I'm going to be okay!!!

Momperson been a little worried about me. The vetman kept coming up with all these terrible things that might be wrong with me. First it was congestive heart failure, then she thought I had something called brucellosis or Lepro. Finally momperson got the majic call with all the results!~ I don't got none of that stuff! Just lots of bills for my House of Puddles momperson. I do have a thyroid problem though. They said it was low. I thought that just mean basset. The vet say it was my thyroid that caused a lot of my problems. Cause it low, I not healing or fighting infections as fast. I also still have the epididimytis. I have to take medicine for that and pain medicines for the pain. I won't have to worry about that no more after February 7th. Momperson say the going to FIX it! I not sure what she means, but I might not want to know!

Momperson been real busy here on the farm the past couple of days. She getting ready cause she say them goats going to have babies any day now I got to go down with Stephanie today to see them, Dinny go too. Dinny and me sniff all around the field. Then Dinny find a big bone that Huzzy had. It was real big! He got it and toted it all the way back home. When we get home I tried to get Dinny to share with me, but he get mad. He tried to EAT me! He never done that before. I think he going crazy! He can have his old bone, it was dirty anyway and momperson said couldn't neither one of us have it. I stick my tongue out at Dinny when she not looking.

It's been a whirl wind week!

things are changing fast around here. I gots brother now! His name is Dinwiddie, but mom person calls him Dinny. He's a long haired basset. Momperson found him advertised for FREE on Craigslist. She couldn't let no bad persons get him so she went and brought him home. His old momperson died and he was lonely. He's a senior like me, but he don't got the worms in his heart. He plays with my little sister Penny. That keeps her out of my hair!

My momperson and I have been working on getting me some Get Well cards. We set up a blog site for all about my heartworms and are trying to get 10,000 get well cards for me! I have 30 Get Well card so far and $149.00 for my rescue the House of Puddles! Maybe I will reach my goal of 10,000 cards with dollars for seniors. I sure hope I can! I have been planning to go to the BROOD wabble in May so I can give the money to my other mom!

I'm going to the vetsiptal in a couple of hours. They are going to do an ultrasound on me to see why my heart and spleen is enlarged today. There are lots of doggies saying prayers and slinging drool for me to get a good report. Momperson says I just have to, she's so worried though that it's given her a bad tension headache that just won't go away!

Momperson promised we would write another update in my diary as soon as we get back home and let everyone know how it turned out!

More later today!

Hateful old Heartworms!

I sure hope you doggies are on medicines to keep you from getting them old nasty heartworms. Before I come to my new family, I lived with a family in Kentucky. They didn't take good care of me, so now I got the heartworms. They also kicked me when I barks. My new mom found out today from my stomach picture that I gots a broken rib that's trying to heal. Momperson say da old mean people what had me before do it when da kicked me. She mad and wants to kicks dem!

Dem old heartworms is making me sick. Da making my hearts swell up and da blood tubes is swelling too. I gots fluid on my lungs. Mom person been giving me medicines to get rid of it, and da vetsperson say it helping, but da fluid dat still in dare is getting congested. I not sure what dat means, but da vet say dats why it look like I breathing in my bellys instead of my chests.

I gots to stay real quiet now, cause da old worms are dying and da trying to get out of my heart. Some times day wants to come out all at da same times. It's making me have a bad heart murmur. All dis making me real sleeping and I sleeps a lot. Some days I have good days and den momperson say I gets to frisky cause I feels better and den it makes me sick again. So I can't be friskies yet I gots to act like an old dog.

Momperson going to makes me a scrapbook with doggie pictures just for mes! She say it's for her very first little man foster. I not no little man though, I weighs 65 pounds, dat not little. She gonna try to gets me lots of Get well cards too. She say she wants to collect 1000 cards for me. She going to raise monies to buy me a heat bed too. I like to lay on the floor in front of da heater, so she wants me to have a bed with heat in it.

Trip to the Vetspital

I tired today. I had to go to the vetspital this morning for a follow up. The vet lady had to listen to my heart and lungs with her ear thingy. She told momperson that I had some fluid in my lower lungs. They also showed momperson my x-ray from last week and they say my heart is a little large cause it swelled up with worms. I have a heart murmur too, but the vet lady said that probably cause of the worms too. I don't know the worms, but they not nice when they do this kind of stuff to a hound.

