Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and get ready for a great movie pick lovers!  OMD!  I fell in love with this movie last night and I could not wait to share it with the residents of bassethoundtown.  It is called Mao’s Last Dancer, adapted from the biography of the same name.

We give this movie 10 paws up.  4 for Chaps, 4 for Emma and 2 for me!

One day, a delegation from Madame Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy arrived at Li’s commune school to find suitable children to study ballet and serve in Chairman Mao’s revolution. At first they passed Li without taking any notice, but just as they were walking out of his classroom, the class teacher hesitated, and suddenly tapped the last gentleman from Beijing on the shoulder and pointed. `What about that boy?’.  And that boy was Li Cunxin.

Put this movie on your list to view and enjoy.  Pop some corn, put your hounds on the couch and get ready to wish this movie was twice as long as it is.

More movie picks later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Updated with a picture of my Julian and his Dad….

Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Italian vacation lovers…….

Ahhhhhhhh…….summer in Italy.  What could be more delightful?  Recently, my nephew Julian and his family traveled to the delicious county of Italy.  Rome, Florence, then Venice.  They had a magical time.  I sat for hours and hours listening to the stories of David, the Vatican, gondola rides under the bridge of sighs, the food, the country side, the this, the that….Really, it was quite captivating to hear about Italy through the eyes of my darling Julian.

Then, after the 423rd and final picture we all had a big sigh and felt like ordering pizza, which we did.  Then Julian turned to me and said,

“Aunt Kit Cat, I saw a basset hound in Venice.”

Can you imagine my face looking at him?  He knew immediately what I was saying with my one eyebrow raised.

“Yes, Aunt Kit Cat, Mom got a picture. “

Me:  “E-mail her and tell her to send it right now, PRONTO!”

I think the 424th picture is my favorite.  I would take a gondola ride with this Italian Stallion any day.  BELLA!

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

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and swimming hound lovers.  I was just over at Hal’s blog sniffing around and saw that Hal is taking swimming lessons.  Oh, I really enjoyed reading all about it.  Here is the link if you want to see what a good swimmer himz is. SWIMMING LESSON

What a nice lap pool!  Wish I had one of those myself.  Wouldn’t that be cool to have one in your house?

More loving a swimming Hal later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and hounds in baby pool lovers…

Keep in mind that this is a 10 minute video but I found it very cute.  Especially the lifting Sarah part into the baby pool. Enjoy!

Can you even imagine someone lifting Chaps into a baby pool?  hehehehe

I think Emma would like it but the Mayor? I don’t know!

More loving cooling off later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and white jean jacket lovers…. OK, that is stupid.  Howl can you love a white jean jacket?  I don’t know, I just always have.

So, I have been wanting to work with Dona of earstoyou.net on my white jean jacket project for years.  Earstoyou.net does all of my embroidery.  Dona has worked with me for years on the gully blankets.  She does such a great job.

So, I finally decided to search the internet and find my perfect white jean jacket.  I received it a few days ago and photoshopped what I want on it!  (sooooo excited)!

Then on the back, in the middle, I want the Chaps image that is on the blanket!

This one (with tweaks) without the writing…

I asked Dona, if she could incorprate the colors of bassethoundtown.com into the Chaps image.  She said she could and we are working on it.  This is really fun!

I have been wanting to do this for a few years.  Now I am treating myself!  I am really looking forward to sporting this divine jacket into the fall and winter!  I am also looking forward to showing the residents howl it turns out! I am also looking forward to being my own billboard.  Funny howl a white jean jacket might lead to helping homeless hounds!  hehehe

More loving white jean jackets later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and TX Lady Lovers…..

EMMA’S GULLY BLANKET SOLD – SOLD – SOLD – TO SANDY GASTON OF CAMP TOAST FOR 70.00!

SANDY IS GOING TO RE-DONATE THE EMMA GULLY TO BASSET RESCUE OF PUDGET SOUND!

THANK YOU SANDY, LADY IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GIVING FRIENDS IN HER LIFE!

Lady is a new resident of Bassethoundtown thanks to Cindy, Rugs, Jethro, Ozzie and Harriet Doyle.

Cindy volunteers for Basset Buddies Rescue of TX and helps with their ongoing efforts to aid the homeless hounds of TX.

Even though BBRTX was full they agreed to help Lady with her urgent medical needs.  Poor Lady was raging with glaucoma and was basically in an emergency situation. She needed her eyes removed pronto!

Cindy gives us some background….

“Lady was found on the internet by a young lady who took her and was going to care for her.  After a few days she realized that she had too many health issues and she would not be able to afford to do the vetting.  So, she called Galveston County Animal Shelter who called Basset Buddies Rescue of Texas to see if we would take her.  BBRTX didn’t have a foster home for this sweet girl but agreed to get her to the vet and start her journey to getting well while they searched for a foster home.  Lady had glaucoma, light heart worms, intestinal worms and needed spaying.  She is very thin and her nails were long and chipping.  She has started her journey to getting well by having her eyes removed, relieving her of much pressure and pain.  Her heartworms can be treated with heartguard and she was spayed while she was under having her eyes removed.  She was wormed for intestinal worms and her nails have been trimmed.  She already looks and feel much better.  She’s slowly gaining weight and has a big jump on her road to recovery.  She’s young and strong and it won’t be long before she’ll be enjoying her new life ahead.”

