <adopt4paws@yahoo.com>Hi Suzanne!

Just wondering about Frankie! Any update?

Cat

I just love keeping up with our residents…….Then Suzanne sent this e-mail to the Foster Family….

From: Suzanne Fitch <adopt4paws@yahoo.com>
Subject: How is Frankie?
To: “Richard”
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 4:48 PM

I’ll see you tomorrow at 10am, correct? McDonald’s in Clinton.

Cat Rudert, who helped instrument the rescue of Frankie was asking about him.
Any update for us all?

Then the Foster Dad sent this…….

From: richard
Subject: Re: How is Frankie?
To: “Suzanne Fitch” <adopt4paws@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:38 PM

yes, see you tomorrow….

frankie is a handful, but improves a bit every day in his socialization and training…he is certainly learning the meaning of “off”, as he is a counter and table surfer…he is still a very aggressive eater, and we have gotten one of those “slow eater” dog food bowls, which seems to help, but he is always looking for food….as you know, he is (was) only 36 pounds, and needs to put on a few pounds, so we are doing our part to put some weight on him without too much at once…looks like he may have added a pound or two…he is also learning to walk on a leash better, but still has a tendency to pull as he is easily distracted….we have not had a housebreaking accident in a couple of days, take him out a lot, and think he is ok in this respect…sometimes he chases the cats, sometimes he doesn’t, (if they dont run, he doesn’t)….he loves people, loves attention, like seamus, loves couches, annoys our old lab, but she is teaching him not to, and we think he is a bright dog and once the food aggression thing dies down a bit, will make a perfect pet….

Then Suzanne replies back………..

Thank you so much for a very thorough and extremely helpful report!
I sent home a new collar and leash for Frankie, along with a MidABHR tag. Richard also was given some Inteceptor and Frontline. Let me know if you need anything.

Appreciate all you do to help the hounds!
Suzanne

Then I chime in! hehehe

From: Cathy Rudert <bassethoundtown@fuse.net>
Subject: Re: frankie
To: “Suzanne Fitch” <adopt4paws@yahoo.com>
Cc: “ginger”
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 12:22 PM

Hi everyone! Cat here! I really enjoyed reading the update on Frankie. Wow, I am impressed he is doing so good coming from the environment he did! It really sounds like he is getting all of the special attention he needs!

Suzanne – KY hounds cannot praise you and your rescue enough. The Reynauds are a blessing indeed!

That Frank is one lucky hound and smart as a whip!

Have fun Frank! Glad you got out of KY!

Thanks again everyone!

Cat

Then Suzanne says….

Thank you for all of your help, too. I got the books this morning from Richard.

They are amazing people – truly love the hounds. They have adopted (and two are flunkafosters) three bassets from MidABHR. I would trust them with my bassets.

Suzanne

Then the Foster Mom checks in with her assessment! Wow, Frankie was evaluated so thoroughly!

From: ginger
Subject: frankie
To: adopt4paws@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 7:22 AM

Good morning Suzanne. Like Rich said, Frankie is a handful, but keep in mind we are generally used to dealing with older dogs, not energetic, spirited 2 year olds. Frankie is a happy boy who loves people. We continue to work on his training. Housebreaking is going well, with no mistakes for the last few days; but he is taken out frequently. (By the way, Jackie said Frankie is not amenable to being crated.)

He is still a rather aggressive eater, and we now have one of those “slow eater” food bowls for him. He will now sit when told, but “off” needs more work. While he still counter and table surfs, this too shows improvement, and he no longer jumps on the refrigerator whenever the door is opened. I believe he will demonstrate further improvement as he gains weight.

Walking on lead has improved also; but he will pull whenever his interest is peaked–he is rather easily distracted, intensely curious, and has an incredible sense of smell. Based on our walk last evening, Frankie may want to be a car chaser. We’ll see. He is also doing better with the cats, and more or less leaves them alone. However, its tough not to pursue a running cat. And he still bugs our old lab, but she is trying to break him of this habit.

Frankie has not chewed anything in the house or yard. He likes to play with the dog toys, and will readily chase and retrieve. Like Seamus, Frankie finds the couch is the best place to be.

