Ear Photos

Sunday, January 13, 2013
Bridgette the Beautiful Basset
This weekend we had the pleasure of visiting the hounds of Daphneyland out in Acton. This is Bridgette one of the senior girls at the ranch and she is absolutely adorable.

Saturday, August 6, 2011
Sleeping Basset puppy
A couple of weekends ago we had the great pleasure
of escorting this little girl, her four siblings, mom and
aunt to the
I'll be going back soon to get some updated photos of the pups.

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Cooper Cool
Today we went to the 12th Annual Basset Spring Games.
The games are a fund raiser for the Basset
Hound Rescue of Southern California. We do their newsletter, the Basseteer
so we took the opportunity to get some nice photos for the next issue.
But really I just wanted to go to play with the hounds!
This is Cooper, he was looking
extremely cool just enjoying a nice day in the park.
Aside from just being around a bunch of other hounds and
the crazy hound people that love them. The dogs and their food
slaves could compete in a number of fun competitions including
drooling contests, synchronized swimming, kissing contests
and Marathon Napping.
It's hard to take a bad picture of a Basset Hound, and I have
about 18 gigabytes of photos to prove it. It was a really nice day!

Monday, March 23, 2009
Charlie the Hound
This is one of the reasons I have been a little
behind lately. His name is Charlie. Through a really
bad chain of events he ended up in the Ventura animal
shelter with no hope of adoption. It was our job to go pick him up and take him
to one of the Basset Hound Rescues that we volunteer at.
As always happens on these trips I was totally attached to him
by the time we got there.
They said he was five or six years old, but he played like
a puppy. I work really hard at a lot of different things,
but I can't help feeling that this is one of the few things
I do on a regular basis that really matters.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Corn Closeup
Maybe this would have been a little more fitting image for
Thanksgiving. :-D
This is another low aperture shot making the the one ear out
of focus. This close, the cornsilk almost looks like angelhair pasta.
I like the texture in the near husk too.

Sunday, November 5, 2006
Basset Tongue
Every once in a while Zoe likes to chime in with her two cents. This is her comment when I aim the camera at her. She caught the flash in her eyes a couple of times YEARS ago now she has a deep dislike of any camera. Usually I just get a dirty look out of her but today was something special!

Monday, August 28, 2006
Great Bounding Beach Bassets!
Bassets are quite possibly the cutest creatures on the planet IMO. This guy was just having a good old time following his nose cruising along, falling behind. Then his owner (food-slave in proper Basset terms) called him. He looked so happy bounding along to catch up. There's nothin' quite like a sixty pound dog running on 4" legs.

Sunday, January 15, 2006
Doctor Zoe
This is Doctor Zoe.
You see, today her mom had an ear-ache, looks
like the start of a nasty cold. But
the good doctor here stayed by her side
on the sofa most of the day.
This is the "What do you want? I'm taking care of Mom!"
look.
She has good bed side manner, but she did get
in trouble on more than one occasion for
taking up more of the patient's bed
than she left for the patient!

Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Basset Bassinet
Well, I was delayed in posting photos for
the beginning of this month. But it was
for a good reason! We were on our honeymoon!
And, it was way too short!
Wouldn't want you to think we don't take
good care of the hound when we are traveling.
This was her spot in the room. She is used to
flopping on the sofa or a big chair in our livingroom.
So she was a little lost when we first got to the
hotel. There was a rather large space under the door,
and it was not exactly warm in Monterey this
time of year so we did not really want her on the floor anyway.

Monday, December 19, 2005
Smiling Hound Dog
Some people say dogs can't smile.
I say they are not trying hard enough to give them a reason to.

