Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Tomato Harvest Lovers…Yes, I only said tomato.  One tomato.  Keep in mind that it is August the 15th.  The plant we bought this year was billed as the only plant where you would have tomatoes by the 4th of July!

Anyway….

Here it is!  It starts in the barrel at the base of the bell and is tied to the top of the bell.

Here is a closer look….

And now for a closer look at our Mayor…

A closer look at the tomato plant….

A closer look at our Mayor….

Wow, look!  We have a tomato!  This is one of about 3 so far!

2 Summer beauties!

More loving life’s harvest later….Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and fountain of youth lovers!  hehehe

Well, maybe not the fountain of youth but the Mayor sure seems younger now a days when we go to the park!

Grandma and I have been trying and trying to teach himz howl to drink from the dog fountain so we don’t have to spend 20 minutes filling up his water bag from the nozzle.

And feast your eyes on this!

By George, I think he finally figured out this is fun!

Don’t you just love these new fountains that were installed this year?  I think they are great!  Now the Mayor does as well.  He was so cute drinking out of it.

I had to share something that had me cracking up the other day.  I was in the bathroom at our other park and they have these same fountains.  I could hear a Mom outside yelling at her little boy.  It went something like this….

“Bobby, don’t spray the water from the fountain!”

now her voice is getting louder…

“Bobby, Bobby, don’t splash the water on your brother!”

now she is almost screaming..

“Bobby quit jumping on the fountain, get off the fountain Bobby!”

I thought Mommy was going to stroke out…as her pitch heightened to shrill….

“BOBBY DON’T DRINK OUT OF THAT SIDE IT IS FOR DOGS!!!”

I think I was crying tears of laughter when I exited the bathroom.

I think both Bobby and Mommy needed a nap.

Here is my perfect boy waiting for me.  Himz never gets yelled out.  See him looking at me?  I took a short power walk after Grandma did.

Just another day in our town…

More fountain of youth later (and I don’t mean Bobby)…Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Nash Lovers. Our Nash is still looking for his own home.

Some of  you will remember me blogging about Nash awhile back and howl I thought he looked so much like our Emma. I thought that he could even be related but Hound Haven has no idea.

Nash is almost 4 years old and currently is being fostered in Iowa by my friend Karin Smith.

NASH ON HOUND HAVEN WEBSITE

Well – Mr. Nash still needs a home and I want to help by doing another blog.  There was a flurry of activity on facebook for a short while but nothing panned out for our boy.

He is in a wonderful foster home with Karin Smith but…he needs himz own home.

Karin states….

“Also a little more info, my houndies are very sweet and they don’t have a mean bone in their short stubby little bodies BUT I have three 2 year old hounds  and a 3 year old hound. SO I have a houseful of orneriness and shenanigans, they take each others toys and try to steal treats…..soooo naughty! Poor Nashy he knows they have the upper hand and I am always refereeing. He has started to do the low growl when he senses they are coming near him if he has a toy or treat.”

Karin continues…

“Nash is NOT 100% housebroken. I attribute a lot of this to the fact that his entire world was turned upside down He now does bark at the backdoor but if I miss that he will potty in the house. I really think he used a doggie door, it looks like he is trying to find it when he goes to my back door to get outside.”

“I have clicker trained him. I can’t find the stupid thing half the time and now can replicate the sound well enough that he comes to it.

He must have a fenced in yard.  He loves to sunbathe.”

“He walks great on a leash…”

“Nash is my constant shadow and sleeps under my chair when I am on the computer.”

“Himz loves his peeps! LOL!  Check him out as he sleeps with a wee bit of his tongue peeking out!”

Please share this information and if you are interested in Nash please go to Hound Haven and review their adoption policy and fill out an application

CLICK HERE

Hound Haven is willing to consider placing Nash anywhere in the USA if that lucky person and Nash are a fit.

In the basset hound transport community we all know Jess’e Potts.

“She is the most fantastic transport person ever! So long as we can get a good vet reference and find someone who works with rescue to do a home visit he will get himz sweetness just about anywhere we find him a good home”.

I must show you a picture of foster Mom Karin and 2 of her babies! Just Darling…

Karin works tirelessly for Basset Hound Rescue and donates much of her time and art work for the cause.  I want to link her Etsy shop so you can take a look around.

THE ECLECTIC HOUNDS

Lastly, I would like to say that having a blind hound in your life will change your life for the the better and I quote myself….

“Wisdom does not take sight, it takes vision.  Vision can come from many places and mine came from a blind basset hound name Emma, aka Early Morning Misty Air.” –

Cat L. Rudert

More getting Nash a home later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

In Honor and Memory of our Emma…

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and life is good lovers…Yesterday we had the old stitches removed from our very own Mayor.

Here he is looking at them laying on the floor.  There is a little pile there but you really can’t see them.

Chaps can..

We took the Mayor home to rest up for his big day out today.

This is him at our local park.  You would not believe howl much fun we all had.  Actually we thought that Chaps would tucker out but the opposite held true.  He was like a hound of half his age, pulling, sniffing and rolling.

After we walked triple the length we though he would, we had to FORCE him to rest.

This is the money shot of the day.

After our rest we loaded up the basset hauling vehicle and went off to pick up lunch. Grandma and I decided that the Mayor was doing so good we were going to stay out all day!  The weather was great and the smells were many!

Look at this wonderful picnic area we found at our next park which is also in Ft. Thomas.  It is called Tower Park and is about 5 minutes from the other park.  It is a wonderful place to explore.

We let the Mayor once again lead the way and he took us over to the VA hospital on site.  We visited with a few of  our Nations heroes.

At the end of the day our big guy was finally ready to go home and have his dinner.

Then his evening nap.