Momperson real worried about me. The vet lady put me on medicines that make me go pee a lot. She call it Lasix. Now all I do is pee and pee and sleep and sleep. If I not peeing, I sleeping and if I not sleeping, I peeing. I have to go back to the vetspital again on Wednesday cause they want to take another picture of my chest bones. They want to see if any of the fluid is leaving me. I peeing out something, so I sure hope so!

The vet lady really scare momperson when her tell her that I might got problems with my kidneys. I got meat in them. What?! Oh, momperson say I got protein in them, but I thought her tell me protein was like meat and peanut butter. I know I don't got peanut butter in my kidneys, cause that's in my stomach! The vet lady want to do a tests that will tell the momperson if I have kidney failure or not. I tell her I don't got kidney failure, my kidneys work fine, cause I pee a lot. The vet lady said momperson could wait until after my worms gone to do the tests cause I got a lot to worry about already. Momperson going to worry any way, it don't matter. Her thinks her something being almost 40 yrs old and don't have no gray hair. I bet I can give her one! Want to bet?

Help needed for my old mom at House of Puddles!

My mom from the House of Puddles needs some help. I went to the vetspital today for another one of those nasty old heart worm treatments. They are going to give me two shots this time, plus I have to have more blood work and another chest x-ray done. This costs lots of monies! I don't have no monies to pay for it cause I'm sick and don't have no jobs. I am selling my sisters coat on Hounds Bay auctions. You can find the auction here Hounds Bay Auctions. My sister was a BABE Basset before she died on Christmas Eve. That's when she led my new mom to me and my old mom let me go live on the wonderful farm with the goats and chickens! I love my new home, but I love my old mom too. I would really like to have someone buy my sisters coat for lots of monies so my old mom won't have to worry how her is going to feed the other houndies this month! Well, I might exzaja... xza.... I be fibbing some, but every penny helps us houndies!

Been a couple days since I updated!

Mom has been busy. Not really, her just playing with paint shop pro making pictures of me. She spending so much time doing that her too tired to write for me. I would do it, but she say I drool in the keyboard and then they don't work so good no more.

I've been a real good boy for mom (she say so!) I am learning to sit for her real good. I have to sit, her won't feed me till I do! If I had my way I wouldn't sit, but then I starve!

I got a new sister today. That's what mom called her. She another basset hound. I don't know what her name is. First mom call her Penelope Pit Stop, then her call her Penny Pooper! She didn't have no name when mom got her. She's little, only 3 months old. I try real hard to be nice to her, if her stay away from my tail. I tried to tell her it's not a chew toy. Mom gave her something to chew on so she leave my tail alone. I'm starting to wag my tail alot now, mom said that's whay Penny likes to play with it. It never stop moving no more.

Mom say tomorrow I have to go to the vetspital and spends the night. I have to have two shots for the nasty worms I got in my heart. I hope they go away soon. Mom says I won't be able to do no more long walks with Stephanie for a while, cause I gotta rest when I come home. She said she would get me a special treat when I come home.

I'm going to bed now. Stephanie made me a frozen yummy for my bedtime snack. She take a chewy raw hid that she took apart and she fills it with liver stuffs and cheeses and freezes it for me. It's really good. She made one for my sister too. Mom said it's good for her teethies.

I worked hard today!

Today I helped my mom clean the house. You can see my picture, mom put a bandana on my head and dad socks on my feet to dust the floor with. We worked a long time dusting and then mom let me take a nap in my crate while she mopped the floors.

After we cleaned Stephanie, mom and meeee went down to see my girl furend Huzzie and her goat buddies. Huzzie is not a basset hound, but she is fluffy and purty. She has to a lot of fluff to keep me warm when it's cold outside. She also likes to give me kisses! Mom got a picture of her giving me a kiss today.

I forgot to tell you. Stephanie cooked pancakes for breakfast this morning and she made a little one just for meeee! She won't let me have any syrup on it, but I thought it was nice she made me one any way!

I saw the neighbor dogs today and mom and Stephanie said I was a good boy, because I didn't growl or bark or anything. I just sniff them. I was a real good boy! Mom let me have a jerky treat when we got back in the house.

Mom asked my other mom at the House of Puddles if I could go to school. They have a school at the Pets Mart (that grocery store for us houndies) and they suppose to teach me some stuff. Mom says it will make me a better boy and more people will love me. My HOP mom said I could go! It cost $109.00 and I will start either on the 14th or the 26th of this month. I have to go to the vetspital first and have another one of those shots for the worms I got in my heart. Mom say I have an appointment this coming Thursday and I have to spend the night there. She will pick me up the next day she promised! She going to ask the doctor then what day be the best for me to start school! I going to show every body I smart! I going to learn a whole lot!

