a very pregnant bella

my poor little bella has ballooned quite a bit - poor lil baby is NOT enjoying being pregnant - actually she hates being pregnant - shes gumpy, shes very very FAT, she waddles around and huffing quite a bit.

her boobs are massive and dangle here and there - i bet she can't wait to pop those lil bubs out- on the other hand, mum and dad are over the moon - shes our lil precious baby and we just want to know how many puppies are in there? we've been told from 2 puppies to possibly 10 or 12?!!
we dont really mind, we just want them all to be safe!

guesses anyone?
write your guesses in the comments box

sleepy bassets

our bassets like to sleep ... A LOT!!!
and they like to be as comfortable as possible
and they take naps in all sorts of dodgy places
as you can see from above....

more basset pics

bassets in the park - trying to get on the bench....its a bit of a struggle

beautiful picture of Boo - couldn't resist putting it on the blog - thats the face mum and dad fall for everyday

Bella and Boo falling asleep on top of "their box"
for some weird reason our dogs like to sleep in the smelliest, dingiest, grottiest place in the garden. its amazing how they "fit" on top of that box, and its even more amazing that they manage to fall asleep.

it was too cute... we couldn't resist...

more photos to come soon

Beat-Boxing Basset Hound

this is super corny but i had to add it to the blog

A Basset is an Asset

when i saw this i had to add it onto the blog. LOVE IT!!

Basset Walk at Tomato Lake

the basset walk in january 2008 was cancelled due to lack of attendance and a possibility of 35-36 degree heat. basses dont do so good in hot weather, they would rather be inside the house in air conditioned comfort. :)

so to make up for the hot weather, another walk as arranged for 3rd of Feb at Tomato Lake in Rivervale / Belmont. Here are some of the pictures from that day...

An adorable Jenny 2 chilling and relaxing (Boo's sister - can you tell?)

This is George or otherwise known as "Sirius Black". Dont you just love the black blanket coat?

This is Boo's brother, i just love his face and look, he looks way older / droopier then Boo.

Some very relaxed bassets

hows the view up there?

honey bee and inspector moss.

more of "Sirius Black"

2 beautiful red and white girls

Tomato Lake

Next Basset walk on the 1st Sunday of May 2008 at Tomato Lake again, starts 10am / 10:30am to 12:00pm.

This is not confirmed, but watch this space for more information closer to the date.

Mommy and Daddy come home...

bella checking out the scenary on the way home

So we finally came home from our amazing holiday in bali/malang/jakarta and we were soooo excited to come back and pick up our monsters ...sorry... beautiful babies from the dog kennels.

It was great to see them again and i think they did miss us, because we got lots of cuddles and sloppy kisses.

But when we finally got them home, i think they had a bit of a shock, the were walking around the backyard, looking for other bassets to play with. They did not look too happy being home again, i think the dog kennel with 8 bassets and god knows how many cats seem a lot more attractive to them.

a doggy Christmas

just before Christmas i bought a book called pup cakes.. it has lots of delightful recipes on how to make doggy treats... like these little garlic cookies. the recipes are really simple and most of the imgredient are stuff thats sitting around in your pantry.

and for me .. this is the easiest ... idiot proof baking that i can master, because the "people" eating it dont complain about texture, wrong consistency, how come it taste funny, the dough did not rise etc etc... they just gobble up the goodies and beg for more!
i love baking for my doggies :0)