BASSET HOUND RESCUE STORIES!

MY MAMA HAS MET SOME PRETTY SPECIAL PEOPLE A FEW MONTHS AGO,THESE PEOPLE ARE THE BASSET HOUND RESCUE OF ATLANTA

IT ALL STARTED JANUARY 1998 WHEN MOM FOUND OUT THAT A 4 YEAR OLD SPAYED FEMALE BASSET HOUND HAD BEEN TURNED IN TO OUR LOCAL SHELTER BY HER OWNER. SHE HAD STAYED AS LONG AS SHE COULD (10 DAYS) AND WAS ABOUT TO BE PUT TO HER DEATH WHEN MAMA RUSHED HOME AND GOT ON THE INTERNET AND SEARCHED FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HER, AND THAT IS HOW SHE MET THE WONDERFUL LADIES IN ATLANTA!

ON JANUARY 14, 1998 MAMA WENT TO THE SHELTER AND GOT "BELL" OUT OF THE BAD PLACE. SHE WAS REAL HAPPY TO GET OUT! SHE WAS REAL SKINNY AND DIDN'T FEEL TOO GOOD AT FIRST. WE LET HER STAY AT OUR HOUSE FOR A FEW WEEKS. WE HAD LOTS OF FUN PLAYING TOGETHER!!

THAT NICE LADY, MISS DONNA HAD ALREADY FOUND HER A HOME WITH SOME SUPER PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTED A BASSET HOUND TO LOVE!

SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL NOW, THEY DID FIND OUT THAT SHE HAD HEARTWORMS, BUT SHE IS TAKING THE TREATMENT VERY WELL.

I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER AS MY BEST BUDDY! WE ALL LOVE YOU BELL!!!

**Good News! I went to the Basset Bash today, May 3, 1998 in Atlanta and I saw Bell!! She is so beautiful and doing good. She has a nice new Mommy too!! And she doesn't have those bad heartworms anymore... yipee! **

IT WASN'T LONG AFTER BELL WENT HOME THAT WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SHELTER. ON ONE OF OUR COLDEST NIGHTS, SOME MEAN PERSON HAD TIED OUT A 8 YEAR OLD FEMALE BASSET HOUND TO THEIR FENCE, FORTUNATELY ONE OF THE WORKERS WAS CALLED OUT THERE THAT NIGHT!

THIS OLD LADY WAS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN BELL WAS, SHE HAD A GOLF SIZED TUMOR ON HER RIGHT REAR LEG.

WELL, MAMA CALLED THE BASSET HOUND RESCUE OF GEORGIA AGAIN AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD HELP HER OUT. BOY, WAS SHE GLAD TO GET OUT OF THERE!

MAMA IMMEDIATELY TOOK HER TO MY DOCTOR AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAD HEARTWORMS AND A HEART MURMUR. HER PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD USED HER REPEATEDLY TO HAVE PUPS, IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS. BUT SHE WAS SWEET!

IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO GET USED TO HAVING A LITTLE OLD LADY AROUND, I LIKE TO PLAY ROUGH...HEY,, I'M ONLY A BABY!!

THE NICE LADIES IN ATLANTA WERE GOING TO TAKE HER IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAD ALOT OF BASSETS ALREADY WAITING FOR HOMES AND THEN THE LADY FROM DAYTONA CALLED AND SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY AND SHE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE "PADDIE".

HER NAME IS BRENDA OLIVER AND SHE IS WITH THE DAYTONA BASSET HOUND RESCUE, AND SHE WAS SO NICE TO TAKE LIL PADDIE TO HER HOUSE.

PADDIE IS DOING WONDERFUL!! SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY HEARTWORMS AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE THAT TUMOR ON HER LEG EITHER! MISS BRENDA IS HER NEW MOMMY NOW AND THEY DO WONDERFUL THINGS TOGETHER, SHE EVEN GOT TO GO TO THE WADDLE IN MICHIGAN THIS YEAR. YOU GO GIRL!! SHE HAS A BROTHER AND SISTER TO SHARE HER LIFE WITH NOW. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE HAPPY ENDINGS?