Famous Basset Hound Friday - cancelled

Hello faithful readers! We have decided to cancel our weekly Famous Basset Hound Friday session this week due to breaking news!

It's my birthday!

Well, it WAS my birthday yesterday, and I am still too excited to do our famous hounds any justice! I just had to share the news and pictures of the day! Mom and Dad threw me a party, and Layla and Breezy were there, and some of the cats were nearby, I think... I was hoping Max and Maggie and Griff and Remy and maybe Slade would be there, but Mom and Dad said they live very far away and couldn't have made the trip. It was OK though, because we still had a great time!

We got lots of good stuff! We got to wear some cool birthday hats, and we even got to go for a car ride to go pick up my birthday cake. But I think the best part was that we got my favorite meal, Chicken McNuggets!

Here I am enjoying my birthday treat!

Dad even got into the party spirit and wore a hat himself as he got my birthday cake ready for us.

The cakes were delicious!

When my birthday party was over we snoozed on the couch. It was a pretty awesome birthday, I am looking forward to turning 3 next year!

I take umbrage

So Elvis Presley was the king of rock and roll. He sang a lot of songs, but he is well-known for his song 'Hound Dog'. As bassets, Rosco and I take umbrage with the choice of lyrics in this song. They are listed below.

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog,

cryin' all the time.

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog,

cryin' all the time.

You ain't never caught a rabbit

and you ain't no friend of mine.

You said you was high-class,

but that was just a lie.

You know you said you was high-class,

but that was just a lie.

You ain't never caught a rabbit

and you ain't no friend of mine.

Our complaints are myriad. First, hound dogs do not 'cry' all the time. If we do anything vocally all the time, it's howl. But even then we do have to sleep from time to time, so we can't make noise all the time. Plus, that bit about never catching rabbits? It's only because we can't run under fences like rabbits can. I could have caught rabbits if there weren't fences or leashes in the way. You don't get much more high-class than basset hounds. Finally, if I ain't no friend of yours, it's probably your fault somehow.

I think Elvis never owned a hound dog.