The Storm Has Arrived Early !!

This is Ava's first snow storm and as you can see she is pretty excited about it. The storm was supposed to start after midnight tonight. Most of the heavy snow was to be north of us by 10 miles, I-64. We were to get sleet with an ice storm. So when I turned on the patio light at 6:30am to let the hounds out I was a little surprised that my patio deck was all white.

We Survived New Year's Eve

We did not make any resolutions for 2025 because I found out over the years I never kept them. But Fred out at Out West Bassets looks like he did. Some of you might remember that Fred is Henry's dad. If you go to that link and scroll toward the bottom of the page you might recognize a photo of Henry as a puppy. I sent Michelle a photo of Henry soon after getting him in August 2020, of him sitting in the doorway to the patio in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Happy New Year's Rambling

That number really looks strange in a way ... but Happy New Year to all those that visit my blog.

Rain Makes Me Ramble

This was happening around 8:25am local this morning. I saw on another weather site that before the rain that started last night, we had 51.3" for the year. That 1.6" in upper right corner was a lot more than tv weather told me I would get. I wondered last night if I might prefer it to be colder with snow for easier clean up of hounds and dogs paws. I will talk about my new system of saving my sanity and keeping my floors clean. Otherwise, this weather gave me the urge early this morning to put this post together and ramble a little bit.

Ava And Her Squirrels

It is not only Ava that is that is tormented by the squirrels. If you notice Watson has his left paw up on the fence ready to strike at a moments notice. With Cletus baying in the background while standing on the patio, the squirrel chase was on.

Normal Daily Routine

This time of year not much going on. 

Watson Violently Sick Yesterday

First of all, two things, that photo was take at 6pm last night and Ava woke up this same morning on Thursday with just a slight limb. By Thursday afternoon I could not keep her from being her normal active self.

Ava Limping This Morning

Our daily routine started early, very early this morning at 4:00am. Same routine including feeding them breakfast because Cletus was howling for food. The change was, as I let the hounds and Ava back inside from the dark cold backyard she was limping. It was her left front leg, the same one she cut in July. No signs of a cut. She let me examine her paw and there was nothing stuck in the pad of the foot.

Ava Outruns Them All

Before I get into the mornings play session outside in 21° weather, I want to backup the past few days to show you how we have been beating the coldest temperature so far this winter. Although it was 2024 last January and February, like now, I still call anything from November to February as "this winter". Ava continues to grow, has developed her own routines but she loves to be outside most of her time.

Cold & A Little Snow

It started snowing lightly Saturday afternoon. I was set up for Saturday Football as were the hounds. They had spent most of Saturday morning outside running all over the yard. It was the first time Ava had seen snow. Cletus is still doing great but he has shown me that he lived on the streets for a few weeks as a stray and probably had to raid garbage cans to find food to eat. He is on Wholesome Sportmix like the others and is gaining weight. His ribs are slowly disappearing as well as that scar on his neck.