[Dailydrool] Feeling the holidays

[Julie Canny]

Last week at the dog park with the 4 bassets, I met a woman with a playful lab.  She and I got talking about rescues.  She told me of a friend who was waiting to adopt a basset because he really missed his old basset.  She told me that he had gone through the basset rescue, had his home visit, but didn't hear back.  When I heard his name I was surprised that I had done his home visit.  I contacted the coordinator who remembered him well, but that he hadn't replied to her emails.  I suspect a spam folder problem or some such issue.  So here we have a good home awaiting a basset.  I felt sad.   Then yesterday, after grocery shopping, I put some money in the Salvation Army bucket.  When I got to my car I found a $20 bill by the back tire.  I picked it up and ran it back to the Salvation Army bucket.  That felt good.  Then today, I got a call from our pet store.  The owner knows my bassets and that we are rescue fans.  He told me that a local rescue group was there (not a breed specific group) and that they had a three year old female sweet basset and asked if I knew anyone looking for one.  I immediately thought of the guy whose home visit I completed.  I searched through my email (it was more than a year ago) and found his number.  I called him and told him about her.  He went to the store and fell in love, then filled out an adoption application.  Hearing that felt WONDERFUL.  

Happy Howlidays 

Julie, slave to MacKenzie, Gallagher, Guinness, and Mulligan
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