People Pups

Nineteen months ago the girls got a little surprise when their new baby brother came home from the hospital to stay. Now Miss Lilly already knew that something was up months before because she had to give up “her” room for the baby.(by her room I mean our guest room that she claimed for herself!) We had to move the guest room (Lilly’s Room) across the hall to the smaller bedroom and she was not impressed. Luckily Miss Molly remained unconcerned since she hardly ever goes upstairs until we left one night and didn’t come home. She knew something was up when Grandpa came to collect them and they had to stay for a week and although dad visited mom was stuck in the hospital.

People Pup

Nope mom, not crying yet…all is good!

At any rate we all made it home and the girls were a little unsure about the new People Pup invading their house. He made funny noises, took up a lot of our time and he sometimes smelled funny. They soon adapted and took over as People Pup helpers. They let us know when he was crying, by giving us the “can’t you shut that thing up” looks, and alerted us to his dirty diapers by constantly sniffing his bum and looking at us like “People Pup stinks please change him immediately or teach him to go outside.” They also like to check on him while he is in his room just to make sure we haven’t got rid of him!

People Pup

Yep still here…

People Pup

He still smells OK mom…

The girls have done very well adjusting to their People Pup and he to them. He loves to follow them around, help feed and brush them and of course share his unwanted food with them!!

 

Basset Sleeping 101

So this weekend started out as another rainy, stormy one so the girls spent most of their time inside catching up on their sleep. Apparently they need at least 10 hours a night plus several daytime naps in order to stay happy & perky. Now Miss Molly is a straight floor sleeper, doesn’t like furniture or beds to lay on and prefers a nice draft to keep her cool, Miss Lilly is all about comfort and warmth, occasionally they will end up sleeping in sync.

Basset sleeping

Now this is a rare occurrence I’ve only captured on film a few times. I try not to disturb them when they are this in tune for fear of messing it up! Miss Lilly is my favorite sleeping subject though because she has so many different styles and positions but always manages to sleep through them all!!

Basset Sleeping

The ever popular half on- half off the bed..

Basset Sleeping

Next is the contortionist position, good for the back..

Basset Sleeping

Then we have the “Lilly ball” learned from our twitter friend Gracie  Beagle…

Basset Sleeping

Last we have the cocoon for maximum warmth and less disturbances..

So these are just a few of my favorite Basset hound sleeping positions. Do your pets have any strange sleeping habits or positions they like?

 

Selfie Practice

So this weekend we went from 70 degrees and sunny, to rain and 50 degrees and then to sleet,snow, hail and 32 degrees, not a good weekend for outdoor fun! So I decided the girls should get a little practice on taking selfies, and being that they don’t have thumbs I had to help them out a little bit…

 

Selfie practice

How’s this mom..it doesn’t make my nose look big does it?

selfie practice

OK, this is my selfie, can I go back to sleep now?

Miss Lilly got adventurous and took one in the car on the way to pick up dinner…

Selfie Practice

Dad you need better aim, I think you cut off part of my nose!!

So that was our exciting weekend, hope you had a good one!!