Well, as Cindy told us, Lady had her eyes removed a few days ago.

She is doing remarkable and is probably experiencing massive relief from the intense pain of glaucoma.  Now she needs a home and some money to pay her tab at the vet.  Cindy thinks that the bill will be about 1000.00 with everything she has had done.  Lady is also boarding at the vet as well.  So far someone has donated 300.00 towards her vet bill.  I think it is someone that is on BBRTX facebook page.

Chaps and Grandma donated 50.00.

Cindy is doing a fundraiser at work.

Now, Emma wants to do her part.  Emma wants to donate a brand new fresh gully blanket!

THERE IS ONLY ONE!

The cost for the blankee is 35.00 which includes shipping and a free blank Lily collection greeting card.  100% of this sale will go to BBRTX towards Lady’s tab.

First come first serve to help defray the cost of the eye enucliation surgery.

One blind girl helps another blind girl.

REMEMBER THERE IS ONLY ONE GULLY BLANKET.  AS SOON AS SOMEONE BUYS IT I WILL POST SOLD AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG.

TO PURCHASE THE EXCLUSIVE EMMA GULLY BLANKEE SEND ME AN E-MAIL AND TELL ME HOWL YOU WILL BE PAYING.  I WILL USE THE TIME OF THE E-MAIL TO DETERMINE WHO WAS FIRST!

cat@bassethoundtown.com

If you would like to donate to Lady please visit the BBRTX website.  You will find the Paypal donation button on the left hand side.  BBRTX WEBSITE

Cindy, please keep us posted on Lady’s progress and her bill.  I an anxious to find out about her foster home and if they need any advise from me.  I am willing to help anyway I can.  This is a major surgery and the recovery is a solid 2 to 3 weeks.

More blogging about about Lady later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. I wonder if Emma has anything else up her sleeve?

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and knowing we are all adorable in our own way lovers…..

Barney sure thinks he is!  And so do I!

Barney is my facebook find of the day.  He lives in France and can bark in French!  Le Howl, Le Howl…beautiful is he?

More mirror,  mirror on the wall later……Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and loving howl loud the internet speaks lovers…..

Yesterday was Julian’s 14th birthday. Grandma and I were watching his dogs while they were on a mini trip to celebrate the occasion.

Romeo was relaxing with Grandma….

I was sitting across from them on my lap top. I was looking for a coupon to the Green Derby restaurant. This is a place that Grandpa loved and we always celebrated there. Grandma and I go there to be close to Grandpa. Anyone who has read this blog for very long will probably remember that.

So, I googled Green Derby and all of those review websites came up first. That drives me crazy. So, I clicked on a picture that I thought would take me to the Green Derby Website and I saw this.

UrbanSpoon

I looked at that tiny picture. I thought that tiny picture looked like Grandpa. Can you even believe it? I clicked on the larger version and I could not believe my eyes.

That is Grandpa in the pink shirt. My jaw dropped and I looked at Grandma and I said,

“you are not going to believe this.”

We both just sat and had a moment. Grandma totally agreed with me even before I zoomed to 100%.

I decided to e-mail the reviewer to see if she had any more information.

She got right back with us…..

“Hi,
The Green Derby photo on Urbanspoon is the only one that I took that day. It was taken a couple of years ago – before the Hosea family bought the restaurant. I’ve attached a copy of the photo for you. I re-size all of my photos and do not keep the original, unaltered photos, so I apologize that it cannot be made larger.

Best to you,
VO”

Yes, VO (VeggieOption) Best to you as well.

Julian Wayne Lee has his Grandpa’s middle name. They both have JW as first and second.

Not to be left out, Chaps Wayne Rudert came in from getting caught in the sprinkler. So, far I can’t find a connection to Grandpa! LOL…

Isn’t that just too cool?

Grandma and I ate lunch today at the Green Derby….We toasted Julian Wayne and John Wayne, and brought home some fries for Chaps Wayne and Baby Emma….

More loving messages anyway we can get them later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow basset hound and Frank lovers…..OMDawg, I love his videos. Just in case you have not seen this new one, I thought I would share……

It’s called Frank’s Floofies…..

Here in Bassethoundtown we call these things tuffettes. Chaps is the only one that gets these things. Emma’s is more delicate and her coat is not as fluffy! hehehe

I just love this music as well. Ah….Bluegrass……

More loving Floofies and Tuffettes later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and out of this world lovers….

A 1000.00 dollar BASSET HOUND BEACH TOWEL? OK, if I won the lottery I would probably buy it because I love Hermes. Actually, this is howl I was alerted to the beach towel. I have an ebay alert set up for the words HERMES BASSET HOUND. The reason is because I collect these coffee mugs and saucers……

Again, you would almost have to win the lottery to collect many of these.

OK, back to the beach towel……

RARE HERMES BASSET HOUND PACK TOWEL – LIFELIKE EX COND

Very cute, but 1000.00 dollars? Nope, not seeing it.

More rare finds and buying lottery tickets later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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