[Dailydrool] When did I join?

[Molly Thompson]

I think I joined the drool around 2015 or maybe even earlier. I have 
loved basset hounds since I was a child. I seemed to be drawn to the 
long ears and short legs. I even found an old drawing I made of a dog as 
a little girl and it was of a basset. I had a bagel growing up. Then I  
cleaned the kennels of a colony of bassets at Michigan State University 
that were part of research into von Willebrand's disease - a bleeding 
disorder. I just loved visiting with them. (Ironically my husband had a 
similar bleeding disorder and grew up with a poster of a basset on his 
bedroom wall.)

My first basset, Max, was a wedding gift from my bridesmaids. As a puppy 
he had decided not to use his back legs. We had a few vets check him and 
they all agreed it was not a problem and he would eventually use his 
back legs, which he did. He had such separation anxiety until we got him 
a companion non-a-basset dog (and then another). After Max passed away 
my husband was offered a job in MN. I told him I would move if I could 
get another basset. We moved and I got Tucker - my little sweetheart who 
slept curled up against my stomach under the sheets every night.

After Max came Lilly and Jem, who are both with us now and are a joy. 
Through all of them, the drool has been a fount of info and fun. I love 
the stories shared by everyone and even though I look at the FB pages, I 
still love the drool the most and tell anyone with a basset to check it out.

Thanks for all the great years and stories.

Molly A. Thompson
Duluth, MN

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