[Dailydrool] A New Flower at the Bridge

[Odineks]

Marigold
Gotcha Day March 1, 2003  -  A sad farewell Sept. 13, 2008


Six years ago as we were still mourning the loss of Kerstie, it came  
to me that I wanted my next basset to be named Marigold. I found this  
beautiful basset already named Marigold on Petfinder and she was only  
about 500 miles away in Tucson so I emailed AZBHR and asked if she  
was available and what was her story. I was told that she had been  
"backdoored" out of a kill shelter into Arizona Basset Rescue covered  
in ticks and suffering from tick fever and that she was now in a  
foster home recovering.

Her description read "Marigold (Mari) is one of our sweetest flowers  
in the garden (her foster mom had been a florist). This 5 YO (?)  
tricolor female was rescued from a shelter and obviously had a  
difficult life. Mari is a submissive little girl who seems to love  
everyone and is so grateful to AZBHR for the care and kindness she  
has been receiving. . . . . . . The only prerequisite Mari needs is a  
kind owner she could love forever."

We applied and after her recovery and waiting four long months we  
were able to bring her home and give her the love she deserved. She  
made herself at home and became our alpha girl. She was our 6th  
basset and the first one that we didn't know the whole story. It was  
believed she had been a puppy mill breeder because her front teeth  
were ground down from possibly gnawing on a wire fence. I often  
thought she had escaped her hell and was eventually picked up and  
taken to a shelter. She never shared her past other than she didn't  
like fireworks, gun shots and horses and she was the only basset that  
would not kiss us.

Sweet Marigold we can't believe that you are now gone from our lives  
and how the five and a half years you shared with us seemed to fly  
by. We hope that you have found Kia at Rainbow Bridge and she has  
escorted you to the buffet  because you never met any food you didn't  
like (especially our tomatoes). We know Kerstie sent you to heal our  
broken hearts.

A video tribute to Marigold:
http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb248/jodinek/? 
action=view&current=TributetoMarigold.flv



	- Judy & R.T. (broken hearted foodslaves in NM), Pumpkin Pie & Abby  
(missing their pawtner in crime)


Thank you AZBHR and other hard working rescues that make such a  
difference in the dogs lives
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