{"id":1536,"date":"2009-05-08T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T01:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?page_id=1536"},"modified":"2009-12-07T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T21:39:53","slug":"who-is-basil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Basil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-1536\">\n<p>Wolfgang Basil Puddlebutte aka Basil Kramer was our little Schipperke. He passed away on Saturday December 5, 2009 at 15 1\/2; we loved him deeply and we miss him.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some schipperke links so you can learn more about schipperkes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hometown.aol.com\/Schipps4me\/\">The Schipperke Station<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clubs.akc.org\/schip\/\">The Schipperke Club of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronet.net\/%7Erottie\/isc.html\">The Illiana Schipperke Club<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some pictures of Basil &#8211; when I can bring myself to do it I&#8217;ll post a few videos that I took of this wonderful, tumultuous little dog:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/who-is-basil\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:37193943}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 164px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"164\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basil\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"160\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"259\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1538\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"199,322\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?fit=185%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?fit=199%2C322&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?w=160&#038;h=259&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?w=199&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?resize=92%2C150&amp;ssl=1 92w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basil.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w\" width=\"160\" height=\"259\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"160\" data-original-height=\"259\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basil\" alt=\"basil\" style=\"width: 160px; height: 259px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 171px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"171\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basilasleep\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"167\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"125\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1540\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1119616987&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basilasleep\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?fit=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?w=167&#038;h=125&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilasleep.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"167\" height=\"125\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"167\" data-original-height=\"125\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basilasleep\" alt=\"basilasleep\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 125px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basilbuttup\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"167\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"130\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1541\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"210,164\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basilbuttup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg?fit=210%2C164&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg?fit=210%2C164&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg?w=167&#038;h=130&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg?w=210&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilbuttup.jpg?resize=150%2C117&amp;ssl=1 150w\" width=\"167\" height=\"130\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"167\" data-original-height=\"130\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basilbuttup\" alt=\"basilbuttup\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 130px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 165px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"165\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basilhappy1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"161\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"259\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1542\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"249,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basilhappy1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?fit=186%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?fit=249%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?w=161&#038;h=259&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?w=249&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?resize=93%2C150&amp;ssl=1 93w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilhappy1.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w\" width=\"161\" height=\"259\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"161\" data-original-height=\"259\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basilhappy1\" alt=\"basilhappy1\" style=\"width: 161px; 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height: 176px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 386px; height: 180px;\" data-original-width=\"386\" data-original-height=\"180\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basilreclining\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"382\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"176\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1544\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"379,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basilreclining\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?fit=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?fit=379%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?w=382&#038;h=176&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?w=379&amp;ssl=1 379w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilreclining.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"382\" height=\"176\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"382\" data-original-height=\"176\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basilreclining\" alt=\"basilreclining\" style=\"width: 382px; height: 176px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 116px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"116\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 170px; height: 116px;\" data-original-width=\"170\" data-original-height=\"116\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/who-is-basil\/basilwaitingtopounce\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"166\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"112\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-1536\" data-attachment-id=\"1545\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"624,423\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"basilwaitingtopounce\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?fit=300%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?fit=624%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?w=166&#038;h=112&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/basilwaitingtopounce.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"166\" height=\"112\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"166\" data-original-height=\"112\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"basilwaitingtopounce\" alt=\"basilwaitingtopounce\" style=\"width: 166px; 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height: 112px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-1536\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 1536);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-1536\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-1536\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolfgang Basil Puddlebutte aka Basil Kramer was our little Schipperke. He passed away on Saturday December 5, 2009 at 15 1\/2; we loved him deeply and we miss him. 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