[Dailydrool] Elwood's big day & Marlene

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I am still giggling after reading Debbie's post about Elwood rearranging
the house.  I swear that Elwood and Colt must be twins.  This last week
& weekend Colt was doing similar remodeling projects as Elwood. Colt
tweaked his back a few weeks ago, so I moved the guest dog bed into the
living room for him to be able to hang out with us and be comfy, since
he was not allowed to jump on the couch.    Last Thursday he decided
that he wanted up on the love seat...I told him "NO...go lay on your
bed" He gave me the middle finger with his eyes, jumped up on the love
seat and turned his back to me and laid down with a big "hhmmmppph".  On
Friday he was doing what we call the psychedelic  rhino dance, I don't
know why we call it that but it is just what comes to mind when he does
it.  He lowers and raises his head like a rhino that is irritated and
getting ready to charge.  But his charges are in circles, hence the
dance. It is hilarious when he does it.   Saturday he decided that he
didn't like the guest bed in the corner of the room and crawled under
it, stood up and began to move it to the middle of the living room.  I
was laughing so hard, because he looked like a very deformed, very large
turtle.  On Sunday, he crawled under the sheet on the California king
basset bed (the very large dog bed in the boyz room) and played "ghost
basset" trying to haunt his brother.  Either that or he was trying to
tell me that his sheet was dirty & needed to be changed.  Late yesterday
afternoon it was cool outside...perfect basset weather so Colt & Ruger
engaged in a bout of basset tag.  Chasing each other and the chaser
would nip the chasee's butt and the chasee whould then become the
chaser.  They were whipping around the yard like little furry speed
demons.  Oh...Don't worry about Colts back it was a very minor tweak and
he was kept to a dull roar for almost 3 weeks before he started all of
this and as you can see he is feeling much better.   I think that he
must have tweaked his back by jumping up on the couch because he hasn't
attempted to jump on the couch, except for a very few times...rather
opting for the dog bed on the floor instead.

Marlene, you are my hero!  I love the fact that you are so tactful and
politically correct.  LMAO...NOT!  I admire you for telling it like it
is and not sugar coating it.  You are the "NO FEAR" motto.  Here is a
thought for Maggie Wags.  If you have a freezer and if you know some
hunters you could offer to buy their deer tag if they would give you the
meat this next hunting season.  Or buy a tag/s under your name and let
them proxy hunt for you.   I know in Indiana there are at least 3 or 4
different deer seasons. (Bow, black powder, rifle, and sometimes a doe
season).  I know this won't help you right now but I would start trying
to line this up now because hunting season will be here again before we
know it.   Also you could contact your local Highway patrol and other
local police to be on call to pick up a road kill deer.  I know in
Indiana that road kills are almost a nightly event somewhere within the
county...bare minimum, it is a monthly accurance.  

Heart Healing drool to all whose beloved hounds have made the journey to
the bridge.  May they live forever in the magic of your memories.  
Healing drool to all those hounds and humans who are sick or injured.

Michele Momma to the Bad A** Basset Brothers
Colt "time to psychedelic rhino dance"
Ruger "my brother is a freak!"