Overall, I think Frankie will continue to improve as he gains weight and feels increasingly secure and trusting. I for one am quite surprised that he is as people oriented and companionable as he is after the way he was previously treated. Frankie seems eager to please, and is on his way to becoming a very desirable family member.

End of e-mail chain………

I just love getting pupdates about our homeless now not homeless residents. It sounds like Frankie could not be in a better place. He is so lucky he made it out of KY. He came this close to not making it.

Now he is one of the lucky ones, exploring a new world, (and counter). I know what the foster family means about that counter cruising. Here we are at the vets.

Man, that guy is spry! Just look at that haunch area!

I know you all enjoy a great pupdate. I sure hope that Frankie keeps up with us. I will make sure to keep checking…..

More winning the life lottery later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Honey Lovers! Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!

I was roaming around Facebook and found these pictures of Honey. She is a 6 month old baby that was joining a walking group in England.

I don’t think she did much walking! It’s hard to put a pup down and let paws touch the gound!

Looks like Daddy is very proud! OK, OK, the pups paws did touch the ground at one point!

Looks like fun! That is my kind of group!

More thinking about moving to England later……Love, Cat, Chaps and Honey Emma! hehe

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Bank Robbery Haters! OMG! Yesterday there was a bank robbery within minutes of our home! Some LOOSER wearing a dread lock wig, fake mustache, and a black hoodie robbed a bank right up the street!

Here is his picture!

He fled the bank and headed right down Highland Ave. You can see from an old picture I took of Grandma and Grandpa the bank that was robbed in the background! 2 minutes from our home!

This is the street we walk the kids on every time we walk. It is pretty scary.

He was not found as of tonight. I am wondering howl someone that looks like the freak in the picture was able to get away?

Very scary.

More wondering later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Summer Sleep Away Camp Lovers! Ohhhhhhh, I had so much fun! The Camp is called Camp Ernst and it is still as cool as it was when I went! That’s me on the right. Getting ready for the time of my life!

You may wonder howl I know that Camp Ernst is still as cool? Well, Grandma, the kids and I went on a picnic today and wound up on Camp Ernst Road. I was so excited! First we had our picnic by Camp Ernst Lake.

Turns out, being Sunday, all the campers were switching over and we were able to take a look around. I was about to start running and screaming with all the little girls that were pulling up!

Here is one of the cabins that I stayed in!

Oh, I wanted to stay all night for the PJ themed party around the campfire and sing Kumbaya with all the other campers and eat s’mores.

But, I did that and thank goodness I did. We all went to get a dairy dip on the way home for ole time sake.

The kids loved it! Chaps was all delicate and licking the cone like a good boy!

But then Emma came in and took it down! One bite and half the cone gone!

Oh, so that is howl you want to play? Chaps is no fool!

Now those are some happy campers!

More loving happy campers later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Magnificent Magnolia Lovers! Well, we are all one of those!

About 10 years ago Grandpa planted a Magnolia Tree in our back yard. It struggled for years. Even though there are glorious Magnolia trees in our town this little guy fought tooth and nail to make it. Here are Chloe and Lily smelling the little fellow the day Grandpa planted it.

We waited for years and years for our first bloom. That happened a few years ago. It is so funny, we called each other and say, “look, look we have a bloom!” We would all get out our binoculars and praise each bloom. It was so funny.

Now look at Mr. Magnificent!

See that bloom, right in the middle? Wait a second, you don’t need your binoculars I went up to photograph it for you.

That bee landed on the top of the bloom just for us! I told Mr. Bee! You better enjoy it while you can because this bloom is for Grandma from Chaps and Emma in honor of the guy who planted the tree! Mr. Bee was OK with it.

Chaps was watching me and no doubt worrying.

“Mommy, what are you doing? Shouldn’t you be inside, in the AC with me?”

“Well, I better check it out.”

Then I found the perfect bowl for our gift!

The perfect bowl for the perfect memory.

Emma was too tired to sneak upstairs and leave their Father’s Day memory gift!

As you can imagine, she loved it. I guess, the bloom was really a gift from Grandpa to us. Now that’s the best present ever!

More Loving Magnificent Magnolias and Fathers Later……Cat, Chaps and Emma

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