[Dailydrool] met a beautiful Basset yesterday...

[melissa gibson]

I just had to reply to this post. Let me tell you a little story. About 2 years 
ago I got an e-mail from someone wanting me to foster their 2 senior dogs for 
the summer while they moved out to California for a new job and until they got 
settled. They had gone through the rescue website and Gail, knowing what a 
sucker I was for seniors passed it along to me. The dogs, Max & Hubie were 
adorable and well behaved and had been with this woman their whole lives. I 
questioned her about why after their whole lives they were possibly going to 
dump them in a shelter if she hadn't contacted us-She said her sister who had 
originally said shewould watch them had changed her mind at the last minute. 
They gave me 75$ for food, she had originally offered more but I declined. I had 
the dogs for 6 weeks and was in e-mail contact with this woman whose initials 
are C.N. (I hope you are reading this!) The dogs were a complete delight and had 
been well cared for and loved. At the end of the summer I was about to go on 
vacation and could not afford to board her 2 along with my 3. Her sister 
wouldn't take them even for a week so her son, who lived apparently the next 
state over from me came and got them. He just loaded them in the truck and drove 
away, no thank you, never heard another peep from the owner. Wondered why the 
son couldn't have watched them but whatever. I loved the dogs. Well as I am 
prone to do I surf the net looking at pictures of all the bassets and rescues. 
My co-workers call it my dog porn. This was this fall I come across non other 
than Max and Hubbie in the Golden Gate Basset rescue site. I literally let out a 
loud scream sitting at my desk. I was livid, I went home and called the rescue 
immediatly. So not only had this woman,C.N., left these 2 precious seniors with 
me for the summer, then she dragged them out to California and then eventually 
dumped them at a rescue. The sweet woman at the rescue called me right back 
because she could tell I was very upset. She said they were kept together and 
being fostered by a great foster parent. I told her the whole saga. She e-mailed 
me a few months ago to let me know they had been adopted together. They are 
better off now. I just couldn't believe after all that she dumped them at a 
shelter. I was saying to myself, she better be dead because that was the only 
acceptable excuse. Sorry to be getting worked up. They were just sweet, sweet 
boys and I should have just kept them myself. Just a cautionary tale I guess.

Melissa



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From: Sandi Hicks <slhicks86 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Mon, April 8, 2013 5:42:44 AM
Subject: [Dailydrool] met a beautiful Basset yesterday...

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Hi all, haven't peaked in for so long here.....but yesterday while outside 
a couple was walking their daughter's basset.  Are there other alternatives for 
temporary care other than a Basset REscue? Not a boarding facility, but maybe a 
private home where this lovely little girl could be cared for while her owner is 
in another state for a year?  Possbile solutions?   Please let me know.
Sandi