Snow Day

Well we pretty sure that we would get some snow sooner or later but we have been enjoying the unseasonable warm temps that we have had in Illinois.

We went from this on Wednesday

52 degrees and sunny

 

 

To this Thursday morning (12 hours later)

-1 and Sunny

Bella loves the snow just as much as she loves the nice weather.  We can tell that she was an outside dog as she loves the cold a lot more than her couch potatoes fur-siblings.  She loves to wear her coat outside then switch to a more comfy fleece jacket for in the house.  She knows that is really nice to be able to come inside to a nice warm comfy couch after a good ramp in the snow.

Things continue to go well everyone and Bella gets a little more relaxed each day.  

We want to thank everyone for the nice well wishes for Bella we believe she was meant to be here with us.

Sniffs,

The HoundDogs

Winston, Amiee and Bella

Introducing Bella "Newest HoundDog"

Wordless "?" Wednesday answers below.  And this post is not so wordless.

A day before Christmas we were contacted by GABR that they had a 2 year old basset girl that was looking for her forever home.  They were wondering if we would be interested in her and if we were ready to open our hearts back up.  Well we knew we just needed to get through Christmas after loosing Cleo, because that was her very special Holiday.  Well we made it through that day and this sweet little girl was still in the back of our heads so we decided that with the New Year it was time to see if we were ready.

So on Friday, January 6, 2012 we loaded up the BUV with Winston and Amiee and we headed out to Marion, Indiana to meet Bella in her foster home.  We left the house at 7:30am and knew we had about a 4-1/2 hour road trip to meet her.  Winston and Amiee did wonderful in the BUV and settled down about Farmer City and slept till we made a pit stop and then it was back to sleeping again.  It took a little longer to get there since Mr. Garmin decided to take us on very scenic tour of the Indiana countryside.  I can see how people complain that these things can get you seriously lost.  It was a beautiful day to travel with the temps in the 50's so unusual for this time of the year for us.  Usually it is 20 degrees and blowing snow, so we were thankful for a great day to travel so we could meet Bella.

Where did you say we were going Mom?

The HoundDogs (Winston and Amiee) would like to introduce their new fur-sister Bella to all their friends in Blogville.

Bella, comes from Louisville Kentucky and has a story to tell.  Bella is 2 years old and has lived outside all her life.  Well in September her family decided to move and I guess since she had been outside all her life, the just up and forgot her.  They left her in the back yard for her to fend for herself.  It was approximately 2 weeks before her first angel seen her (the neighbor lady).  She began to take her food and water and see if she could get her to warm up and come to her.  It took her nearly 2 weeks to work with her and get her to become her friend.  She was able to finally catch her on 9/30/2011 and take her to the emergency vet.  She then contacted Guardian Angel Basset Rescue about picking her up.  GABR sent her second angel to pick her up and bring her to her new life.  She came into GABR on 10/5/2011 skin and bones (just a little over 20 pounds), flea invested, tick invested and severe mange.  We are so thankful that she had a few angels watching over her and GABR brought her back to life and encouraged us to open our hearts again.

Here is what Bella looked like when she arrived into Rescue

And here is our Bella today

After meeting Bella and spending lots of time with her at the local park, we decided that Bella would be a perfect for the Hound House.  Winston and Amiee seemed to fall in love with her and were perfect siblings on their meeting.  So after meeting her vet and signing some adoptions papers, we brought Bella home with us.

Our day at the Park

We were told that we should probably crate her in the BUV until they got to know each other, but she had other plans for that.  Before we got out of the park she had busted out of the crate and found her space on the dog bed in the back of the BUV.

This is what we seen for the whole road trip home

This is when we arrived home at 7:30 Friday night.  We had 3 very excited hounds that had been sleeping for like 8 hours.

What is that blur in the back ground.  That is Bella's fast moving body, oh keep in mind she really didn't have any idea how to play with other doggies when she was first brought into rescue.  This would not be the case today.  This girl knows how to play with the best of them. 

This is me (HDM) trying to tell her that it is okay to get on the furniture

Success! 

Here are a few pictures of how things have been going since Friday.  A few little bumps, but all is well and everyone is enjoying their new sibling.

Outside relaxing, unseasonable warm temps but that should change probably today.

When not relaxing, always looking for a friendly Basset Hound Romp

 This is how I relax inside the house

Watch for more updates as we get to know Bella and how she is fitting into the Hound House.

Sniffs, The HoundDogs

Winston, Amiee and Bella

Wordless "?" Wednesday - 1/11/2012

 

Sniffs, The HoundDogs

Stop back by Thursday for an explanation.

Wordless Wednesday - 1/4/2012

Sniffs, Amiee

MrChewy.Com Review

We were honored when Mr.Chewy contacted us a few weeks before Christmas to do a review of their online services.  To try their services we were offered a promotion code for $50.00 worth of free merchandise.

I am sure most everyone has heard of Mr. Chewy.com as I have seen several reviews lately.  Our review was a very positive one as we do not do much online shipping, especially when it comes to dog food/treats, etc.

Since Mr. Chewy offers such a wide selection of dog foods, treats, toys which we amazed at.  We don't have any idea why Mom didn't order us dog food but she decided to just order us a bunch of different treats for us to.  She is expanding our taste buds and what better way to do this with some free treats from Mr. Chewy.

Here are some of the top reasons to shop at

 Mr.Chewy.com

 

We placed our order  on Tuesday, 12/20/2011 not even thinking it was 4 days before Christmas receiving an email back that same day saying our order had been received.  We received a confirmation email on Wednesday, 12/21/2011 informing us our order had been shipped.  Then on Friday, 12/23/2011 our box arrived with our treats.  This was a huge surprise as we were not anticipating or expecting before Christmas.  

So we would give Mr. Chewy 8 paws and 2 thumbs up on their service.  This is something we are going to be giving some serious thought for our future dog food orders.  Especially with us being in the winter months having their dog food delivered to the door would be awesome.  If I could just get the grocery store to do this, I would be in heaven.  The prices are very comparable to our normal stores we shop at and you get free shipping for orders over $49.00.  As we all have been out to purchase food for our fur-babies we know it doesn't take long to spend $49.00.  So why click on over to Mr. Chewy website and have a look around and see if you can benefit from their online shopping.

We ordered several different treats for Winston and Amiee and then a few cat treats for my son's cats Blaze and Sassy.  We have no pictures from their review of their treats but here are a few from Winston and Amiee.

Our box of goodies

 The goodies inside that box above

 

 

 

 Sit...Sit...Sit

 What part of Sit did they not understand?

 Mom, what happened to those really soft chewy ones I had before

Amiee, says give to me I don't care Soft, Hard at least it is a treat

As you can see they all are a huge hit with Amiee, she doesn't turn to many things away.  Winston he prefers the soft type treats and he is picky when it comes to those.

So that is our review of Mr. Chewy and we hope you will stop by and visit them.

HoundDogMom (Sherri)

The HoundDogs (Winston and Amiee)