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class=131233914-03062009>Senior Sale?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>Sure.. not necessarily "for puppies" but to be able to
bring in more adoptable hounds, and to get hounds into homes that for no
other reason but their age or disability wouldn't get adopted easily. sure.. why
not ?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>Who goes into a shelter or contacts a rescue group and
says.. "no no.. I want to pay you 250 for a senior that will probably leave
me in a year ... " ... "oh no.. I really love having a hound that I have to do
daily medicines for ... its practice for when I get
older..."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>Those type of people don't exist.. and lets be honest..
many rescues spend FAR MORE than the adoption fees cover, for the animals they
try to re-home ... its not that they don't want to care for the geriatrics, but
that they know that all the older hounds want is stability, some love, a warm
home when its cold, a cool home when its hot, and water.. maybe some toys or
others to play with.. etc... and which is better for them? Staying in a rescue's
kennel or shelter... or getting a home where they can be cared for in their
later years (or months, or even weeks)?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>I know BROOD (<A
href="http://www.brood-va.org">www.brood-va.org</A>) doesn't generally charge an
adopter a fee for owner give ups.. and even if they did I couldn't fault
them that.. not after having worked with them for 4 years, knowing what the
hounds go through and how some people who give up their hounds absolutely lie
about it.. or are doing so for the very reason the Rescue might offer a no fee
adoption.. </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=131233914-03062009>no lie.. I've seen the papers where the person puts
down age or some age related statement as why they were getting rid of their
dog.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>So if a rescue is at the point of begging people to
take the elders, and at no fee.. it means they really need someone to step
forward and give the care for these hounds that should be better than what got
them to where they are.. because the last thing anyone in rescue wants, is a
hound to whittle away in a cage, or not getting a decent percentage of their
remaining time with as much good, kind, and loving human contact as possible in
good homes.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=131233914-03062009>-Robert</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left>Has anyone ever
heard of a rescue group "waiving adoption fees" on senior & special needs
bassets to make room for puppies? <SPAN
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