[Dailydrool] The Best and Worst of Mankind

[Ellie Foth]

Hi all - This was posted on the TSBHR Yahoo group today.   

Every once and a while I am reminded 
why we do what 
we do to help the hounds that cannot help themselves.  We received this 
email earlier today and will be getting Drew the Basset on Thursday.  I 
am 
going to post the email and at the end of it tell you the full story and
 how we 
need your help.
 

Hello,
 I am writing you in desperate need of 
assistance.  
We have recently found an abandoned Basset Hound named Drew.  

We are currently house hunting.  At one of 
the 
houses that we viewed last week there was bark coming from the back 
yard.  
Knowing that this house was not occupied we became very curious about 
where 
exactly this barking was coming from.  I went around back to see who was
 
there.  We were both startled as I came around the corner and we saw 
each other.  We actually scared the heck out of each other.  My heart 
sank when I realized what I saw.  I went back to the front of the house 
to 
tell Bridgitt (my partner) and our realtor what I had discovered.  My 
initial reaction was to contact animal services immediately.  Bridgitt 
went 
around back with our large jug of water and cautiously introduced 
herself to the 
scared little guy back there.  He was left there, chained up with no 
shelter, water or food.  He was mangy, hungry, lonely, and as I've 
already 
stated scared.  However, even with the situation that he was in, he 
graciously accepted some water and was happy to introduce himself to 
Bridgitt.  We went home and returned as soon as possible with lots of 
food 
and water as well as a leash.  After he scarfed down the food we gave 
him 
he worked his way through about half a bag of treats while we contacted 
the only 
non-kill shelter in our area.  They allowed us to bring him in so we 
could  give him a bath, they clipped his nails and gave him a few 
vaccines.  Unfortunately they had taken in 16 dogs that same day and are
 
not able to take him.  
 This is where you will hopefully come in.  We
 are 
just a young couple trying to buy our first home.  We currently rent a 
small house with four animals of our own and our landlord does not want 
us to 
have another dog here for any amount of time.  We are desperate.  We 
can not afford to take him to the vet or potentially rehab him for 
several 
months.  I will drive him anywhere if it means that there is an 
organization out there that can help him. We can afford to leave a 
modest donation with whomever is able to take him.  All I want to do is 
give him a fighting chance to live the rest of his life happy and 
healthy.  
I really do not want to take him to a shelter here where he would be 
destroyed 
on the same day.  He doesn't deserve that.  

Drew is a really good boy.  He's very loving 
and 
appreciative of being in a home and receiving care.  Please, please help
 us 
help Drew.  

Thank you, 

Steven and Bridgitt 

 
The rest of the story....... ......... ..
 First of all Steven is someone that has gone beyond what most 
people would 
ever do.  He took it upon himself to remove Drew from his 
situation with no authority and no support.  He contacted the only no 
kill shelter in his area and they could not help.  He contacted Basset 
rescue groups in 
his state and beyond and they could not help.  His next to 
last plea was to us.  His final option was to take the dog over 1000 
miles 
to his original home town in NH to a no kill shelter and claim he had 
found him 
locally just to make sure this dog was not killed.  He has four rescued 
dogs in his home already and as you have read cannot have any more.  
 I am meeting Steven and Drew on Thursday  as that is
 half 
way on the now 600 mile journey.  
 While Drew is far out of our normal area of operations this is a 
truly 
special situation that we are going to step into.
 Drew has not been altered and is also heartworm positive.  He will 
be 
treated for heartworm here but needs a foster home that can limit his 
activity 
for at least 30 days.  This basically means keeping him crated for a 
month.  There is no risk to your own animals IF they are on heartworm 
preventative as heartworm requires a flea to bite an infected dog, suck 
up the blood and worms and then bite a dog that is not on preventive.  

 To sum it all up we need help to foster Drew.  
We also really need donations to help too provide Drew with the 
heartworm treatment
 (it is expensive).  Drew needs your Prayers and Drool 
to get him through this.
If anyone would like to send a donation to help save Drew please go to tristatebassets.com and click on Donations located at the top of your screen, or you can email me at slave2thepaw at yahoo.com and I will send you the donation info.

Thank you,
Ellie and Her Very Spoiled  Rescued Hounds Artie, Ballzie, Milly and GM Thelma Lu



      
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