Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and White Jean Jacket Lovers!  I blogged back in July about howl much I love white jean jackets and I finally found one that was soft and fit really good.  My idea was to have Dona at Earstoyou.net embroider my logo on the back.

I actually did this blog about it.

I Love White Jean Jackets:)

Sooooo….I wanted to show the residents the finished product which I love! See baby Shimlette in the background?  Herz is so adorable!

Here is a close up!  I will be wearing my new favorite coat all winter long.  I must advertise the hounds and their good looks!

More keeping warm later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and YouTube Lovers…Wow, I have not done YouTube find of the day in awhile.  Also, I was thinking the other day that I have not actually made a Tube in forever.  I think I will do that next week.  The kids need to be captured via video.  Anyway…..

Buddylee has his own website that you visit also.  Wow, howl cute is Buddylee?

More wondering about those teeth later???Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and stitches out lovers…Yes, we were sure glad to get those old stitches out.

It was such a nice day.  After we got home we pulled all of the tomatoes off our one and only plant!

So pretty, and I mean Emma!

Here comes lil’ stitchless boy….

Ahhhh….Shimlette had a light nail trimming and she thinks she should eat her dinner early.

Hey wait for me Mayor!

Well, Grandma was left with the maters and without her helpers.

That is until Emma came back out and started barking for her to get inside and give them their coming home from the vet treat!

Grandma french fries please….no green tomatoes!

More loving days like this later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and someone special lovers……

Just look at this hunka, hunka burnin’ love!

THIS IS CHAPS 1/2 BROTHER – SONNY!

Is he just the cutest boy you have ever seen, well maybe not the cutest if you have your own boy like me!

Both Chaps and Sonny have the same Daddy, Magnum (ATB).

Here I am lovin’ on my…what would he be to me?  If Chaps is my son, what would Sonny be to me?  My 1/2 son?  Interesting indeed!

Wow, this was one of the few highlights of the event.

Thank heavens for little boys!  hehehe

More loving Sonny later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Grandma Lovers!  Today is Chaps and Emma’s Grandmaws birthday and we had such a great day.  That is why it has taken me so long to post this birthday wish!

Last night Chaps, Emma and I decorated the hallway that leads up to their Grandmaw’s house with many messages! This is about a third of them!

This morning, as she went out for her paper, she was overwhelmed with about 20 messages from her fans (us)!

We spent the day helping my BFF.  She had her cat, Duncan go missing and we are all tore up over it.

I took the birthday girl out for dinner.  We bought a take away order of steak fries, no salt for the kids!

I really thought the best gift of all would have been for us to find Duncan but he is still missing.  Poor sweet orange boy.

Happy birthday Grandma.  We love you more than all of the steak fries in the world!

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. Come home Duncan!  Momma misses you!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Cute Picture Lovers…OMDawg!  I was looking for a picture and saw this.  I think I have shared this on the blog but it made me smile again.

Himz has an appointment to get himz stitches out on Tuesday.

More cute pics later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

PS – After stitches…hehehe

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Elder Homeless Basset Hound Lovers….Well, we all know the residents of basset hound town are certainly one of those kind of lovers!

This morning Emma and I had a few administrative tasks to attend to.  First off, we had the count the money we made for House of Puddles at the 2011 Basset Hound Nationals.

The grand total (drum roll please)  297.00! Emma will toss in 3 dollars to bump it up to 300.00.  3 is our lucky number.  Thank you to everyone who supported HOP at the Nationals!

Next on the agenda, Emma received  a congratulatory phone call from her Grandma for winning a month in the 2012 Sr. Hounds Abound Calendar.

“Thank you Grandma for voting for me!”  “Yes, I know I look cute in that pink raincoat!”

“Yes, Grandma, Mommy gave me extra treats this morning….”

Emma Wanda (her grandma middle name) Rudert help raise 800.00 dollars for Sr. Hounds Abound.  She has her place of honor in the Sr. Hounds Abound Calendar firmly under her paw.

We love the elder homeless basset hounds in our town.  It’s just howl we roll!

More loving HOP and SHA later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Contest Lovers!

EMMA GOT A MONTH!

Thank you from Emma aka Shimlette!

This just in from Wen…

Dear all,
The contest is over, and we have 12 hounds who will have their pictures on the months of 2012.
I wish I could create 18 more months, to have all 30 be up there.  I can’t.

The count is checked and checked again, as I do that each day of the contest.

