Full Name:
Marshmallow O'Malley Reinhard Carlson
Breed:
basset hound
Nicknames:
O'Malley, Landshark, The Velvet Hog, Reinie,
Kraut Hound, Slug, Cranberry, Plushie
Birthday:
March 17 (St. Patrick's Day)
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Coat Texture:
Smooth-coated*
Favorite Activities:
chewing on forbidden objects, eating,
lurking like a landshark, sleeping,
making mischief
Favorite Website:
The Daily Drool
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About Us...
Full Name:
Clarice Jewelsius Carlson
Breed:
beagle
Nicknames:
The Beagle, That $@&#% Dog
Birthday:
(unknown; unassigned)
Zodiac Sign:
N/A
Coat Texture:
Rough and ridged!
Favorite Activities:
peeing on the floor, biting Seth and
Meg, snorting, turkey-legging, mounting
O'Malley, hoarding biscuits, screaming,
barking, running away, chasing laser
pointer dots
Favorite Website:
Any Bagel Hound site
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Full Name:
Clarence Julius Carlson Zorn
Breed:
basset hound
Nicknames:
Whinehard, Clarice, Claricius, Clarentaschen,
Worm, Claw, Claw-Claw, Clawberry
Birthday:
October 14
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Coat Texture:
Rough-coated*
Favorite Activities:
whining, turkey-legging, drinking
copious amounts of water and water-like
fluids, making mischief
Favorite Website:
www.Nadsworth.net
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O'Malley: Hello, there! We are a couple of tri-colored
basset hounds and a beagle living in suburban Maryland north of
Washington, D.C. I, O'Malley, live with my beagle girlfriend
Clarice with two humans named Meg and Seth (or "Ham" and "Hog").
Clarence: I used to live with O'Malley and Ham 'n' Hog instead
of Clarice, but I became an insufferable bully to O'Malley because I am
a very jealous and crabby hound dog sometimes. Now I live with
Tanuki-san and Daikon-ashi-san in their suburban split-level in Chevy
Chase. I looooove rubbing myself on the wall-to-wall carpeting
and I am spoiled rotten by the Tanuki now. I even get to shower
with the master of the house!
O'Malley: We bassets come from a wonderful local basset rescue
organization known as BROOD (Basset Rescue Of Old Dominion). We
were adopted by Ham 'n' Hog in June 2002. We still attend their
annual rambles every spring where we can hob-nob with all other manner
of basset hounds. At the time of our adoption, we were both
around five years old.
Clarice: Ham and Hog got me in January of 2004 to fill the void
left by Claw-Claw. I was a ripe old girl when they adopted me from
the Montgomery County Humane Society—eight years old, they say.
But I am very agile and skittery and I am a very naughty girl who carries
on like a wild animal—I bite my parents, I piddle all over
the floor, I forage around the backyard like a wolf and stalk anything
smaller than me. Sometimes I even sneak up on O'Malley to try and
get a little amorous with him, but he is a coquettish beast who doesn't
yield easily to my eager beagler desires!
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* From Basset Hounds by Diane McCarty: Essential
Differences Between the Smooth and Rough
"Aside from the
obvious difference between smooth- and rough-coated Basset Hounds,
there are other differences which make for two distinct dogs of different
hunting ability in the field. The smooth hounds are, in a sense, true
hounds, as they have the clear bell-like voice of a true hound, and
give tongue most enthusiastically; and they hunt in the true
tradition of scent hounds—ith their noses ever at the ground,
following a trail in their sure manner.
The rough-coated Basset Hound, however, hunts in a manner more
befitting a terrier, as the roughs are not as steady on the trail as
are the smooths, and they do not have that much-appreciated bell-like
voice. As well, the roughs tend not to be as short of leg as the
smooths, hence their inability to keep their noses to the ground for
long periods. The roughs can, though, because of their longer legs,
cover a wider range of territory in much less time than the smooths,
with their extremely short crooked legs."
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