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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">O.K. Point #1: When we at MBR get an application from out of state and that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">State has an active rescue, we refer the applicant to their local rescue. We</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Don't believe in sending bassets all over the country when there are bassets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Needing homes where the applicant lives.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#0000ff>ANSWER: I nor any Basset Rescue can control which dog an adopter falls in love with, if that dog out of state then what right do we have to tell them they CAN'T adopt from us because there is a local Basset Rescue in their state? I personally fell in love with a little Basset girl from KS, and I adopted her when at the time I lived in IL. Adopters do move, and hence taking the dog out of the state it was adopted in. What beliefs your rescue has is not necessarily the beliefs of all other rescues, sorry plain and simple. To each his own!! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #2: If you check the DailyDrool.com web page, there's a list of all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">The rescue groups around the country and their contact information. If you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Want a basset rescue in Michigan to help with a home visit in Michigan, then</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Contact us!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#0000ff>ANSWER: I did check the list and I was WELL AWARE of your rescue. I chose not to contact your rescue for the simple fact that some of the other rescue's I work with and their volunteers had concerns about your rescues/volunteers conduct. Not everyone in other Basset Rescues works with all the other Basset Rescues, and again to each his own!! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #3: At least you are asking for help with a home visit. That's a good</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Thing. A lot of groups send bassets here without doing that. Nor do they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Check with us to see if... Just maybe... This applicant is someone we turned</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Down.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"><FONT color=#0000ff>ANSWER: This applicant made it VERY clear on his application he was turned down by another rescue, not yours mind you, but that is was due to the fact he had an underground fencing system. I contacted that rescue and they like us found nothing out of the ordinary with the application and that the ONLY reason they denied him was because of the underground system!!</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #4: If the adoption doesn't work out, how do you plan to get the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Basset back to Iowa? We've gotten bassets sent here from out of state into</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Our rescue and re- placed them here after the original group wouldn't/couldn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">T take them back.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#0000ff>ANSWER: Not that this is any of your business, but Hounds Haven makes it VERY clear like any other rescue does, that the dog be returned to us. We would have that adopter take the dog to a local vet clinic where WE (being Hounds Haven) would pay for it boarding until I( the transport coordinator) could arrange for it's transport back to IA. We would never think of burdening another rescue with a hound currently placed by our rescue. That's just unthinkable!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Have a great day and it was so nice meeting your acquaintance but wish it could have been in a more private one on one manner not a public forum!! </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#ff0080>Jess'e Potts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#ff0080>Adoption & Transport Coordinator for Hounds Haven Basset Rescue</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"><A href="mailto:jessie.potts@mchsi.com"><FONT color=#ff0080>jessie.potts@mchsi.com</FONT></A><FONT color=#ff0080> -or- </FONT><A href="mailto:bassetlovers@gmail.com"><FONT color=#ff0080>bassetlovers@gmail.com</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:10:51 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">From: "Melissa and Jo" <</FONT><A title=mailto:mibassetrescue@comcast.net href="mailto:mibassetrescue@comcast.net" target=_blank><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">mibassetrescue@comcast.net</FONT></A><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Subject: [Dailydrool] HV HELP NEEDED IN OR NEAR NORTHVILLE, MI</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">To: <</FONT><A title=mailto:dailydrool@dailydrool.org href="mailto:dailydrool@dailydrool.org" target=_blank><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">dailydrool@dailydrool.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Message-ID: <</FONT><A title=mailto:4858528B.000005.00572@MBRCOMPUTER href="mailto:4858528B.000005.00572@MBRCOMPUTER" target=_blank><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">4858528B.000005.00572@MBRCOMPUTER</FONT></A><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">I've got some questions pertaining to the following Drool post:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Hounds Haven Basset Rescue located in Vail, IA has a wonderful application</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Location in Northville, MI.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Our policy is to have a Home Visit done by a local rescue volunteer in the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Applicant's' area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">If anyone knows anyone in or around Northville, MI to help with this HV</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Please contact me directly off list at </FONT><A title=mailto:jessie.potts@mchsi.com href="mailto:jessie.potts@mchsi.com" target=_blank><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">jessie.potts@mchsi.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> (mchsi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Com)!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Thank you and drools~</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Jess'e Potts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Adoption & Transport Coordinator for Hounds Haven Basset Rescue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">O.K. Point #1: When we at MBR get an application from out of state and that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">State has an active rescue, we refer the applicant to their local rescue. We</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Don't believe in sending bassets all over the country when there are bassets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Needing homes where the applicant lives.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #2: If you check the DailyDrool.com web page, there's a list of all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">The rescue groups around the country and their contact information. If you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Want a basset rescue in Michigan to help with a home visit in Michigan, then</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Contact us!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #3: At least you are asking for help with a home visit. That's a good</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Thing. A lot of groups send bassets here without doing that. Nor do they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Check with us to see if... Just maybe... This applicant is someone we turned</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Down.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Point #4: If the adoption doesn't work out, how do you plan to get the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Basset back to Iowa? We've gotten bassets sent here from out of state into</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Our rescue and re- placed them here after the original group wouldn't/couldn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">T take them back.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Melissa</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Michigan Basset Rescue</FONT></DIV>
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