Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and rain lovers…..We are sure one of those because we NEED RAIN! Everything is really dead and brown.
Anyway, what do I tell himz?
Dog forbid we hear a rumble while we are out!!!!
I am going to play it by long ear……
More dodging rain drops later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Ultimate Dog Door Lovers…..
The Mayor thinks all hounds should have one of these!
So do the flies!
Oh Mayor!
More grabbin’ the fly swatter later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and 8 is great lovers!
This just in from our birthday resident, Colby Chaps!
“Hi Everyone……I am having a WONDERFUL birthday. It’s Great being 8!!!!! I started the day off by opening my Birthday Card and presents.”
Then my mommy took me for a long walk this morning (boy was it hot & humid after all this rain from the tropical storm),
This is me at a pit stop!
Off for more smelling, I know Grandma (Cat Rudert) loves butt shots so this one is for her! hehehe
Mommy always brings a bowl and water to cool me down with a fresh drink.
Then Mommy baked me some peanut butter bones (my favorite) and I ate some warm ones straight from the Oven!!!!
The house smells sooooo good today, Abby & I didn’t want to leave the kitchen.
AND, I got a NEW Chaise Lounge — just my size (BIG) and I love it. My little sister was a little sad & jealous (as you can see in the photo), so I bet Mommy orders her one for her birthday next month too.
Mine, all mine! hehehehe
And to top it all off I was on the front page of my Dad’s website www.bassethoundtown.com Oh how I love birthdays!!!!! Hope you enjoyed sharing with me……..Love, Colby Chaps Mead
Of course we enjoyed my beautiful Granddog!
More loving birthday boys later….Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Birthday Boy Lovers! Today Colby Chaps is one of those! Our precious boy is 8 years old. That can’t be right??? Seems like just yesterday he was such a young pup!
This is the day he was picked up from the breeder, a wonderful life awaiting himz! The family actually met Chaps, his Daddy that day and fell right in love with him. I was just a glimmer in Chaps eye at that point.
What a nice looking pack!
One of the first things I did when I got home from TX was to e-mail Audra. I was very interested in becoming buddies and sharing stories about Father and Son!
Chaps had several other pups in his litter but none of them cared to keep up with their Daddy:(
Boy, oh boy we hit the jackpot with Colby Chaps, aka birthday boy!
We love you…..
Make a good wish when you blow out your 8 candles sweetheart.
More birthday wishes later…Love, Daddy, Cat and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and AAA lovers. I really am one of those but direction experts they no longer are, at least at my local AAA. I am trying to get a jump on our trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway and Grandma and I worked on it off and on all weekend. The kids helped as we labored over the Internet and books trying to find dog friendly hotels. Not an easy task. But, endeavor I did for my sweet kids!
“Mommy, don’t forget our treats”!
I love trip tiks and after all of our research, mapquests and google we marched off to AAA. What a joke. Anyway, we got a portion of our tik and I will make sure it is buttoned up before we leave. I will also have a Mapquest and we are buying a GPS.
There was a huge victory over the weekend! Look at the dog friendly place (no weight limit) I found and we are staying here in Asheville, NC! Can you believe it? Not quite the Biltmore but dog friendly is much better! Dog friendly is opulence to us!
We are excited beyond belief! The kids and I are staying in the Snuggle INN! hehehe You can bet we will be snuggling! Grandma is in the next door cabin! The midnight roost! Now this is living!
More trip planning later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
P.S. 90% of the hotels we called only accept dogs 40 pounds and under. I was like, “do you weigh them?” They were not too amused with me…..
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Labor Day Lovers! Well, who is not one of those? Gotta love a Monday off! Check out our Emmers celebrating labor day!
More enjoying labor day later……Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and City Park Lovers….
I am just amazed at howl many parks are in our immediate area to explore. I am a huge fan of parks and I love learning all about them. I watched a show last night about the parks of Cincinnati, not to be confused with the parks of Hamilton County where Cincinnati is located. I was shocked at the parks that I had never even heard of and the ones I had heard of that I have never even visited! The one that caught my eye off the bat was Mt. Airy Forest. So, I called Grandma and told her to gear up and we would go to
Mt. Airy forest today!
