[Dailydrool] New Kids on the Block!

[Marilyn Burns]

Sorry to take so long to announce this - but I wanted to firm up their names 
before we "went to press"...

On Saturday afternoon, Fred and I adopted 2 little basset girls from Basset 
Hound Rescue of Georgia.  We've named them Thelma Lou and Peggy Sue.

I actually believe there might have been a bit more "divine intervention" 
with these acquisitions - as was the case with Amanda Lynn.  Saturday was a 
regularly-scheduled adoption event for the rescue at a Petco in the area - 
but several "hic-cups" resulted in only TWO bassets in attendance.  Even 
though the girls were fostered in different homes - it worked out perfectly 
for us!  They were able to interact with each other - other dogs - and us 
with very little distraction.  We weren't expecting to adopt two - but they 
were such a sweet pair - we decided to take them both!

Thelma Lou is a senior - they say around 7 - it's probably more like 8 or 
9...  She is quite frisky for her age and VERY sweet!  The poor baby doesn't 
have any front teeth.  Both top and bottoms are gone - yet she has her 
canines and molars...  <I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!>  Fred calls her his "hockey 
puppy"!  Supposedly she was dumped at a kill shelter by her owners because 
she got too old!!!  Fortunately, the shelter called the basset rescue - and 
she's been fostered since August.

Peggy Sue was a stray.  It's hard to tell how old she is -- my guess is 
somewhere between 4 and 5.  She was adopted - but returned to the rescue a 
month or so ago because she was supposedly too active and her new owners 
couldn't figure out why she couldn't be trained to stay in an un-fenced 
backyard!!!  DUH!!!!  <I sure hope they're blacklisted for future 
adoptions!>

Both of these kids are pretty thin -- yet Peggy Sue is a food-a-holic! 
That is a bit of a concern but we have an appointment scheduled with our vet 
for March 4th.  I'll have a better idea of things after he checks them both 
out.

So far - the only time there has been any kind of a snit between them has 
been when they get into each other's space when eating or treating...  With 
Thelma Lou's front toofie problem - she eats quite a bit slower than Peggy 
Sue.  So we'll have to keep an eye on them and keep "Ms. Pacman" away from 
Thelma Lou until she's done!  Other than that -- they're great so far!

They are a couple of "Love Sponges".  They'd like nothing more than 
bellyrubs and hugs 24/7 -- and - of course - we're more than happy to 
oblige...

It's going to take several weeks until everybody settles in - and Fred and I 
get trained properly -- but so far so good!

Marilyn - proud new Mommy of Thelma Lou and Peggy Sue and Bridgemates Amanda 
Lynn, Samantha Sue, and Bob Burns 


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