Super Trooper Drooper

Droopy here!

I have had a busy busy week and it's only Tuesday!

Stupid t-shirt! But it's extra long just for bassets!

After days and days of wearing a silly shirt Momma took me to the vet on Monday and had my stitches taken out!

No more stitches!!!!!!!!

The vet and the vet techs said my belly healed super well!!! The vet also got back my lab results from my funny lump. It was a low-grade cancerous lump. I've had one other lump like this. I don't have to do chemo or anything; Momma just has to watch out for more lumpy bumpies!

Then today Momma told me it was time to go back to the eye doctor.

Mom I don't want to go to the eye doctor!

The eye doctor was the same. Lots of drops, shiny lights in my eyes, and whatnot.

Not a happy Droopy!

Momma said I was very good, even though I whined and grumbled throughout the entire visit. The doctor said I still lots of drops but I don't mind.

Momma was loading me into the car when I heard her say 'Hey look there's Fetch!' and I replied 'What's fetch? I know of no such word.'

Well we have a new doggie store in New Orleans called Fetch! and it's across the street from the eye doctor! Of course Momma and I beelined it over to the store!

Fetch!

I though it was an awesome store! Lots of treats, foodables, toys, bowls, and shampoos! Momma bought me a bag of delicious crunchy liver treats, which I was told I have to share with Smiley, Kayah and Mickey. Too bad cause those treats are yummy!!!!!!

Then Momma drove us home and I immediately went to my busy day of napping.

Well back to my nap!

Sniff ya later,

Droopy and the other CheeseHounds

P.S. These two are so silly!

P.S.S. Momma here:

I know the cancerous lump thing sounds a bit scary but let me explain. Droopy was spayed late in life, when she was 9. Droopy is an old lady who is prone to funny lumps. I found a lump 3 years ago, which was also cancerous. Our vet feels that with the lumps being so small, the fact that the entire lump has been removed, with no signs of it spreading anywhere else, and the fact that it is low grade that we don't have anything to worry about. We keep an eye out and have managed to catch both lumps when they were extremely small; we're talking pea sized! So no worries! I hate putting Droopy through surgery to have the lumps removed but the last lump was cancerous and so was this one so I feel like I'd rather be safe then sorry.

Super Droopy Returns

Please excuse my delay is posting about my splurgery but I've been resting.

My teeth are nice and shiny and clean! Plus I didn't have to have any of them pulled.

I also had a small lump removed from my mammary area. I have about 15 stitches. I'm doing well with them but they're so itchy so Momma's forced me to wear this silly shirt.

The v-e-t also took more pictures of my bladder stone. And good news: it hasn't gotten any bigger. Hurray!!!!!!! Meanwhile, the v-e-t is trying me out on a super duper bladder stone dissolving food!

I think the new food is delicious while Momma thinks it looks and smells gross! If it makes my bladder stone go away who cares!

Well time to back to recuperating!

Sniff ya later,

Droopy

P.S. Smiley, Kayah, and Mickey are doing great but this post is all about me.

Paws Crossed

Keep your paws crossed for Droopy today! She's going to the vet to have her teethies cleaned, get a small lump removed and get some x-rays of her bladder stone.

Droopy got a clean bill of health last week at the vet but there were just a few things that needed to get taken care of, like the funny lump. We always worry about Droopy getting anesthesia since she is an old lady but the vet did blood work and everything came back ok!

Paws Crossed!!!!!!!!

Slobbers,

The CheeseHounds

P.S. Everybody else is doing good and we have lots of catching up to do!

Back to the eye doctor!

We have been horrible bloggie friends and haven't been reading blogs! We hope you'll forgive us and we will be catching up with our bloggie friends, post haste!

Well it's been 6 months and it was time to go back to the eye doctor.

Mom, can we go home now???

I don't really like going to the eye doctor, there's way too many funny drops and weird shiny lights in my eyes. Like this:

This is the eye doctor checking the pressure in my eyes. Basset Hounds are prone to growl-cloma, which is where the fluid in your eye creates pressure and can hurts lots! It can also lead to blindness!

Then the stupid eye doctor turned out the lights and shined this really bright light in my eyes!!! He was checking the lenses in my eyes. Apparently the tiny blood vessels over my corneas are very inflamed. Whatever that means! Because of all the nice weather we're having down here, the pollen from the plants is everywhere and is making my eyes all red and ouchie!

So the eye doctor said More Eye Drops!!!! I now get 5 eye drops everyday, instead of 3! Momma says I'm super good about my eye drops.

Now some happy news!

Mickey started going to work with Momma. He loves it!!!!!

Sniff ya later,

Droopy, Smiley, Kayah and Mickey

The Foster Dogs!

I thought I'd blog about the foster hounds today cause they've had lots going on!

First off Kayah

Kayah's heartworm treatment is going super well! She'll go back to the V-E-T and get rechecked for heartworms in a few weeks and hopefully she'll be cleared and then we can help find her a home!

Plus Momma's been working on some training with Kayah. Kayah was abandoned in a garage for a while so she forgot that doggies go potty in the grass. The training is going well and Kayah is learning to love the feel of grass under her feet again!

Mickey got neutered on Monday! He wasn't too happy about it but it had to happen. He hasn't licked his incision once, probably cause Momma continues to threaten him with the Cone of Shame!

Mickey has also been working on training with Momma. He knows Stay, Come, Look, and No and he's making progress with Sit and Off. He loves training! Momma thinks Mickey could make an awesome agility or therapy doggie since he's so sweet and works so hard.

And then there's Roy!

I've haven't mentioned Roy before cause he's a foster dog at Momma's work. Roy is with the Looziana Basset Rescue, which is our local basset rescue. Momma is, of course, in love with Roy. He's 7 years old but doesn't act like it. He also has dry eyes like I do but he's really good about his eye drops.

Momma wanted me to pass on that Looziana Basset Rescue is having a fund raiser right now. If you donate 40 kibble dollars to the Looziana Basset Rescue during the month of March, you can get a really cool basset-y themed picture!

This is the link for the pictures: http://www.gallery504.biz/ Once you donate your kibble monies at this website www.firstgiving.com/bayoubassets then you just e-mail bayoubassets@bellsouth.net and tell them which picture you want, where to send the picture and how you donated your kibble monies.

We already own a basset-y print that was made a few years back. It's one of our favorite pictures!

That's it for now.

Sniff ya later,

Droopy (plus Smiley, Kayah, and Mickey)

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!