Mrs tbogg called me from  the basset hatchery farm this morning at 6:30 to tell me that she had The Basset To Be Announced Later sitting in her lap and that he was beautiful and sweet. After initial introductions she put him her lap and he reached his head up under her chin and rubbed his face against hers.

We will pause briefly for a “awwwww.”

Because other people needed to use the Meet ‘n Greet room to see their puppy, she took him outside where he followed her until she turned around, then he plopped his butt on the ground, looked up at her and said “woof”.

Okay, let’s get the “awwwww” over with. I’ll wait.

Anyway, TBTBAL is big and, based upon the size of his mom, we may be looking at an 80-pounder with “pancake paws” which is mrs tbogg-speak for big floppy fun-to-play-with feet. For those who have asked, he is coming from the wonderful people at Tait’s Bassets in Centre Hall, Pa. and if you peruse their site you will see that mrs tbgg has been walking in a winter bassetland. My favorite picture is the one below, if only for the rare Boneless Basset seen on the left.

Taits Puppy Gym

Now we wait for the weather to clear. Mrs tbogg, who has only been in the snow probably three times in her life, has been sending me a steady stream of “snow on my car”… “me in my Ugg boots standing in snow”… “snow on Outback Steakhouse roof”… “my footprints in the snow” text pictures so, you know, apparently there is snow there.

In the meantime, and through the weekend, we will review the basset puppies of TBogg Past starting with Cooder below in possibly the only picture taken of him as a puppy, making it like the the Shroud of Turin or something.

cooderpup