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

Barkus fun!

First off Happy Mardi Gras!!!!

We hope you enjoy our slideshow from Barkus. We had such fun. Although Droopy complained about the long walk and her costume so she didn't wear hers.

Slobbers to all,

The CheeseHounds

Barkus fun!

Oh My Dog we had a blast at Barkus!!!!

We are working on a post about our fun day!

And are working on catching up on our bloggie reading.

Sniff ya later,

The CheeseHounds

P.S. Maggie Mae got it right. We went as the Wicked Witch and a flying monkey!

Kayah's Heartworms Round 2

Hey everydoggie

Well Ms. Kayah is going for her second (and hopefully last) round of heartworm treatment today!

So please say some puppy prayers that everything goes ok!

I know we've been asking for lots of puppy prayer and crossed paws but it seems to go with being a foster home for these homeless pups!

I can add on a happy note, Mickey funny neck bump got figured out and he didn't need splurgery! Although there is talk of him going and getting tutored soon.

Hopefully our next post will be Smiley and I in our Barkus costumes!

Sniff ya later,

Droopy

This and that

Hey Everybody

Droopy here! We hope everybody had a wonderful valentine's day!

So you might be wondering why I have a black blanket. Well it's not a blanket it's part of my costume for my favorite event of the year!

Barkus is approaching!!!!!!!!!!

For our friends who don't know Barkus is a dog-only parade! And it is the bestest doggie event in New Orleans! Hurray!!!!!! Plus the theme this year is Broadway!

On to more normal everyday doggy stuff. Here are some pictures from our post ear-cleanin' freak-out!

Can you believe that Kayah has the dirtiest ear in the house?!?!??! We blame in on the labra-dork in her!

And just so you don't miss him, Professor Mickey says "Clean ears are important!"

Mickey is currently spending time at the V-E-T cause his weird bump came back! Even though he's a CheeseHound FosterDude we still love him lots! Please keep your paws crossed for him.

Sniff ya later,

Droopy, Smiley, Kayah, and Mickey

P.S. If anybody can guess Smiley and Droopy's costume we might have to send them something extra special in the mail!

Barkus parade Part 2

Droopy and Callie here

We're gonna finish our post about the Barkus parade.

So we walked down to the dog bakery and caught the parade across the street from the bakery. The parade got going and the costumes and floats were amazing. A float is like a big decorated car that costumed people ride in. People usually throw beads, which are like necklaces, during parades. Since Barkus is a doggie parade some people threw beads and some people threw doggie treats. Yum!!! We're gonna post pictures of the stuff we thought was best during the parade. Momma went a little crazy with that camera thing so there are way too many pictures for us to put up.

The beginning of the parade


Some neat floats




The best float we saw that day!

Some of the best costumes we saw




A spray painted Great Dane. We were kinda confused by this costume. Why would a human change there puppies spots??? A Great Dane Saints fan. Two labrachicks, dressed like cheerleaders. There was a Mango puppy, who was dressed as a Saints fan.

Finally the parade ended. Our Me-me wanted us to take a picture with our momma.
So we tried and tried to take a picture and this was the best one.

Then we got to go into the dog bakery.

Momma cut our trip inside the bakery short because Droopy kept trying to eat the cookies off the shelf. Luckily momma bought us some that we snacked on later.

Finally we headed back to the car. We had long way to walk back so we walked and walked and walked. Momma was wearing a pee-dometer, it tracks how far you walk, and we wound up walking almost THREE MILES!!!!!!!!!! We were beat!!!!

We had to drop our Me-me off and we decided to stay and visit for a while. Truthfully we napped a bit. Our Me-me is allergic to us doggies so we aren't allowed inside but she does have a nice porch upstairs. Momma has to pick us up, one at a time, and carry us through the house so we can hang out on the back porch. We don't mind it cause then we are high up and can watch the neighborhood and bark at all the other doggies.

Us on the back porch

Finally we headed back to our house. Momma says we slept very well that night.

Sniff ya later,
Droopy and Callie

P.S. Sorry about the delay on the second part of our parade adventure. Momma spent all of friday and the monday morning at the human vet. We'll do better this week!! Promise

Barkus parade Part 1

Droopy and Callie here

We intended to tell you guys all about the doggie parade we went to on Sunday but momma pointed out that a lot of the doggies that have been reading our bloggie probably don't know too much about how people in New Orleans would do a doggie parade. We're gonna try and explain as best we can and we do welcome any questions

The parade is called Barkus, also known as the Mystic Krewe of Barkus, it is a dog-only parade and the route travels through the French Quarter. We should explain that the French Quarter is where the city originally started. It's very old and has lots of pretty buildings. It's also has lots of yummy restaurants, nice hotels and famous bars.



Let's start from the beginning!!!!!

Momma loaded us into the car about two hours before the parade started but we had a ways to go and traffic gets crazy when it's parade time. We had to stop and pick up our Me-me, she's our momma's mom, and she was coming with us to the parade. It took forever to get from our house to where the parade was because traffic was really bad. Finally Momma parked and everybody got out unfortunately we were still blocks and blocks away from the parade! Momma put our costumes on for the parade. Callie was a Saints fan and Droopy was a hot dog. We should mention that every parade has a theme. The theme for Barkus this year was 'When the Dogs Go Barking In', which is a play on the song title When the Saint Go Marching In.



We walked and walked until we finally got to the parade route. Ok so we only had to walk 7 blocks but that's a lot for short basset legs. The closer we got the more puppies we saw. Everybody was in costume!!!!! Momma was gonna try and walk us down the street that had all the t-shirts and food but the street was super crowded so change of plan.

Momma decided that we should walk down to the dog bakery so off we went! We walked from Rampart St, down St. Ann all the way to Royal St. There were lots of people and doggies on the street waiting for the parade. Everybody thought Droopy's costume was so funny. They kept asking to take pictures with her. One person even called her a Lucky Dog. Momma said a Lucky Dog is a kind of hot dog they sell from carts in the French Quarter. They apparently taste yucky, but that's momma's point of view, and since Lucky Dog is a well known New Orleans icon Droopy was happy to be called a lucky dog.



We're gonna stop here for today. There's still a lot to write about!

Sniff ya later,
Droopy and Callie

P.S. Thank you for all the well-wishes for our momma. She's feeling a little better but has to go see a special stomach human vet tomorrow.