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<DIV>I have been on the drool since the advent of my beloved Homer joined our
hosehold in the early 90's....It was a wonderful place,and we had a lot of
fun...Now, I post only sympathy notes..Why? because a lot of my posts got
returned to me by the moderators...for some reason they didn't like them.
Nancy Gallagher never did that. There was a wonderful outpouring of
love when my Homer went to the Bridge; in fact I saved everything and made a
book out of all of the comments. Oh, and half of my personal sympathy notes go
unanswered, too.</DIV>
<DIV> For a while after, I kept posting, and also for a long while in the
beginning of droopy rescue..sending them money monthly even when it was a
hardship..it was graciously accepted. BUTt WHEN IT CAME TO TRYING TO ADOPT
ANOTHER BASSET....EVEN DROOPY WOULD NOT HELP ME..even, the then the coordinator
of adoptions, who lived in Pittsburgh snubbed me! We wound up with help
from Jim Willis who found us Sammy down in N. Carolina. Sammy is a half
basset, but we couldn't love him more. I've been kind of bitter at the
drool ever since... not even ohio basset, Brood, or ABC offered to help us find
another basset... All of these rescues exist and want money...and more
money...but what do they do with the bassets? I can't help wondering
because we searched for 6 months before finding Sammy...and no rescue offered us
a basset!</DIV>
<DIV> Now, wonder if the moderators will let me post this one.</DIV>
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