The top 12 are. In order of highest votes first:

1  Abby-Beth Fuller
2  Emma –Cat Rudert
3  Sister Daisy- Debbie Winchester
4  Honey Bea-  John and Cyndi Grove
5  Ben – Douglas Dropp
6  Elvis – Angelika Hastings
7  Molly- Laura Salmon
8  Jean Paul – Jackie Chazey
9  Willow – Senior Houndsabound
10 Emmett – Maddy Miller
11 Janey – Amanda Sherwin
12 Chloe – Trish Hall

Congrats to the top 12,  you all pushed and pushed for the votes and worked your way into the top.
And for the rest of the contestants,  Congrats also, as you have certainly helped with the fundraising efforts for the Bounders.  That truly is the bottom line of the calendar, and I am grateful beyond your imagination for the support and effort you have all put into getting votes for your hounds.
I know there is disappointment, but please look at it that you have made a huge difference to these seniors here.  I look at their faces each day, and I can tell you, if you were to ever come meet them,  you would realize that everything you have done,  means the world to them, and to me. I am not good with words,  but I have tears for the generosity and kindness of the folks who send support to the Bounders. You have my heartfelt respect and gratitude, each of you.

I will be sending out a newsletter on Monday morning with the announcement, and also announce to the DD tomorrow, but feel free to share with whoever you want to share with.

If you are one of the top 12,  please email me with your choice of month and we will start to get them in place. 1st spot will get 1st choice and we will go on down the line.

Thank you ALL,  again!

wen and the Bounders       Mona,  Nathan,  Willow,  Noah,  Esty,  Buddy Love,  Delta Burke,  Ollie,  Lucas,   Bona,   Duke, and Duchess,   Eddie,  Val and Suzi…..and then there is Scooter…..

Wow, Emma got a month!  Thanks to everyone who voted for her. I just e-mailed Wen and asked for April!  Sure hope we get it!

More loving all of the voters later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Colonel Dan Lovers!  We have some heroes in bassethoundtown and we love them.  Remember Dan, Sandy, Zoey, Emma and Haley?  Oh sure you do!

Well, Dan is now a Colonel and we want to all congratulate him for that!

The residents wanted to send a care package and I started whipping one up!

Some of the residents sent a few things that were added later.  I also added some other stuff!

TP rolls were used as packing material!  hehehe

Do you want to read an article about Dan?  It is sooooooo interesting!

It explains what our bassethoundtown resident is doing over in Afghanistan right now!  It is so totally pawsome!

MC4 Under the Microscope at Army’s First Network Integration Evaluation

Well, the care package arrived!  YES!  Here is an e-mail from our Dan….

“Hello to all the four-legged (and two) residents at Basset Hound Town,
this is your friend Dan emailing you from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan!
I wanted to send you a short note to tell you how much we appreciated
your box of goodies, which we received in the mail yesterday.  Opening
the box was akin to Christmas morning and the level of excitement is
clearly evident on our faces in the photos.  I am the one in the back
holding my favorite cookies:  Nutter Butters!  As many of you know, my
wife Sandy has been a member of the South Texas Basset Hound rescue
group for some time and through her I have experienced the love and
uniqueness of basset hounds like never before.  My two step-daughters,
Emma and Zoey, are both rescues and now live wonderful (and spoiled!)
lives in the Kohler-Kral household in Houston, TX.  Anyways, I will keep
this short by once again expressing my thanks on behalf of our group.
Having been deployed to multiple wars and Theaters over my 27-year
career, I can’t tell you how much the Troops appreciate the support of
our fellow countrymen and women.  It really makes a huge difference in
our daily lives while overseas.  By the way, the other day I ran into
“Major Timmy” here on base who just happens to be serving his country as
a therapy dog for our Wounded Warriors still in Theater.  All I can say
about him is that he would make fellow dogs proud everywhere with what
he accomplishes on a daily basis!  Thanks again and all the best.”

Sincerely,”

LTC(P) Daniel R. Kral
U.S. Army
Office of the Surgeon General, Medical Assessment Team
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan

Major Timmy we are proud beyond belief!

The care package seems to be a big hit!

A bit closer!  What a nice looking group!

I am already in the works for care package number 2!  Major Timmy make sure you go on your rounds back over to the mail room soon!  hehehe  We have more stuff for everyone!

I just love sending stuff to our heroes.

More loving………

LTC(P) Daniel R. Kral (and friends)
U.S. Army
Office of the Surgeon General, Medical Assessment Team
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Voting for Emma Lovers….We want to thank you from the bottom of a bassets belly for all of the votes and support.  Tonight at midnight is the cut off for spending a dollar per vote for our darlin’ and special Shimlette.  Currently she is second place behind Abby who is loved by Beth Fuller.

You will not believe this, but we met Beth at the Nationals last week.  She is such a sweet gal and her hounds are beautiful.  Beth, if you are reading this, it was so much fun meeting you.  Here is Beth with her hounds!

Please everyone, go to the top and vote for Emma. She really wants to beat Abby!  hehehe!  Well, we all know there is no winning this or that.  We all win when we vote for Sr. Hounds Abound.

Wow, Abby and I are really doing great for Sr. Hounds Abound!  Two girls with a dream!

More wanting April later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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