[Dailydrool] basset seranade

[Katherine Lenore]

This was a very funny post for my daughter and I.    Our 
sweetheart Maggie used to get at the bottom of the stairs 
and let out the loudest howls I'd ever heard.   

It "disturbed" my annoying trying to sleep husband, Alan.  He 
would yell out the door something silly like "knock it off Maggs"
thinking that it would make a difference.  And eventually, 
she would stop and come upstairs and start an all out 
bed assault with drool everywhere.  Then I got to go back 
to sleep as he got up and fixed her breakfast and made 
some for me sometimes too!

It amazes me how, even though we have another basset now, 
how the smell of a basset is so unique, and how much I miss 
Maggies smells.  How she left everything so perfumed in her 
own way.  

Our baby boy Gilligan keeps us running and loving, its just 
as I read some of your archives, I noticed that I'm far from 
the only basset owner to feel quite attached and more than 
that when one leaves us. 

I wonder if other breeds of dogs have this level of 
emotional bonding with their owners.  I've never 
noticed any of my friends with pictures on their car 
windows of their dogs, or other friends openly crying 
over the loss of their dogs months later.  We lost 
Maggie last December and I have her picture all over 
in various forms, like decals on the window, an 8 x 10 
with roses on top in the downstairs bathroom, one 
on my night stand, another on the stairs.  

My husband is pretty much as emotional over her as I 
am.  He won't bring her up, but I've seen him 
kissing her picture by the door several times.  My 
daughter Becca asked me to put up a picture that she 
could kiss every day, then she thought Maggs would still 
know she was loved.  That really touched me.  

Please don't think I'm maligning other dog owners and 
their emotions in any way.  I just was thinking about 
my own level of "slight obsession" nine months later 
and thinking to myself about other basset owners  

Thanks again for the warm welcome.  

Don't worry, be happy!!!!


Katy Lenore
Alan, Rebecca & Susan 
Gilligan the basset, 
the new wonder of the world  
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