[Dailydrool] Old Droolers Report

[Menzie Chase]

OK, my turn. I adopted my first basset in 199; well, bought, really, out of
a newspaper.  We didn't know better then.  Her name was Annabelle Lee, and
she was SUCH a terror as a pup that I used to beg my husband to find her a
new home.  Back then, of course, we thought "Crates were cruuuellll"; in
hindsight, she was being a normal, badly-supervised, bored, under-exercised
puppy.

When she was 18 months, she woke up blind in one eye with glaucoma.  Thise
set off rounds of eye vet visits, laser procedures, lots and lots of
eyedrops, glaucoma in the other eye, and finally, removal of both eyes.
Our eyevet, dawG bless her, suggested the yahhoo group for owners of
blinddogs.  There we met Jeanne M., another long-time Drooler, adn she
introduced us to the Drool.

Meanwhile, during the process of nursing Annabelle through all this, she
and I finally bonded, and bassets have been My Breed ever since.  When I
introduced us here, she was immediately named a Pwincess by Dawn of the
East.  In finding the Drool, I also found Basset Rescue of Georgia, where
we lived at the time.  That was in 2001.

Between then and now, I've served on the boards of basset rescues in three
states (GA, AR, TX), fostered over 100 bassets, including several moms and
litters, and owned and lost Pw. Annabelle, Hector the Very Loud, Barney,
Bozlee, Bonnie, Pippa and Millie. Oh, I am also happily divorced. I
currently have Joker, who has his Therapy Dog Regular title from the AKC,
and Harley, my darling girl.  They are both pet placements from reputable
breeders, and I am forever honored by the rescues and breeders who've
allowed me to be a home for their dogs.

I love and fondly remember Dale, Bev, and all our other storytellers. Pw.
Harley Chick, Annie the Turkey Basset, the OEBE, The Basset Fleet, and Pw.
and PITs. I read EVERY Drool Digest, but I always feel like I don't have
much to say anymore.  FB has definitely been a factor in that.  I'll try to
post some Joker and Harley stories more often.

--Menzie, drooler since 2001

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Menzie Chase
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