[Dailydrool] Newspaper Update on Miss Twinkle Toes

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Hi all,
 
     Miss Twinkle Toes was again interviewed for an  update to the first 
article on her journey to health since her flight from N.C.  This is from the 
Charleston Newspaper.
 
 
Despite being on a leash to prevent her from running  too much, Twinkle Toes 
nibbles on the ear of a fellow rescued basset hound at  her current foster 
home Wednesday with Pauline Grimball. Twinkle Toes is  recovering from a 
fractured pelvis.  
 
To help
If you are interested in donating to Carolina Basset Hound Rescue,  or 
adopting Twinkle Toes or one of the other 65 dogs available, go to _www.cbhr.com_ 
(http://www.cbhr.com/)  to download an  application. 

It's no fun being sick as a dog. 
With a broken pelvis, Twinkle Toes the basset hound, who was  brought to 
Charleston earlier this month by the Carolina Basset Hound Rescue, is  on crate 
rest for six to eight weeks. 
She's not allowed to play, can't run the fence with the other dogs,  and TV 
holds no interest — not even Animal Planet. On those rare instances she  gets 
outside for some fresh air and a leash-walk, Twinkle makes it clear she's  not 
ready to think inside the box. 
"She doesn't want to come in. She just lays down with her legs  stretched 
out," said Pauline Grimball, one of her foster caregiver. 
They call that move the "flat basset."
An animal shelter in North Carolina got Twinkle Toes after she was  hit by a 
car. 
Workers there could not put the dog down, so they called the Basset  Hound 
Rescue, a nonprofit organization that has helped more than 1,000 dogs find  
homes in the last dozen years. 
A volunteer flew to North Carolina to pick up Twinkle Toes, brought  her back 
here for surgery and recuperation. After the vets looked at her, they  found 
there was little they could do: There's no operation to cure a fractured  
pelvis. So for now, her foster family just has to keep her from running or  
playing and possibly aggravating her injury. 
She doesn't appear to be in much pain, but sometimes her leg  swells. She has 
heart worms but will have to get her strength back before that  malady can be 
treated. 
"We're just real excited that she's healing up well and doesn't  have to 
undergo surgery," said Susan Baughman, president of the rescue center.  "We've had 
a couple of inquiries. When she's ready for adoption, someone will  want her."
Grimball says Twinkle Toes is a sweetheart, even when she pulls a  "flat 
basset."
"They're very stubborn at times, but they are funny dogs," Grimball  said. 
"She is very affectionate. She's going to make someone a real good  dog."
 

 
Dottie

Mom to: "The "Ratboyz"

Rusty Simon (Waddle King 2007)
Elvis Ray (the Wild  Child)
Chetty Cheese (I rescued myself)
Max (I'm the foster  "Ratboyz")
Sweet Bubba, ATB

Carolina Basset Hound  Rescue
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