HAVIN' FUN YET? GLENDALE FLOAT FUND-RAISER IS A HOWL.Byline: Steve Carney Staff Writer Drool and dog flesh were in ample supply Saturday, at a basset hound basset hound, breed of short-legged, long-bodied hound developed centuries ago in France. It stands from 12 to 15 in. (30.1–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 25 to 50 lb (11.3–22.7 kg). show featuring kissing contests and agility trials, all to raise money for Glendale's float in the Rose Parade. The city's float will feature a behemoth behemoth (bē`hĭmŏth, bĭhē`–) [Heb.,=plural of beast], large, fanciful primeval monster, like Leviathan, evoking the hippopotamus mentioned in the Book of Job. basset hound - eight tons, 23 feet tall - and the slogan, ``Havin' Fun Yet?'' So the Glendale Rose Float Association decided to gather a few of the big dog's normal-size brethren, and their owners, for fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration to raise money for the float. The cute, droopy droop v. drooped, droop·ing, droops v.intr. 1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" mascot has ``really gotten the community interested in the float,'' said Marilyne Wiechmann, president of the association. ``The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' was filming a segment at Saturday's hound-up, and owners of the breed from around the world have been in touch, offering support and buying merchandise. ``We've been getting letters from Belgium and Bermuda. It will probably be one of the best-known floats at the parade,'' Wiechmann said. The association started with the slogan ``Party Animal,'' but changed that when some residents complained it alluded to drunken debauchery Debauchery See also Dissipation, Profligacy. Debt (See BANKRUPTCY, POVERTY.) Alexander VI Borgia pope infamous for licentiousness and debauchery. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 219–220] Bacchus (Gk. . The City Council kept the dog, though. The Glendale Rose Float Association hoped to raise $8,000 Saturday by auctioning off seats on the float, plus sell tickets to games that included a basset hound howling contest, an obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. for the lumbering beasts and the crowning of a queen hound. The group has already raised $14,000 of the $90,000 it needs by selling stuffed basset hounds and other trinkets. If Saturday's event produces as much cash as it did saliva, the float will be fine. ``They slobber slob·ber v. slob·bered, slob·ber·ing, slob·bers v.intr. 1. To let saliva or liquid spill out from the mouth; drool. 2. a lot. People don't understand,'' said Maria Bivens, of the Basset Hound Club of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . But she said that comes from the dogs' keen sense of smell - when they smell something they like, their salivary glands salivary glands (săl`əvâr'ē), in humans, three pairs of glands that secrete the alkaline digestive fluid, saliva, into the mouth. get cranking. She added that because the animals were bred to hunt rabbits, their loose skin - for some dogs on Saturday, enough for an extra hound - helps them get through the bushes after their quarry. ``If you see a person walking three German shepherds, people will say, oh, that's nice. If you see a person walking three basset hounds, it just cracks you up,'' Bivens said. ``Let's face it, you can't look at a basset hound and not smile. They're so cute.'' About 200 people attended the event, dubbed ``Puttin' on the Hound,'' held next door to the sponsor, Conrad's Family Restaurant. They wandered the lot with their sturdy beasts, who amiably sniffed one another or howled, brayed and barked with loud, basso announcements that echoed off neighboring buildings. Others played in their pens, chasing one another, nipping nip·ping adj. 1. Sharp and biting, as the cold. 2. Bitingly sarcastic. nip  ping·ly adv.Adj. at ears and snouts, rolling around in a swirling blur of wrinkled fury. Wilson, an imposing pale brown champion from Pasadena, won the event's longest ears competition. ``I wish there was a longest lips competition, because nobody's got lips like him,'' said his owner, Loren Cooper, 51, just before another dog, tendrils Tendrils is an irregular collaboration between noted Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen (musician). A difficult sound to describe, Tendrils features two seemingly chaotic but strangely melodic and complementary, guitar parts and occasionally stripped back of drool dangling from floppy cheeks, shook his head and showered Wilson. ``I've had bassets for 40 years,'' said her mother, Peggy Cooper, 75. ``I love the look of them. I love the extra skin. They're so sweet. ``They're just wonderful, wonderful dogs, and you can have a bunch of them together and not have a problem.'' Other participants Saturday dressed up their dogs in red, white and blue visors, T-shirts, yellow straw hats and, in the case of 18-month-old Fred, a denim cowboy hat. ``He loves getting dressed up. He's a ham, basically,'' said owner Mike Allen, 49. ``We live in Burbank, so we wanted to help the people in Glendale get their float off to a good start. ``I was disappointed when they took away the Party Animal. But there's no party animal in this dog. He takes a nap to get ready to go to bed.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Wilson lets out a yawn during the basset hound show in Glendale. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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