Happy Birthday Droopy!

Happy 14th Birthday to our Droopy!!! Droopy and I have been together since Droopy was 8 weeks old and I was 12 years old.  Droopy is the reason I love bassets and why I got into helping our local basset rescue.  Here's to many more years Droopy!

Love,
CheeseHoundMomma

We hope you had a Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween.  Mom insisted on dressing us up as Batman, Robin, Alfred the butler, and a bat.  The big goof ball in the bow tie is our foster brother Hugh.  He's a Walker Hound and just a sweet boy.

Smiley ever got to go sit and hand out candy to the kids.  Then she tried to sneak a Snickers bar and mom freaked out! heheh

Sniff ya later,
The CheeseHounds

We miss you guys!

Hey bloggie friends!

Have you missed us?!?!??!  Cause we have missed you.  Momma's been crazy busy and has no time to type for us.  We put our paws down the other day and demanded she make time for blogging again!

Slobbers,
The CheeseHounds

Walking Wordless Wednesday

Sniff ya later,
The CheeseHounds

P.S.  The pup on stilts is one of the foster siblings.  More on him later.

Wordless Wednesday

All better now

Droopy here

Well my stitches are OUT!!!!!  My vet said she is amazed how well my incision healed up.

And now it's nap time.

I know you guys have missed Smiley and Kayah so here they are.

Sniff ya later,
Droopy (and the other CheeseHounds)

Health scare so back to the VET!

Droopy here!

Well I was healing up from my splurgery ok.  Getting lots of rest and eating good but Momma noticed my belly around my stitches didn't look so great and was oozing bloody stuff Friday afternoon.  Off to the vet we went!

My vet found that I had an infection and some fluid build up so I got wrapped up like a mummy and set home with antibiotics to make the scary infection go away.

FrankenDroopy

The crazy bandage wrap is mainly to protect my stitches and so when it drained it wouldn't drip all over then floor.  My vet says the infection is from me trying to scratch at my stitches and the bacteria got into my wound.

This is my scary FrankenBasset bandage when it came off.  All that yucky brown stuff came out of me!!!!

My vet said I have to have a shirt of so that there will be no wound scratching.  I'm not bad I swear.

Momma brought me back to the vet on Monday and the vet said my stitches and belly look better than expected!!!  The vet re-wrapped me in this stupid bandage so my wound would still drain.

Too bad all the medicine made my tummy all upset.  I made sad faces at Momma until she made me boiled chicken and rice with yogurt.  Hehehe

Clearly this bandage makes my beauty sleep difficult to get.

Momma says we go back to the vet monday to finally get my stitches out.  Meanwhile I continue to wear goofy shirts.

Sniff ya later,
Droopy (and the other CheeseHounds)

Droop droop update

Hi everybody!!

Droopy here posting a splurgery update.  I did great!!!

My v-e-t removed my funny lump and two mammary glands.  You can just see the shaved area under my big brown and black spot.  I'm not gonna post pictures of the stitches cause Momma says they're kinda scary.  I'm doing ok with the stitches but I'm kind of uncomfortable cause of where they're located, right behind my left leg.  No Cone Of Shame cause I can't reach the stitches but Momma keeps putting a t-shirt on me cause the stitches are kinda itchy.

My v-e-t didn't have to remove any teeth!  They did take some cool pictures of my insides to check on my spine, the bone spurs, and that weird bladder stone that I don't remember swallowing.

Smiley and Kayah have been real supportive and watchful so I'm getting lots of rest.  The foster siblings are another story but hey they're foster pups and need manners.

Well I'm gonna go take another nap

Sniff ya later,
Droopy (and the CheeseHounds)

Droopy's yearly vet visit

Droopy here.

I went for my yearly v-e-t visit on Friday.  My vet says I'm looking good... for a 13 1/2 year old pup!  I have another mammory lump that has momma concerned and the vet says some of my teeth need a little cleaning.

We had a nice quiet weekend and Momma said this morning it was time to go get the teeth cleaned and the lump removed.  Paws crossed that everything goes ok cause I know momma likes to worry.

Sniff ya later,
Droopy (and the CheeseHounds)

So many naps

Hey bloggie friends!!

Have you missed us??  Cause we've missed you!

Slobbers,
The CheeseHounds

What we have been up to

We had a super nice Christmas

Our favorite pit bull, Violet, came and stayed for Christmas.

She and Corey loved each other

Corey left for The North! just after January first

Kayah started roaming the backyard.

This is a major big deal! Kayah hates grass and is afraid to go outside most days.

