[Dailydrool] OUR MONTANA HOLIDAY MOMENTS

[Leslie]

HAPPY CHANUKAH AND MERRY HO HO TO EVERYONE!!   WE ARE RECEIVING 
HOWLIDAY  GREETINGS FROM NEAR AND FAR AND ENJOYING IMMENSELY LOOKING AT 
ALL THE HOUNDIES AND READING WHAT FOLKS WRITE FOR US.       SUCH A 
FESTIVE TIME OF YEAR........I THINK ITS IN THE AIR AROUND HERE IN 
NORTHERN MONTANA.  SUPER CHILLY EARLY MORNINGS, AND MY FRIEND WHO MOVED 
HERE FROM NEW YORK BOUGHT A PLACE IN SULA, MT. AND IT WAS 4 DEGREES 
BELOW ZERO YESTERDAY. I AM ANXIOUS TO SPEAK TO HER AND SEE HOW SHE IS 
DOING....AND HER DOGGIES AND HORSES!!

OUR BASSET MIX, HANK, WHO WE HAD A FUNDRAISER FOR TO HANDLE HIS 
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.....IS DOING GREAT.     HE IS ON HUGE AMOUNTS 
GLUCOSAMINE AND PAIN MEDS AS NEEDED, PLUS SPECIAL FOOD AND IS GETTING A 
MUCH NEEDED DENTAL AND EAR CLEANING UNDER ANESTHESIA.  HIS EAR CANALS 
ARE VERY VERY SMALL COMPARED TO OUR BASSETS CANALS....  AND WHILE HE IS 
UNDER I CAN SCOPE HIS EARS TO VISUALIZE HIS EARDRUMS TO MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE INTACT.  HE HAS BEEN SHAKING HIS HEAD ALOT LATELY.

OUR WEBMASTER HAS MADE SOME INDEPENDENT DECISIONS:  NO CHILDRENS PICS 
WILL BE POSTED ANY LONGER IN "FOREVER HOMES".   SHE HAS INFORMED ME THAT 
THERE IS SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT CAN MATCH A CHILDS FACE TO A DATE BASE 
AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY LIVE. .      HOLY COW.   WHAT IS THIS WORLD 
COMING TO ANYWAY?     IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN VERY SPECIAL THAT OUR FAMILY 
PICTURES COMING IN FROM OUR ADOPTERS HAVE SUCH LOVING SCENES WITH THE 
CHILDREN HUGGING THEIR NEW HOUNDIE.    NO MORE.    IF ANY PICS ARE 
PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE..... SHE WOULD BLUR THE FACES.   FOR CHILDRENS 
SAFETY.... I AM GOING ALONG WITH HER CHANGE.

COOKIE IN KALISPELL IS ONE OF OUR BESTEST VOLUNTEER/SUPPORTERS AND OF 
COURSE I AM DA GRANDMA TO THE TANA GURLS!!   I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE 
SO SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING BASSET RESCUE OF MT. WITH THE PURCHASES OF THE 
WREATHS, ORNAMENTS, AND STOCKINGS COOKIE SO BEAUTIFULLY CREATES!!  
THANKYOU COOKIE!!

THIS PAST WEEK IS HAS BECOME MORE QUIET........WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER 
NEWER RESCUE FLYER WITH STEVEY, OUR BRIT. SPANIEL.......HANK.....STILL 
UP FOR ADOPTION, AND WINSTON, A YOUNGIN ........ALL NEEDING A FOREVER 
HOME.     WE ALSO HAVE BEEN CONTACTING OWNERS OF BASSETS WHO LIST ON 
CRAIGS LIST HERE IN MT.    WE OFFER HELP TO ANY BASSET NEEDING 
ASSISTANCE HERE.     WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ASSIST SOME NEEDY FAMILIES 
WITH SOME VET CARE TO HELP THEIR BASSETS......AND IN THAT WAY, THE 
HOUNDS CAN GET SOME HELP AND STAY WITH THE FAMILY THAT LOVES THEM BUT 
JUST CANNOT OFFER A SPECIFIC TREATMENT SUCH AS EAR CARE FOR THE LATEST 
BASSET GIRL NAMED CHLOE.....IN LOLO, MT.....A DRAINING EAR.....THE WORST 
I HAVE EVER SEEN.  SHE WAS READY JUST TO TURN CHLOE OVER TO THE LOCAL 
SHELTER DOWN THERE OR BRING HER TO ME HERE, BUT WITH 2 VET VISITS AND 
LOTS OF INTERVENTION....I.E. C & S, MEDS, EAR WASH, ETC. WE HELPED THAT 
PROBLEM.

SENDING GOOD OLE HOLIDAY DROOL FROM US TO DROOL LAND OUT THERE.......TO 
WHO EVER NEEDS SOME HEALING DROOL.      HAPPY HOWLIDAYS TO ALL.

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Basset Rescue of Montana
Leslie Ames - President&  Shelter Manager
bassetrescuemt at gmail.com - (406) 207-0765
http://www.bassetrescueofmontana.org