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<p class=MsoNormal>Thought I would share with you all how BHRA came to have 16
puppies in our care!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Bella
- Named due to her belly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>She
came to us from the Moody area where she was loose for at least 3
weeks and hanging around a nice families home who brought her to us
(1/19/09). She is between 2-3 years old and when we received
her into our care her belly was touching the floor. She was miserable and
just days away from delivering. She went into labor in the wee morning
hours of January 24th and was discovered by my mom who made a surprise
visit from Ohio to Alabama. She went to the vet within an hour of us
watching her labor progress and it was apparent she was in distress. Once
at the vets and x-rayed, it was established that she was going to have six
puppies that were way to long for her to birth. The xray also
showed that she had a fractured pelvic which alone would have made it
impossible for her or the puppies to survive without a c-section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>She
went right in for a c-section and gave birth to six beautiful puppies, 3 boys
& 3 girls. One had a hard time out of the womb and it took a lot of
extra attention and love for him to pull through. Nudder Butter,
Dutch, Doc, Buttercup, Freckles & Nickie (Dr. nicked her during
c-section) were born on January 24th at approx. 1pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Daphne
- Named after Daphne on Scooby Doo because they both had red hair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>She
was found by a family in the Gardendale area who would have loved to
keep her but couldn't so they contacted us. She was brought it (just days
after Bella 1/22/09) and looked like she had swallowed two
basketballs. She is also between 2-3 years old and as big as she was
we thought she was going to deliver on the spot. She ended up holding out
a little longer and after Bella's puppies were born we took Daphne in for
an x-ray just to be sure. They found she was carrying 10
puppies and everything appeared to be in order for her to deliver on her
own. Little did we know she was still a week away from delivering
and the puppies grew even bigger. She went into labor on 1/31/09 and
started to display signs of distress. The pregnancy and labor proved
to be too much for her and off we went to the vets for the
second Saturday in a row for an emergency c-section. She gave
birth to 10 beautiful and unique looking puppies at approximately 1pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Daphne
had 7 boys and 3 girls with two very special cases. Again, one puppy was
having a difficult time (more so than Bella's) and it was a struggle to keep
him alive but he pulled through. The other was born with a deformity
and has a front club foot but has good circulation to it and should be okay throughout
his adult life with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The
puppies were named as follows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Males:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Gus,
Nick, Tate, Wizzer, Winslow, Abbott (Clubbed paw - Named after Jim Abbott,
famous baseball player who only had one hand), Tyson (The one who had a
tough time to start and he is a fighter). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Girls:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Kahlua, Lyla
& Liberty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Pictures of the puppies and their moms are posted at <a
href="http://www.bhra.org">www.bhra.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'>Lizz
Kolenich<br>
<a href="mailto:lizzkolenich@yahoo.com"><span style='color:#17365D'>lizzkolenich@yahoo.com</span></a><br>
205-739-9418<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'>Basset
Hound Rescue of Alabama</span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'>Trustee,
Adoption/Intake Coordinator & a PROUD Foster Mom/Failure</span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'><a
href="http://www.bhra.org"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.bhra.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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