Thursday, October 27, 2005
Vinnie
Another shot of Vincent
(see yesterday's post).
He is an extremely happy creature, he was excited to
be on an adventure with us and he wagged most of the way.
When we picked Vincent up at the shelter, he was
the only dog up for adoption in his section.
Since we had been there on Monday they had
needed to make some room. And new animals had already moved
into the surrounding kennels. This made the
paperwork on his kennel stand out since his was
the only one labeled "ready for adoption."
In the notes section someone from the shelter had written
"SWEET DOG!" I was relieved he was actually still there
but I was sad for all the other sweet dogs that were not.
We were very glad to get him out of there!
After a long drive we arrived at the Rescue's veterinarian.
Vincent got a quick exam, and four shots which he took like
he did not even feel them, even the one the vet said would
really hurt.
After a pretty clean bill of health, especially for
a dog that was supposed to be a stray, we were off to
the rescue. We did have to make one stop, however.
On the way home from the same shelter with
Zoe, about a year and a half ago,
we made a stop at McDonalds and shared a box of Chicken
McNuggets. With Vincent, we decided to make this a tradition.
Of course, when it came time to drop him off we could tell that
he had already bonded with us (and we already knew we loved him).
We found out yesterday that we would make terrible foster parents,
if we were so attached after a few hours how would we be after years?
Vincent is now resting safely at the
Basset Rescue Connection.
If you are looking for a wonderful and loyal dog please contact them, or me
and we will introduce you to a good friend of ours.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Vincent
This week was an incredibly busy week. One of the more
important things we did this week was meet Vincent.
Over the weekend we found a listing on the Ventura Animal Shelter
for a male Basset Hound. My best friend and I watch the
shelter for the Basset Rescues in the area and it looked like this
guy might be falling through the cracks.
After talking to the shelter we found out that they were packed and
Monday was to be his last day.
The last hound we
found there in that much trouble is now named Zoe, and she lives with us.
So, knowing the breed and how wonderful they are, and the fact that
an older dog had almost no chance in the shelter, we took off on Monday
for the 45 mile drive to meet this hound. In typical Basset fashion
he was extremely happy to meet us. We promised him and the shelter
we would be back for him. So they said they would keep him for another
day or two.
After my best friend made quite a few calls to everyone at the local rescues, we found that
the Basset Rescue Connection
would make room in their already full kennels for him. BRC is
the rescue that covers this area and would normally be contacted
when there is a hound in need. But, due to a change of employees at the shelter
and some strange new laws in place thanks to our crazy state government
that call had never been made.
So, today we made the trek to the shelter and this is one of the first
images of Vincent after he, quite happily, jumped into my Jeep.

Sunday, January 23, 2005
My Muse
So as I was looking for a picture to put up this evening
I was reminded that it is Saturday night and that I should be
flopping on the sofa, watching a movie. Who reminded me?
My muse of course.
This is Zoe, my Basset Hound. She likes to sit on the sofa
and stare at the back of my head and grumble when I spend
too much time in front of the computer. These pictures are
a little fuzzy because she is not very fond of the flash, so
I usually get her with my little digital camera. (I get
grumbled at for the flash too!)
Zoe was an early birthday present for me last year.
I've loved Bassets for most of my life.
But, until the beginning of last year, I lived in apartments
that did not allow dogs.
To get my recommended daily allowance of Basset, I
have been volunteering for the
Basset Hound Rescue of
Southern California.
Zoe didn't come from BHRSC though. My best friend was watching the
Ventura
shelter for hounds that might need help (my birthday was only a month away, and she knew what I wanted. :)
One evening Zoe popped
up on their web site, she was a stray, and no one had come for her.
The day we brought her home would have been her last.
Now, I have heard many comments about shelter dogs. "I don't want
to adopt someone else's problems," "I want a puppy," "They are untrained and will make a mess in my home,"
"I want a pure bred dog" to name a few. Well, Zoe is about the
most relaxed creature you can imagine. She plays like a puppy when
I want to play, and curls up quietly by my feet when I am working.
She is perfectly housebroken, (much more than you can say for any puppy).
And she is pure Basset from her head to her toes (and that is about how long her ears are too.)
If you are looking for a four legged friend and still not sure you want to brave the
shelters you should know that there are rescues out there
for almost every breed you could possibly want.
A good rescue will have dogs that have been in foster homes
and have been tested in different situations so you know exactly what kind of
companion you are getting.
A good place to start
to look for an animal in your area is PetFinder.com.
By the way, I inherited my love of animals from my parents who run
their
own dog rescue in Indiana.
They specialize in Pomeranians, but will not turn away any creature in need.
I am just waiting for the day a hurt skunk wanders into their yard,
The dogs will love sharing their kennels with him! (Of course,
there are even rescues for them.)
Right now though, I am being paged again from the sofa.
You can read more about Zoe and see more pictures at
her site, ZoesDiary.com.