No morning nap for the kids, there was fun to be had!
I bet this kid does not get an early morning nap!
His name is Diesel. He is a Belgium Malinois. He was training with his partner. It was really cool the Officer was speaking German to his partner!
We spent about 20 minutes talking to the Officer about his first canine partner. Come to find out his family does blood hound rescue. What a wonderful interaction. Chaps got all big bad boy dog inside the car, crying and carrying on, so Officer Scott had to put Diesel in to the squad car. It was pretty funny! Officer Scott had the best time petting the kids!
It was so cool! Then we found our picnic spot!
Chaps was on the look out for Officer Diesel!
Mt. Airy is an old growth forest right in Cincinnati. It is over 1400 acres huge. Just stunning. Dogs are welcome and the park is also famous for a large dog park. We did not go because Chaps is not into that. Grandma said that would be like fitting a square peg into a round hole! (Chaps is the square peg!) hehehe
So we took off on our walk and I warned Grandma, “Emma maybe a bit scared because she has never been here before.” No sooner than the words were out of my mouth Emma moved to the front of our group and lead the way. It was so incredible. It was like she heard me.
“Look at me Mommy, I am NOT scared!”
One of the main reasons I was excited about visiting Mt. Airy Park was for this tree house that was erected recently.
What a special place. The entire project was built to be wheelchair accessible for disabled children.
As you can see the pathway is huge and wide!
It was a perfect day. About 70 degrees. We were the only ones in the tree house for a time. It was just magical! Then we met a 4 year old little girl named Emma! hehehe – more magic!
The kids loved it.
This tree house was totally 4 paws up!
We walked, and walked! We are trying to build all of our stamina up for our trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway! The kids did great.
Howl ever….They were sure ready to get back to the Basset Hauling Vehicle!
Emma is waving goodbye! Hope you had fun on our road trip!
More napping all the way home later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and rescue lovers! Most folks are celebrating Labor Day on Monday, I am celebrating it today. To celebrate I participated in a Labor of Love for Mr. VooDoo the extremely delicious and needy senior gentle hound!
I picked up VooDoo at 8:15 this morning. Himz was all zippy with a spring in his step.
We hustled right out and loaded right up so we could be on time for our meet up with Kathy in Sidney, OH!
“Excuse me, who are you and where are you taking me?”
Don’t worry big guy, we will be at our meeting spot in about 2 hours! We pulled in and our 2nd leg, Kathy was waiting on us!
VooDoo is handed over to the bassetabulous Kathy who offered to pick VooDoo up in Sidney, OH and drive him back to her home town of Maumee, OH where VooDoo’s forever Mommy will be waiting.
Kathy offered to help drive and that could not have been more of a treat!
“Treat? Did someone say TREAT???”
“I like this LADY!” (Can ya tell?) hehehe, there is nothing like a smiling basset hound!
“No time to dilly dally around we must make tracks to my forever Mommy……”
Roger that good buddy!
Then Kathy e-mailed a few pics from her leg….
Howl cute is this couple?
Maumee, near Toledo, 111 miles to go! I can think of no better traveling companion than Mr. VooDoo!
“Hey, thanks Kathy for the lift, is my new Mommy here yet?”
Yes, she is sweetheart! Her name is Corey and she is going to drive you to her home in Parma, MI!
Snap, Snap, Snap smile for the camera. I am your new Mommy!
Let’s load up and meet your new family!
VooDoo, your dearly departed Daddy, Eddie would be thrilled to see you so happy and so well taken care of by many, many people who love you and want only the best for you in your golden years!
More labor of love days later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset hound and Looking up Lovers…Well, I am certainly one of those today.
I am getting ready to collect or newest homeless resident VooDoo and chauffeur himz to his next leg and ultimate destination in Para MI. I will have some more pictures for your viewing pleasure soon.
When I took this picture, Chaps was being a mope. Here, wait, let me take one of himz!
OK, I better get off my butt and go collect one! hehehe
More looking up later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and hounds looking like puddles of love lovers!
Is it just me? Or does the Mayor look like a puddle of love?
Regardless, I need a nap!
More basset puddles of love later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
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