Jake Gets Elk

Santa Paws brought Jake more than one thing.  Santa Paws brought Jake elk treats.

Sniff Sniff...

What's this?

Is it for Me?

Silly question.

Yes.  Just put the nice juicy Elk in my mouth.

Yes.  Yes.  Yum.

Chomp Chomp Chomp

Why Yes

I do believe I will have another piece.

Look What Santa Brought Me!!

I was a very good basset boy this year! Santa Paws brought me goodies!!!!

For Me?  Really?  I'll just take this.

Hmmm To Hide or To Eat?

Decisions, Decisions.

Where to Hide, Where to Hide

All my hidey-holes are full

You know what?

I'll just eat it. :)

A Present? For Me??

Yesterday Jake got his first Christmas present.  As you can see, he was very happy!

Nom Nom Nom

All I Want for Christmas!

Jake's working on his Christmas List!  He's all excited about Santa Paws coming.  He hopes he's been a good little basset!  (I think he's been *wink*)

Jake's Christmas List

1.  A heated bed
2.  Cookies
3.  Mommy to stop trying to put pills in everything.
4.  Jerky
5.  Chewies
6.  More walks
7.  More car rides.
8.  More belly rubs.
9.  Mommy to shop chasing me around with eye medicine.

Here I am from last Christmas!

Mommy took the candy cane away.

It makes my gums bleed.

Mommy's mean like that.

Snoods!

Basset hounds are low to the ground with very long ears that can drag along the ground, getting all icky and ooky. In the winter, when there is snow on the ground, it is really important to keep basset ears out of the snow as the ears can become frostbitten. Now that Jake is bald and with shaved ears, it is even more important to keep his ears warm.

Over the summer I bought him a tie-dyed cotton snood. Unfortunately, the temperatures in St. Louis nosedived this week and the tie-dyed snood wasn't warm enough for de-furred ears.

I had my snack.  Now it is time for a walk!

I decided to get Jake a fleece snood.  I contacted the same person who made his tie-dyed snood, Howlin'  Hounds, and ordered a fleece snood.  

However, Jake doesn't like it.  It's too hot I think for him and uhm, his mommy ordered the wrong size..so it's a little big.

Lucky for Jake, he has a friend the crochets and made him a crocheted snood!

How many of these things do I have to hide before mommy gives up?

You can see about getting one from Joy!

He seems to like this one a little bit better.  It's got air holes, so it doesn't get as hot.  Jake's mommy isn't so bright and mis-measured Jake's head.  Luckily, I can tighten it by just retying the elastic!

Dreaming of Socks

They smell like Mommy.

Jake goes to the St. Louis Pet Expo

Happy Saturday Everyone!  I've had a busy day as Mommy and I went to the St. Louis Pet Expo in St. Charles.

The Pet Expo was incredibly crowded (Mommy also brought her goddaughter so between me and her...the pictures are blurry.  She says sorry).  There were lots of cool booths.  I got a new ID tag for my tie-dyed collar.  Mommy found a place that will make a necklace charm from my nose print.  She's all excited that.

There were lots of rescue groups! Remember, don't buy a doggie...adopt!  There are lots and lots of doggies looking for new homes!  There are mutts, purebreds, boys, girls, young and old!  Rescue!

I need this for my ride!

This ribbon is actually a collar!

There were lots of cool T-Shirts...

But I wouldn't let Mommy look as I had

Stuff to Sniff.

Shirt is from Rally to Rescue

Here I am looking for the next thing to sniff!

Alpaca

Ferret Art

Apparently made by putting ferrets in paint,

and letting them run over canvas.

FURRY Ferret Rescue

(NO! MOMMY!!! NO!!! NO BASSET ART!!!!)

Bunny..New Zealand.  Huge.

I really liked this bunny.  I licked its butt!

From Missouri House Rabbit Society

Turtle

Wait for me Princess!

I'm Prince Charming!

I'm tired.  Let's go.

This is Lucy, a puppy we met on the way out.

I didn't like her. I barked.

(I have this image of Jake in a rocking chair on a porch..yelling

"Get off my lawn" -T)

Time to Go!

Woofs and Wags!

Jake