OMG, has Fenway…gotten even cuter?

And that second shot needs to be transformed into a Maxfield Parrish-esque painting. What a tableau. (I see li’l Fenway has learned how to position himself for maximum effect. One day, he’ll – dare I say it? – rule the world!)

I love you Tbogg, but you’re wrong. This week, of all weeks, needed extra basset.

Fenway is such a sweetpea.

Yay! 50% more basset from now on!

So, will you and the lovely Mrs. TBogg admit defeat and just get another bed for yourselves? Cause it’s pretty clear from that picture that there is no room for one human in that bed, much less two. Unless they enjoy sleeping while curled into a fetal position, shoved up against the headboard, that is.

All I can say is Fenway has saved my sanity this week.I love the ‘big guys’ – just can’t
resist that ‘baby face’.

I knew it would not be long before Fenwway found the bed

I agree, there can’t be too many bassets this week. What sweet beasts.

A bigger bed is a small price to pay for such wonderful sleeping companions. Assuming they don’t snore.

Another one here who thinks we didn’t have ‘too much’ basset this week. The new little guy brought a lot of much-needed smiles this week. And that three-dog-night shot this evening is perfect — proof that everyone can get along fine. Thanks for sharing the joy just when we needed it.

Must…resist…the…cute…I’m being assimilated! By Fenway! (I never get to see my bassets as puppies, I always get adult rescues.)

There’s no such thing as “too much bassets.” That’s like saying “there’s too much love.”

Dogs.

Cool.

Tbogg (or Mrs Tbogg) do bassets shed? If so, your bed must be quite fluffy.

Well! — (belated, but most heartfelt) CONGRATULATIONS on the new addition! Went back & read the post about Fenway’s acquistion, but one question remains: Is his coat color listed as ‘lemon-and-white’ or is that just for beagles and foxhounds?

About the same time you guys were welcoming Fenway, my Spousal Unit fell victim to a Petfinders posting and drove 8 hours each way, overnight, to bring home an auxillary back-up papillon (returning the household total to three). At 18 months, the New Guy is still very much a puppy, or really (and worse) a teenager. Like Megan McArdle, he is twice as big as he should be, has 17 times as much energy as he really needs, and is approximately one-tenth as smart and one-one-hundredth as cute & beguiling as he believes himself to be. Unlike Ms. McArdle (I *hope*), he is not housebroken, which is why we’re his third home (fifth, if you include the shelter and the vile puppy mill where he was whelped). Theoretically New Guy was supposed to be a “playmate” for 7-year-old Zevon (adopted as a rescue 2 years ago), because 13-year-old Buta-Hime-Sama wasn’t much fun even before the cancer surgery and the heart murmur. So far, he’s succeeded only in making Zevon feel old & tired… and I suspect Beckham would totally sympathize, if Beckham were capable of sympathy whilst suffering from his own case of Puppy Envy.

Not so sure about Maxfield Parrish, Capt. I am thinking more of a bas-relief Greek temple frieze, in the style of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon. Perhaps dedicated to Heliomorpheus, the God of Snoozing in the Sunshine.

I agree with the many other observations: this has been a week where we needed all the bassets we could get. Like a pathetic junkie looking to score, I have been reduced to trolling Cute Overload and Loldogs seeking extra bassets this week. The Wikipedia entry isn’t bad, but needs more puppy pictures.

too much basset Mr TBogg ??

oh puhleeze – took every bit of restraint not to come over here on Tuesday and askbeg for some Fenway action

VonZeppelin – there are dozens of youtubes

Did the more experienced doggies teach him how to get up there, or did you? What great pix.

My daughter (the L&T Casey’s age) talked us into getting dog #2 five years ago. She (dog #2, not my daughter) really perked up old dog #1, after a several-month-long period of annoyance on dog #1’s part while dog #2 bounced around and chewed on dog #1’s ears with needle teeth … and got a few smackdowns in the process. Now my daughter — who’s away at college and conveniently wouldn’t have to deal with puddles and wee-hours-walkings — wants us to get a dog #3 so that dog #2 won’t be sad when dog #1 dies. And I’m thinking about it. I can’t imagine having only 1 dog in the house now.

Teh Three Graces!

never too much much basset blogging…

uh, you may have to consider getting a bigger bed.

“You’re gonna need a bigger boatbed.”

Jaws references and (soon to be) teething puppy; seems appropriate.

What was that, one week with the crate? That’s about how long it lasted around here too. Way to be, Fenway!

Awwww. Hound bum whorls, the best!

Absolutely! And for those pet-deprived people like me who can’t have companion cuties like Tbogg’s gang, 50 percent more basset content in this blog adds an extra dollop of Teh Absolutely Adorable.

Can we package one up and send them your way? After a long Friday in the salt mines, listening to Beckham and Fenway’s squabbles over a large, stuffed baseball with arms and legs is almost too much. However, to CCinNC, you have outlined the EXACT scenario that took place in Casa Tbogg. I am going to derive infinite joy from waking up the L&T Casey at 5am (she comes home in 3 weeks) to take Fenway on his morning constitutional. After spending the last 9 months in Hawaii, she deserves much motherly torment. Not to mention letting the small one into the inner sanctum that is her room, from which all dogs have historically been banned. Cue the evil laughter……and in the background Fenway “aroooooooos”.

I believe the usual Basset terminology for Fenway’s coloring is “red and white.” My first Basset was a red-and-white (the dear departed Kona). My subsequent three have all been the more common tricolor (brown, white and black), like Beckham.

Fenway’s full name should be Fenway Bark.

He will be registered with the AKC as “Fenway’s Little Monster”.