[Dailydrool] If I didn't have the drool

[Donna Mitchell]

I have been reading what others have written, and gee, I found myself
talking to my Daisy and looking into her soulful brown eyes telling her what
I wouldn't know about if I didn't have the drool.

When I lost my golden of 15 years, I thought never again.  And so did my
husband.  But in the back of his mind (I believe he was a basset hound in
another life) he wanted a hound.  He had a redbone when he was much
younger.  I can see now that the hound personality fits him much better than
a retriever does.  I wanted no more dogs.  The loneliness a house has after
the loss of a beloved animal is almost unbearable.  It is so quiet that it
screams with loudness - (if you know what I mean) I digress

One Saturday almost two years ago, we found ourselves on the road to go
"look" at a basset hound.  I didn't know anything about the breed.
NOTHING-but I do know that if I had read all there is in print (or even this
list) I probably would not have gone willingly.  I thought, it is just
another dog.  I love dogs, what the heck.


WOaaAhhhhH!!!!!!!!!!!  This ain't "just a dog"

If I didn't have the drool, I wouldn't know about:

1)  Those neat little earflaps there was a discussion about
2)  Those sniffers-oh those sniffers and how good (or bad) they are
3)  Housebreaking could happen
4)  The trash may end up getting eaten
5)  The constant chatter and barking were here to stay
6)  The bucking bronco wanted attention - and that there IS NO ignoring it.
7)  This dog was not willing to please (like the golden) but I needed to
slave up!
8)  They truly are like good potato chips - I couldn't have just one.
9)  There was nothing I could do about the above - I too, fell in love with
the breed.

I further digress!

I wouldn't know that there is a special place on the top of the ear where
the fur is real soft that has a soft special smell that is different for
each of my girls.

I also would not know a bunch of people that I could share such things with
either.

I absolutely knew I was in love a couple of weeks ago when my girls decided
to pull a little "Thelma and Louise"

They are not goldens by a far stretch, but I love them just as much as the
golden.

A special thank you to the people who do the hard work of keeping the drool
coming to my email box several times a day.
Thank you to all who do rescue - thank you to all who share the good and the
bad - so much is learned by both
I am greatful to have found this group - in more ways than I have told about
here.

Drool to all who are in need, the girls are slinging -
Donna - slave to Daisy and Lilly
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