Healing Vibes are needed for Twix

We are needing some healing vibes and Power of the Paw sent to Twix.  We have just heard that Twix has taken a serious turn and the VET is very confused and not sure exactly what is causing her sickies.  Twix's Mom and Dad are open for any ideas if you have them. 

Please if you have extra minutes stop by and visit and leave her some words of encouragement.

Also, if you have any suggestions for her Mom and Dad, please leave them on their blog.  There might just be that one person in blogville that has the magic answer. 

Drools and Healing Vibes,
The HoundDogs (Cleo, Winston and Amiee) and HDM

Surviving Snowpocalypse 2011 (2/2/2011)

Snowpocalypse 2011

(This appears to be the official name everyone has given this storm)

Just like all our other blogging friends in the MidWest we got SNOW. Not as much as some of our Illinois friends, but once you get more than a couple of inches it just all seems to blend together. In Bloomington, IL we got a reported 13 inches, but with 50mph winds we woke up to about 2 foot drifts in the backyard. Could not open either the front door or the back door and had no idea where the street began and where it ended. We finally got brave after HDD went out and sholved our paths for us. We played outside most of the day, but Mom made us come in and warm our toes up when she seen Cleo standing on 3 legs.

Looking out our backdoor

Looking out our side window from indoors, there is a road out there

This is a picture of the cat shelter for all the outside door cats eat and stay.  They are actually inside that topper and will come out of the small whole.  The other is their platform/cover that they get fed on.

Back yard pictures, and yes Winston has his own fire hydrant.

Amiee wishing Daddy would get busy shoveling.

Looking out front door, could hardly open it for the drift.

Amiee trying to get a little morale support.

I do believe she is having an "Insane Cracker Dog" momment here before the paths got made for them.

Amiee doing a little preliminary plowing

Winston

HDD shoveling the ramp to begin the paths

These paths are pretty much identical as what they run in the summer time amazing hey sniff it out

HDD beginning to shovel the paths 

This aeaa out here is pretty much the poop station, so it got dug out right away

Sunshine the outside cat

 HDD walking through the drifts of snow on our road.

 

Getting ready to dig out the 20inches in my father-in-laws driveway

Stupid driver



We also have a great video of the dogs being all crazy that we will post later.  This one was so long with pictures, we hope we didn't get bored.

The HoundDogs

Cleo, Winston and Amiee

Wordless "Snowy" Wednesday - 2-2-2011

Wordless "Snowy" Wednesday

The view out the backdoor at 3:00am this morning when someone decided they needed to potty.  You can barely see the rails for our dog ramp.

Cleo and Winston



The HoundDogs

(Cleo, Winston and Amiee)

Snow Arrived at 10:30am In Bloomington, Illinois

They kept telling us it was a coming, and they were so right.  The snow started falling around 10:30am this morning very lightly.  I did coax the three of the bassets to go outside and get their business done.  I told them it wasn't going to get any better.  They did all go outside very quickly.

10:30AM when the snow began falling

Backdoor

Looking out front door

Amiee decided to be brave this morning

 Mom I am all snowy

Cleo being brave as well this morning

Winston so glad he braved the snow/cold to potty

 Snowy Winston

 The picture out the backdoor at 3:00pm today.  No different than this morning

This is what the hounds have been doing all day, not one has been outside since this morning snow started to fall.

Here are a few short videos I recorded this afternoon.

Winston was the only one that has gotten brave enough to go outside this afternoon.

Here is a video out our front door at 3:00pm this afternoon.  That is wind hollering in the background.

We will continue to try to get all three of the bassets outside at the same time, but for now they have developed some very big bladders.

HoundDogMom and The HoundDogs

Preparing for Winter Snow Storm - 2/1/2011

Well like most everyone in the US will be preparing for some kind of a winter storm in the next several days.  Here in Bloomington, IL they are predicting 14-18" of snow for us.  They say it will begin falling around lunch time and not stop until Wednesday sometime.  Our humans have prepared the best they can to be snowed in for a few days.  We are fully stocked up on Kibble for ourselves and the humans have their snacks and refreshments (Hee Hee).

We hope to do some blogging over the next few days as long as we continue to have power as we have to post about Winston's 4th birthday celebration and all the goodies we had that day.  We also hope to take some pictures and video of the "MASSIVE" snow storm coming to our area.  This amount of snow is not very common in our area and we have never seen that much snow.  We do have concerns about it since the average height for a basset is like 13" - 14" inches tall.  With this amount of snow most of our pictures will be a little head sticking out of a huge snow bank.  HoundDogDad told he has the shovel ready to go out and make us some paths so we can make sure we do our business.

We will keep you all posted on what comes our way.

The HoundDogs
Cleo, Winston and Amiee