[Dailydrool] been busy

[PC Hanes]

Oh, houndie friends!  it has been a busy time at Baraboo! The last 
message out mentioned a beanbag basset possibility in our future.  Oh, 
but it got better!  Now we will have TWO! Harvey Wallbanger came from 
west TX, abandoned on a highway, running up to every truck.  The 
fortunate boy was rescued by a nice lady who called a nice man who 
worked with a little basset rescue who knew someone with North TX BHR 
who had seen my e-mail for a B&W basset.  So we got him about 3 weeks 
ago, got him fixed, and are teaching him the rules - no grabbing food 
from others, wait your turn for a treat, don't eat Mommy's books, 
papers, mail or other dogs or cats.  NO means you are doing something 
wrong.  Plus we have done some Harvey-proofing on our part.  He is a 
sweetie, but he has not yet decided if he is Mommy's boy or Daddy's.  
The Corgis, especially Utah, are a bit rude, but they are also getting 
some reinforcement on proper behavior.  He had better come down on 
Mommy's side if he knows where the treats come from.
Yesterday I got another call on a beanbag, again male, at a shelter in 
Mt Pleasant (about 200 miles away).  I got my name on him just in time 
so a rescue from CT could not turn him into a Yankee.  I am working on 
arrangements to get him to one of their vets for neuter/shots/microchip, 
then getting him to my stepson or a friend in Dallas to bring him 
halfway to us.  I have named him Titus, as MP is in Titus County, where 
my family settled in the 1830s, before the Revolution and Republic, so I 
guess that makes him a Basset of the Republic of Texas.
This is so exciting!  I even came out from under the bed where I have 
been skulking and started reading my e-mail again!  I am about 100 
Drools behind, so all I can say is, I hope the hounds are doing well 
(Rob and Fendi, so sorry about Jane.  Sympathy drool from all the 
Baraboo Rescue Rangers.) and I am not encouraging or even informing my 
crowd about turd hockey.  We have cows and donkeys here, so the 
possibilities are staggering.  Besides, we have cat hockey.  3 of the 
cats really love being nosed around the floor, slobbered on and 
generally slightly mauled.
Harvey is going to have to make up his mind to ally himself with Titus 
so they can keep the Corgis in line.  Both are moderately young fellers 
- 2-4.  Harvey got his name from his original rescuer, because his tail 
is extra long and a lethal weapon on its own.
Oh happy day!  Calloo callay!
Many thanks to the great folks with NTBHR, who cast my e-mail upon the 
net and hauled me in 2 beanbags!  And as always, thanks to the small 
rescues and shelters who really look for homes for their charges, 
despite the usually personal out of pocket expenses while they care for 
these sweeties.
A very joyful PC Hanes and the BRR
OH!  I got my calendar like instantaneously and I am savoring each day, 
so I am only up to Jan 15 so far.  Thank you Laura!
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