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<DIV>Utah Friends of Basset Hounds covers Utah and southern Idaho, and we do</DIV>
<DIV>not pay any shelter fees. Some of the shelters give very basic vaccinations</DIV>
<DIV>and others do nothing. They seem thrilled to have us take the bassets to make room for some of the other dogs. (And to save their lives--we have some great shelters here). We don't really have heartworm ( a HUGE blessing) but we test for it and put them on heartworm prevention immediately. We did pull 5 bassets from shelters this past year with Parvo--three made it and two didn't- and that was a huge budget buster for us. We have a lot with kennel cough and other shelter ailments. At the</DIV>
<DIV>risk of sounding morbid, it probably costs a shelter as much to euthanize</DIV>
<DIV>the dog and dispose of it as the fees are. The whole idea is saving the dogs</DIV>
<DIV>and if the shelter can't waive the fee for rescue groups-- well, just say I am</DIV>
<DIV>happy we are in Utah. </DIV>
<DIV id=signature class=signature>--<BR>Marilyn Briggs <BR></DIV>
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