Blessed Bassets 

Had to do an individual blog on Zoee because she loves the water more than any Basset Hound I have ever known.  She is the matriarch and alpha leader of our Basset pack.  Zoee is such a character that she makes us laugh every single day.  Here is her pool story.

This is just what Zoee loves.  Her eyes never open.....she just relaxes into her own zone in the pool.  Please notice how clean the water is.
This is the beginning of her day in the pool.  Or should I say pools...because she uses all of the pools we have.

This is what Zoee loves to do AFTER she has soaked in her pool and gotten completely wet all over.  We also have a sand pile area where the Bassets love to dig and of course,  Zoee must roll there too.  Even more pleasure !

Here is dirty Zoee.  Notice the look of pure JOY on her face.  Have you ever read the children's book, "Harry the Dirty Dog"?  I used to read it to my kids.....well this is definately "Zoee the Dirty Basset" and she so enjoys it !!

This is Zoee in pure bliss in her pool.  Of course, this is AFTER she has rolled in the dirt, probably several times in and out of the pool.  Notice the dirty water and look back up at the first photo of her in the pool.
Yes, our water bill goes way UP in the summer !!
But Zoee has fun !!!

Splash day at Blessed Bassets actually happened way back toward  the end of May because here in Texas it gets HOT very early in the summer.  Our dog area has wonderful shade on one side in the morning and the other side in the afternoon and all of the pens have resurrected shadecloth (see the Snow blog for details on that) but it still is hot.  We spend our days in the summer filling pools and buckets with cool, clean water and moving the dogs around to the shadiest areas.   They love the early mornings and the late evenings to run and play when it is cooler and the sun goes down.  But the afternoons are the real "dawg days" of summer....and they all lay around looking like dead dogs !!    For the last two weeks, we have had 99-100 degree heat on most days.  That is extra hot early even for Texas.    

Angel is almost as big a "pool hog" as Zoee.  She has always been crazy about the water and sits up just like this with her eyes closed in contentment.  Angel's puppies all just went home to their families and she is enjoying her non mommy time in the pool !!!

Fred doesn't just sit in the water....He swims around with his head under the water.  He is the water dog supreme.  I tried to catch him in action but I need to take a video !!

Wally (left) with his grandma Zoee sharing a pool moment together.
(More on Zoee in her pool hog blog above.)   Wally loves the water so much that he MUST jump in and out of every pool in every pen.  He also puts his head under. Wally's dad, Gabriel and granddad, Hank both do not like the water at all....but his mama Tess and grandma Zoee love it.  I guess he got their genes for pool love !!