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font-family:Arial'>If intererested, email me for pictures. He loves sitting on
top of the lawn mower.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>See that handsome talented man sitting up there on that lawn
mower...that's me Barney and yes I got up there all by my little
lonesome. Now this wouldn't be such a big deal for any normal hound, but
for me it's pretty spectacular for one reason, I'm blind. Oh please don't
feel one bit sorry for me...it doesn't slow me down one bit and I have learned
to deal with the blindness & make the best out of everything I get.
My story like most in rescue is of course a sad one...I hate even to tell
it.....but Mom says it might just help people gain awareness of what one simple
Heart Worm prevention pill given once a month can do. I was born 5 years
ago and adopted to what I thought was a wonderful home...until I got left out
in the back yard night after night day after day. I was given little to
no medical treatment and of course no HW prevention. Just over a year ago
I started to go blind & still no one took me to the vet. About 5
months ago I escaped my yard, boy oh boy was it fun to be running like the
wind...but after so many days on the run and me just not feeling the best I was
picked up by the Animal Control officer after he found me lying by the side of
the road. They put me in a cool place and the next morning when they came
in to check on me I really didn't feel well and was in a seizure like
shake....they quickly rushed me to the vet where it was discovered I had a
tick/flea borne illness and was a HIGH Heart Worm positive (mom says that means
I've had them living in me for a long time). ** The doctors there got me
stabilized and the rescue lady down there immediately called the people at HHBR
and here I am living the good life and getting my health back in order!
The vet people and mom think I went blind slowly from the extreme case of HW's
I had and there is no way for them to reverse it. I was given the
necessary HW treatment and medicines to make me feel A-okay and I have taken it
all like a champ...didn't slow me down one bit no-sir-ee. Now I am
looking for a home to call my very own. Due to the fact I was on my own
in the backyard for so long I have come to be what mom calls an
"alpha"....I guess that means I like to be the boss. She says
if I went to a home of my very own or with only one other dog that is not so
bossy would be best. Mom likes to call me her little bumper car....being
blind doesn't slow me down one bit...and if I run into a wall or object I just
keep bumping my way along until I find the opening I want and off I go.
She says it's quite the sight and makes her laugh every time!! Due to my
HW treatment I am not able to be altered yet...I have to wait a few more
months. So my house training still needs some improvements, which we hope
will improve when I am neutered. I do go in and out the dog door with the
rest of the hounds around here. Rescue is recommending I go to a home
with older children over the age of 10 years for their safety and my own. I am
UTD on all vaccines. If you would like to hear more about me please
contact Jess'e<a href="<a
href="mailto:jessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com%22%3E%3Cbr%3Ejessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com%3C/a"
title="mailto:jessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com%22%3E%3Cbr%3Ejessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com%3C/a">mailto:jessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com"><br>jessie@houndshavenbassetrescue.com</a</a>>
or 636-448-8223 and she will put you in touch with mom!!!</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Helena Poist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Proplanner<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2321 North Loop Drive</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ames</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">IA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">50010</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>helena@proplanner.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>515-296-7526<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>fax: 515-296-3229<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>http://www.proplanner.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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