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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Winston's 4th Bark Day

Happy 4th Bark Day

Winston!

I was born on January 30^th in the hills of Missouri with a reputable breeder. I did not find your fur-ever family until I was 4 months old. I was scheduled to be purchased by a family in Canada but right before I was supposed to be shipped I came down with an infection and my breeders would not allow me to get on a plane to fly to Canada. Well those people were very anxious to get a puppy and they didn’t want to wait for me to get better, so they decided they did not want me. So my picture was placed up on the internet again and that is when my real fur-ever family found me.

It had been 6 months since Mom and Dad had lost their boy Elliott to liver disease at the age of 12. Mom was really feeling lonely and needed another male in the house to keep the girls in check. That is when she found my famous picture on the internet. That is why I am called her “Internet Baby”.

She immediately showed my picture to Dad and said, I have found your boy. She thought it might go over a little bit better if she presented to him that way, which it did. She immediately contacted the people and a deposit was sent that day to hold me for them. She also knew I was the one because I had the same birthday as her Elliott and she really felt it was a sign.

The only thing they were presented with was when to drive to Missouri to pick up their new boy. They had an upcoming vacation already planned that would place them in that area, but it would not be happening for 4 weeks. They were so worried about bringing home a puppy and then leaving for vacation. They didn’t really want to leave me with anyone else at such an age, afraid I would attach myself to them instead. So they contacted the breeder and we worked out a deal for me to stay with them until they would be going South for vacation. That was the longest 4 weeks of my life having to wait for them (Mom said it was the longest 4 weeks for her to). They did send me a care package with a blanket, with the other doggie smells on it for me. They also included several chew toys and things, so I would have something to bring with me to make my adjustments in to their home easier.

Little did they know that I was just a very social kind of guy and I fit right in to the hound family. Mom says that I was the best thing for Cleo and really brought her around from her bad experiences. We also had Tabby at the time (who has now crossed to the bridge), she was not as fond of her new brother. Winston was an ankle bitter that did not give up very easily. It took her almost 2 weeks to come out of the bedroom and begin to socialize with him. But it didn’t take long and they were best buddies for sure.

See how well I fit in after the first day.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Sniffs,

Winston

Winston now makes his home with two fur-sibling sisters (Cleo and Amiee) who adores and makes sure they are always by his side. Winston is the most fun loving basset and brings a new set of challenges to the basset breed. He was my first basset to counter surf, climbs, jumps and whines to no end, loves and I do mean loves "butter". He is has some the softest eyes and most unique features. He can melt your heart in a second, with that look and a wiggle of the butt, because he so loves his butt rubs.