Mom say it be nice if somebody could send a little monies to the House of Puddles and tell my HOP mom it for me and my school. If I gets enough monie, maybe I go to college too!

Another day has pasted!

I have gotten through another day on the farm. It's sure not a lot of fun here yet. Dey won't let me chase anything. I tried to get me another chicken today, but momperson had the lease thingy on me this time and I almost ripped my head off when I took off after it! Den we had to go see the grandma person again. Her's in a chair whats got wheels on it and her can't get up by herself. Momperson says I'm a good boy cause I know not to get under her feet when her helps grandma get up out the bed.

I got mad at momperson today. Her said her going to some place call Pets Mart. It like a food store for doggies. Her made me stay home with the two legged brothers and sister. Dadperson he left earlier. He had to go get old dry grass stuff for the funny looking dogs in the big fence. Some of the "dogs" got ears like me, but dey also got big spikes coming out of dey head. Momperson say dey "goats". Her got a great big goat in dare what ain't got no spikes. It red like me, but it got white too. Momperson say dat not a goat, dat a cow!

I forgot I telling yus aboat da Pets Mart. Well, momperson, her go in da car and leaves me! I want to go too, but da momperson say her don't know if her can trusts me around da udder doggies at da Pets Mart yet. Her says I might need some training first and hers going to see da man what train da big yellow dog down the road will donate a couple of hours to help train me some. I don't know what donate means, but momperson say dat mean do for free.
I pout a lot while da momperson gone. When da bigger brother pet me, I still mad. I growl and snap at him. He not move fast enough and I put a sracth on he head with my tooths. When da momperson come home I in my crate hiding. I scared her be mad at me and I not know what her do. Momperson told me her dis sa point ed in me and say I hurt her feelings. Her say I have to be a good boy and den one day I can go to day Pets Mart too. Her tells da older brother to be more careful with me, cause I neber been around children before and I not use to all da ka mow shun dat kids do.

I glad momperson not too mad at me cause I got a girl furend. Dat one good fing aboat da farm. It got Huzzie! Hers is so purty and fluffy, and hers got long legs. I fink hers like me too, cause hers give me a kiss tonight when I go see hers. Stephanie say I act like a silly boy when I around her. Momperson say I can look but no touch! No way no how! Momperson crazy, her say if I touch Huzzie we haves ugly babies! I don't fink so! I fink eberybody want one of me and Huzzies babies. Momperson say I no get dat chance!

Momperson did bring me home some good dog foods! Her gots me some fing what gots a blue buffalo on it. And her gots some dry kibble dat made all natural with turkeys and veg it a bles in it. I like dat stuff! I try to be a good boy tomorrow, cause I gots to stay with me Huzzie girl furend!

My 1st day with my foster family

Today was the first full day with my new foster family. I have to say it's been an adventure! I woke up at 4 am when the foster dadperson left for work. I started barking and woke up the sister person. She got up and took me outside on my lease. It was cold outside (12 degrees) but I decided it was a good time to go visiting, so we walked down to the goat pen and visited with Huzzie. I don't think Huzzie like being woke up that early in the morning. I thought country people rose with the chickens. (what momperson? )Oh, the chickens weren't up either. I had to go back inside and take a nap until everyone else woke up.

The grandma person woke everybody up for me! She called because she needed help getting out of bed. Momperson opened the door to go across the yard to grandma's and I made my escape! Guess who else was awake and outside? Your right, the chickens! I wanted to play with them so I took off after one. I didn't get no meat though, only a mouth full of feathers. But, you know what that stupid chicken did anyway? She went and died! Yep, momperson said she must have had a heart attack! And you know what else? They wouldn't let me eat it. Nope, not one little bite, not even a nugget, nothing, nada, zip. They said I didn't ask for chicken, just took it and that was rude, so they wouldn't let me have none.

After the chicken issue, we didn't do too much. I was pouting about the chicken and mad at momperson. I even growled at her once, but she put me in my crate and said I was in time out. I didn't care I wanted to take a nap any way. She says I'm just trying to see how far I can push my limits, but she's going to show me who's the boss. I tried to tell her I can't sees the boss, cause I don't got a mirror! Hahahahaha!