This morning I woke up shortly before 6am because I thought I heard my basset hound – Maxine – whimpering. Trouble is, Max died two years ago on February 27. I must have been dreaming, because Nell (our 10-year old Sussex Spaniel) and Sophie (our two year old basset) were both sound asleep. It was very real at the moment when I thought I heard Max, and when I remembered that she is gone, it broughtread more…
As I’m going through things and working on packing for our big move, I ran across a photo of our beloved Maxine (Basset Hound) who died in 2008. I titled this photo “Fatlips” because Max had a terrible reaction to the lepto portion of her vaccinations and had to be rushed to an all night animal emergency room. This photo is AFTER she was at the ER (this was probably 6 years ago or more) andread more…
Today marks the one year anniversary of our much too early loss of our basset hound, Maxine Precious. Not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought about Max and missed the dog we lovingly referred to as the “empress of the universe”. I’m sure there will be many more basset hounds in my life (we already have Sophie), but there will never be another Max. I miss that dog. I miss our “chats” andread more…
My readers know that two weeks ago we had to say goodbye to our very good dog and faithful friend, Maxine the Basset Hound. We will miss her – always. Yesterday, we welcomed a new basset pup. Her name is Sophie and she is 7 weeks old. She of course has a lot to learn, but she is very funny and cute. She was already being a bit spoiled where we bought her from and was useread more…
My regular readers know the sadness our family has felt recently as we said goodbye to our basset hound, Maxine. I also know that people have varying opinions on the following, but for our family, we are opening the doors to a new basset hound puppy. She is only 5 weeks old, so she has not moved in yet and currently lives about one hour west of our home. When my husband saw her picture, heread more…