Then the new foster showed up.

He is a 12 week old bassador pup named Linus.

He is fascinated by Droopy.

And Smiley is his best best friend and mentor!

So all and all it's been super quiet around here. Nothing super blog worthy but that's ok.

Sniff ya later,

Droopy, Smiley, and Kayah

P.S. Linus has a home already lined up and leaves next week!

Hey Guys

Hey Everybody!!

Miss us???? With all the holidays and whatnot we kinda dropped the blogging ball. We're working on catching up on you guys and on posting new stuff!!

Slobbers,

The CheeseHounds

P.S. Our dear Corey got adopted and there's a new foster in the house but more on that later...

What in the World Wednesday!!!

What in the world Momma! What in the world!!!

Droopy here! Momma bought me a product called Doggles (doggie goggles!) to help with my eyes when we're out and about! My eyes tend to get very red and irritated because all the pollen and yucky stuff gets trapped in my droopy eyes. I'll let you know how it goes! Crazy momma!

You might notice there's an extra basset, who isn't Smiley, in the above picture. Well that is Corey and he's our new foster basset. Well he's been here a few weeks and we just haven't had time to post about him!!! Oopsie! He's a super sweet and ridiculously funny boy!!! We're enjoying his stay here. Best part is he loves clothes!!! Momma is having a good time playing dress up with him.

Corey, the goofiest basset ever

Sniff ya later,

The CheeseHounds (and Corey)

Eye doctor time!

Hey everybody!! Droopy here!

Well Tuesday was my 6 month check up at the doggie eye doctor.

Mom can we go home now?

Mom I really think it's time to go home!

I was very good while we waited and only barked at everybody!!! I even tried to make friends with another dog in the lobby but Mommma said he was too nervous and I needed to leave him alone.

Checking the pressure in my eye

I let the doc poke and prod me and even shine bright lights in my eye!!! Momma said I behaved super well!

The doctor said that my eyes look ok but the tear product (which keeps your eye moist) in my right eye is almost zero! He told Momma I have to have more eye drops everyday!!! I am now up to EIGHT DROPS EVERYDAY!!!!!

Momma is slightly overwhelmed with the amount of drops per day but I am very good when she does my drops. When I see the eye dropper I sit, let Momma do my drops, and then I get a tasty treat!!!!

I have to go back to the eye doctor in two months for a recheck. UGH!

Momma bribed me with lots of cheesy treats and then we went home and took a nice nap.

Well that's all for now!

Slobbers,

Droopy (and the other CheeseHounds)

A Note from Momma

So eight drops a day is a bit overwhelming but left alone the lack of tear production can lead to Droopy's eye getting so scratched that she is blind or the eye needing to be removed. I made a checklist that makes life a little easier and we'll just have to get into the routine of it!!!

Luckily the assortment of drops are easy to get filled at the pharmacy and Droopy is so good about having them done. Plus bribing her with a treat does wonders!!! She's had drops done most of her life and she is so easy to medicate!

Neopolydex on the left, cyclosporin in the middle and genteal on the right

The neopolydex is before and after breakfast, the cyclosporin is before and after dinner and then once more in the right eye. and the genteal is at bedtime and then once more in the right eye. It's all about routine!!!

Birthday for a Basset

Today is Droopy's 13th Birthday!!!!!

Droopy was a Christmas present for Momma and to her best guess today is Droopy's Birthday!!!

As you can see Momma and Droopy has grown up quite a bit in the last 13 years. Hehe!

We've decided to post some of the best Droopy pictures as a treat for Droopy's birthday.

Up close and personal nap time

Cone of Shame and Callie make a comfy spot

Tired after Barkus

A Basset-y hot dog

Hanging out

Well we all hope you have a wonderful day cause we know you'll be celebrating Droopy's birthday in high style!

Slobbers,

The CheeseHounds

Wordless Wednesday

Busy bees

Hey guys!!!

We've been busy basset bees around here!

Our friends Missy and Cisco came and stayed for a few days.

Which made for 4 bassets, 1 basset mix, and 1 mini schnauzer!

And one Dad-O!

Droopy and Smiley went to Barktober fest at Momma's work.

Isn't Droopy's new jacket cute??

We celebrated Smiley's first gotcha day!!!!

And last but not least:

Duke got ADOPTED!!!!

He now has an awesome sister named Beignet, a really awesome family, and will live next to one the best parks in the city!!! We are so happy for him!

Well that's it for now

Slobbers,

The CheeseHounds