Category Pets

Basset Sleeping 101

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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?

 

Weekend Help

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The weather was gorgeous over the weekend and we decided to take advantage of it by getting a jump on our outdoor spring cleaning. You know fun things like mowing, weed eating, raking ,picking up the hundreds of little sticks that were laying all over and of course getting out the porch furniture. The girls were obviously very helpfully with all of this , especially picking up the sticks and putting them back down and throwing them and stealing them from our pile and of course chewing them.

Weekend help

I’ll take care of this one for you mom….

Weekend help

Just a few more minutes with this one …

Miss Molly was able to find some shade to take a quick breather before helping with the raking, by helping I mean rolling in the fresh cut grass and getting it all through her fur. This of course led to a good brushing after the raking, let’s just say it took awhile to get her grass free!

Weekend help

The girls remained diligent in their efforts even after the brushing and quick lunch break . They were able to do some digging in their favorite spots and romp around for awhile. Miss Lilly even decided to help set up the fire pit area by holding down the wood pile just in case.

Weekend help

I’ll just make sure this stays put…

So after a long couple days of helping around the house the girls were just plain pooped out!

I can’t move …. Me neither
Zzzzzzzzz….

We did have to eventually wake them up to eat dinner but it wasn’t long before they were sawing logs again! Does anybody else else get this kind of free weekend help around their house? We love our helpers and always make sure to keep plenty of fresh water out for them to drink, shady spots for resting and of course some healthy treats for extra motivation !!