This is what Grandma calls, “looking like a throw rug”.  Too funny….

I think the fresh air got to us all.  What a great day.

More life is good later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and St. Francis of Assisi (Patron St. of Animals) Lovers…

Today when we opened our mail we found the most beautiful and thoughtful gift for The Mayor from Karin Smith.  Karin and I are friends and as you might remember….she is the foster Mom of Nash.  The hound that needs a home and I think looks just like Emma….

Look, what she sent to Chaps, it is a charm to add to his collar for protection and love.

I think this St. Francis medal is stunning.

I added it to his collar immediately….

Now we are off to the vet to have Chaps stitches removed and his swollen acupuncture site looked out. Look howl dapper the Mayor looks!

St. Frances holds a special place in my heart.  I found our Lily on St. Francis Day back in 1994.  I named her Lily Pad Serina Francis Rudert.

This is the night I brought her home.  I remember that night so well.  I was getting ready to go to bed and I was wondering what she was going to do.  She didn’t seem the least bit confused like Chloe and I were.  Chloe jumped up in my bed and Lily followed right behind her.  I was like, OK….  Amazing.

And one more St. Francis reference….

Chaps was invited years ago to a blessing of the animals on St. Francis day.

Here is a YouTube I did of it…..

Thank you Karin we love our medal.  Let’s find Nash that perfect home.  I know St. Francis is watching out over him as well.

I will be doing some more blogging about Nash this weekend.  I will have more pictures and links to his adoption application.  Himz ready for his own couch!

More loving protection later….Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and stitches out lovers…Well…

We decided not to make the journey to the vet today with our Mayor.  He woke up this morning totally and utterly exhausted from his acupuncture treatment on Tuesday.  Dr. Leick said that this could happen due to the release of energy and lots of other stuff that I just don’t get.

So, we kept him home and let him relax.  Poor thing scared us with his extreme lethargy.

He perked up a little bit when Grandma came down to check on him.

Grandma noticed that his front right area was swollen and she remembered that he yelped a little bit when that needle went in.  I called Dr. Leick and he said to put warm compresses with Epsom salts on it to reduce the swelling.  Of course this reaction is rare but with the Mayor rare is normal.

Hindsight is 20/20 and maybe his acupuncture treatment was too much for him too soon.

Tomorrow is new day and we will move towards getting him to the vet for his stitch removal.

It was a stressful day but something Grandma and I can handle.  Oh, and to top it off…we had a thunder storm. Lovely…

OK – tomorrow is going to be better!

More better tomorrows later…Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and tater tot lovers.  Oh….and Colby Chaps Lovers…… Today Chaps son had to go for his well baby check up at the vet.  Himz is just fine and did really good.

Here he is in Mommy’s car!

In line for tater tots!

Like Father like Son!

We love a good tot in bassethoundtown!

And a good checkup report!

More loving good news later!  Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Dr. Leick Lovers…Well, we went to see him today.  Chaps was all spit shinned and ready for his appointment!

Grandma had his x-rays, blood test results and his pathology report.

Dr. Leick read and looked at all of the material.  We discussed in more detail what this all could mean.  Dr. Leick did not seem to be as certain as the other doctors that the cancer had spread but he thought it was still a good idea to consult with the specialist regarding the outcome of the pathology report. Here is where we need to gather information and ask questions. Basically weigh Chaps options.  If we proceed with the ultrasound we will know if there is an area that is compromised with cancer.  Then we can think about the next step, if is there is one.

One step at a time.

So, we concentrated on trying to help the Mayor calm his storm phobia and relieve some of his pain from aging.

Dr. Leick proceeded with the acupuncture treatment.  If you click on the picture you can see some of the needles.  Chaps did so good.  He just sat there, just like the picture shows and stayed so still.  The woman holding Chaps must have kissed his head about 50 times.  She is so wonderful.  The needles stayed in for about 15 minutes and we discussed Chaps situation and his age.  Chaps will be 12 October the 17th.

Dr. Leick reiterated that we just need to take one step at a time and not get too caught up in the step after the next step.  Take a deep breath and just be a calming influence for Chaps and ourselves. We have our next appointment with Dr. Leick in 2 weeks.

Thursday Chaps gets his stitches out and then I will make a consultation appointment with the specialist.  I did the same thing for Emma and then we went from there.

Deep breath…and a treat…..

More taking it one step at a time later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Lily Lovers…I have been working on arranging the files on my website.  It is an ongoing process.  I back up bassethoundtown.com and my entire hard drive about every other day.  I have a separate system that I hook up to.  The files I have are massive.

But look what I found.  It is a picture of Lily that I applied some photoshop artistry to. I think it was back in 2005.

This is the same image on my home page but with a different technique.

I love both of them.  You can click on the image to see all of the detail.

I cannot believe all of the stuff I did but never used on the website.  It has been fun to look at all of it.

One more for your viewing pleasure…

This is a price tag I made for some fancy collars I designed years ago.

The possibilities are endless…

More loving my old files later…Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

Oh…I forgot to tell you…PUFF stands for PERFECT ULTIMATE FABULOUS FELLOWS!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Chaps Healing Lovers…Today is day 9 of incision healing.  The Mayor has really turned the corner and he has been off of his pain medicine for a few days.  I noticed a bit of blood in his tinkle and that was it.  No more pain pills.  No more blood in the tinkle.

His stitches look great.

Grandma and I had him outside today to help us water the gardens.  He had so much fun in the lilac and lilies..

It took us about 2 hours to water the front and the back.

Then a freak summer shower showed up!  We all know it happens that way.

The Mayor was not amused.

More loving showers and no thunder later!  Cat, Chaps and Emma ATB

PS – those lilies are from the place I used to live and are on the cover of THE LILY BOOK, I love that…

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