Life of Barclay

Barclay is the lovable dog, he loves to cuddle, if the humans sit down he is right on top of them, Ok he is 70 pounds, but he thinks he is more like 7 pounds he walks around the edge of the chair and couch like a cat, it don't matter if you are a guest or family he makes himself right at home on your lap.
He still watches Shadow pretty close he likes to go after her sometimes for taking the wrong bone.
Barclay loves to go for walks, the other night when our Human Mom took the dogs for a walk Barclay stuck his nose under a fence and bam a dog pounced him and bit him on the nose, well it was bleeding so we had to get back home for first aid.. He is leary of that fence now when he walks..(they say Dogs don't remember but I think they do)
Barclay loves to eat (I mean anything) he is 70 pounds.. Barclay was a little worried when all the dogs went to the vet for shots he thought he was goiong to get put on a diet, but the weight issue went unnoticed. :)
Barclay loves bananas, hot dogs, cheese, any kind of meat, he will even eat salads..
We are so glad Barclay is part of the pack, he keeps everyone laughing..

Pugsley's gone to Heaven

We are sad to say Pugsley had to be put to sleep he had a stroke and lost the use of his legs, he lived a good life he was 15 years old, his Mom had him for 9 years and we have had him going on 6 years. He had never been around dogs before he came to live with the pack, but he soon learned how to play with all of us, and how to fight back.
He drove the humans crazy sometimes with the loud snoring, but he was a good dog and never caused trouble, other than the times that he passed gas and cleared the room.
Barclay one time shook him like a rag doll because he had a bone he wanted, Pugsley had a hard time getting over that.
Sweet Pea misses him the most he used to be her challenge in the mornings while Mom got ready for work, she would pull him around in his little bed and burrow her nose underneath him to make him tip out of the bed.
Pugsley loved pigs ears they were his favorite treat..
He is now in heaven with his Mom and Grams, and of course Brookie (me)..
Paws to you puckie we miss you!!

HIghlight's of Sweet Pea

Well, it has been a while since we signed in a lot of things have happened in the last month, our human Dad had a heart attack, and was in the hopistal for a few days then two weeks at home on recovery, then our human Grandma was starting to get worse physically, and our human Mom spend a lot of time in Salt Lake helping to care for her, and I am sad to announce the our Human Grandma is now with Brookie in heaven. I know Brookie was glad to see her again.
We the pack have just been trying to be patient because we have not had our nightly walks and play time like we like so hopefully we will get back to our routine.
This week Sweet Pea is going to be the one hightlighted with her cute personality and some pictures.
Sweet Pea is just like her name very gentle and shy, when we do go for walks she runs through the house and hides because she is affraid to get her harness on so we can go for a walk. She is the last to eat Mom has to almost hand feed her at times, but she does like her bones and all of us in the pack knows that if Pea Pea want the bone she is sure going to get it even if she has to stand guard until one of us makes a move then she goes in for the kill and gets the bones away from us. Not ebven Barclay dares to get it back from her. Sweat Pea deffinately is the quenn of the rawhide..
Sweat Pea sleeps at the foot of the bed and don't want any one touching her at night, she loves belly rubs and likes to play toss the rawhide. Sweat Pea howl's at anyone on the street that should not be there, and she constantly bugs Pugsley, if he is laying in a bed she will tip the bed over or howl in his ear until he ca;t take it no more and moves.
Sweat Pea is beatiful and our human Mom and Dad just love her..

December 2008

Well, it has been a while so here is the packs update.. we really enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner, we had a house full of human's and the best smelling food in the world.. Our stomach's were growling from 8:00 AM, could not wait to sample the vitals..
For a few days after eating turkey no one could stand to be around any of us, the human's did not know who to blame ha ha..
Human Eric and Ashley were married Friday December 5, 2008 and we got to babysit the little human all night, (Sweet Pea expecially enjoyed it) Sweet Pea thinks she is the Mom when the little human is here.
It seems the neighborhood has all lit up their houses with lights when we walk the streets are all lit up.. We overheard it is Christmas time again.
So we are here to help advertise for the Utah Friends of Basset Hounds (In memory of me Brookie) please help donate if you have a little extra, there are 41 Basset Hounds in foster care and in kennels this month, and they desperateley need food and money for vet bills.
Here is the address 1338 S. Foothill Drive #1721, Salt Lake City Utah 84108, or you can go to their web site for more info and some cute pictures..
Well our bones are calling our names better go for now..
Paws...

Halloween Week End

It has been a busy week, Eric and Ashley (part of the human family) had their baby, a little boy named Brayden,we have just got a glimps of him, but they are all saying how cute he is. One day when they are not looking we will get a better peek at him, Barclay was able to abduct a baby bottle and chew the nipple off and drink the formula.
Yesterday was Halloween and we had a lot of visitors, all wearing costumes and they got treats for that... we were able to confiscate a few treats while no one was watching. Our humans left the door open and put up the baby gate so we could watch all the visitors come and go.
Today was a lazy day, everyone just hung out and watched a little TV.

October 21, 2008

Today was a typical day on the home front, our human's had to work today, and so it was another early morning, alarm clocks start going off at 3:45 am (who ever heard of dogs getting up this early) we pretend to be excited to see them off to work, and once the garage door shuts it is hit the sack for another few hours of blissful sleep.
Tonight we had some visitor's Rachel and Gracie, and Jackson, the kids kept puting post it notes on our backs, they thought it was pretty funny ha ha (not)...
We went for a walk this evening, it was getting a little cooler, but we have our fur coats ready for winter. We love walk time, it is when we have our human's undivided attention.
It is our time to chew on bones, so better sign off for now.
Paws..

Thursday October 16, 2008

Today we all got our weekly baths, Barkley was first because he has to soak for 10 minutes due to his allergies. Shadow jumped in next she is always anxious to have her turn. Sweet Pea was next, she is always scared of everything, while Sweet Pea was getting bathed our Human Dad vaccumed Pugsley (didn't want to clog the drain), by our Human Mom's back is killing her bending over the tub. Pugsley finally got his bath all of us were waiting patiently so we could all run and play together.
We talked our Human's into taking us for a walk, we met a few neighbor dogs along the way, it was a nice evening.
We are excited our Human Dad gets to stay home with us tomorrow.
Paws...