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<DIV>Suz' foster girls; Nancy & Sophie arrived today after a luxury ride
from Texas all the way to California!</DIV>
<DIV>You may remember, these girls came out of the Texas puppymill bust of 500
canines, and as they are a bit on the senior side (not as much as originally
thought however) they needed to find a rescue group where adoptions of seniors
is more common.</DIV>
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<DIV>Suz and Holly Noelle did an AMAZING job with them. Clearing skin
issues and waiting out heartworm treatments, getting them onto proper nutrition,
teaching them to play with toys and socializing them to people - something puppy
mill dogs have a hard time trusting many times. Suz, they are
BEAUTIFUL!</DIV>
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<DIV>Volunteer of the year Linda Miller decided to have an adventure and flew on
out to San Antonio, rented a car, and arrived for an overnight with the girls at
Suz & Holly's home. After a girls nite up all nite - a nap and then it
was time to hit the road. Linda decided that the girls needed to walk on
the pampered side of life, and once it was discovered that Nancy LOVES full
length mirrors, they are the thing she comes out of her crate to gaze into for
hours on end, the trek from Texas to California included full length mirrors in
every hotel room.</DIV>
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<DIV>Aunti Suz made sure the girls were well stocked, traveling with the charm
of the stuffed armadillo, the girls had their food prepped, meds at the ready
and emergency supplies all packed up! Linda drove them across leaving
Saturday and arriving home in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Linda kept the
girls one last night. Thank you Linda - your AMAZING!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>On the way up to Daphneyland this morning, the girls stopped for a visit
with Dr. Kim. Blood panels, heartworm tests, eye exams - Nancy it is
thought has glaucoma, they were petted and worshipped and then they
arrived. Walking very nicely on leashes, the girls entered the new intake
yard - Sassy's Memorial Forrest - and the wiggles started. They hung
out in the yard all day - making friends with the ranch hounds thru the
fenceline, no shyness with other dogs - even Nancy! Butt wiggle, spin,
nose snigg, tail wagging then a quick dart over to sniff a tree, dart thru the
agility tunnel - up on the padded futon to sun bathe. They were a
whirlwind of activity!</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally it began to get chilly and it was time to come on inside.</DIV>
<DIV>Originally I had planned to bring the girls into the residence with me
while they socialized - due to the fire and the delay in getting them here it
appears that Holly Noelle and Aunti Suz did all of that already. Tonight
the girls are sleeping in the Daphney Suite on the trundle bed amidst
quilts and blankets (our temps will be in the low 20's tonight - time for
quilts!) They are snuggling with the somewhat gray faced girls - Peace,
Lady #2, Toby, and Maggie. I think perhaps the special home made cookies
will be their bedtime treats tonight. It's almost dinner and close down
time but I wanted to get the girls update out there - </DIV>
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<DIV>Next week will be soon enough to schedule dentals, spay and glaucoma
treatments - tonight is snuggle time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Come on up and meet our lovely ladies - the newest arrivals.</DIV>
<DIV>Looking to add grace and beauty to your home? These southern belles have
charm a'plenty!</DIV>
<DIV>Come belly rub.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dawn of the West</DIV>
<DIV>Slave to the Hounds - young, old and everything in between.</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.firstgiving.com/texasbassetfosters">Basset Rescue
Network Inc. - Nancy & Sophie need YOUR help!</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Basset Rescue
Network (Barni) at Daphneyland<BR><A
href="http://www.barniatdaphneyland.org/">www.barniatdaphneyland.org</A><BR>661
269-2682<BR><BR>Rehabilitation and socialization of up to 100 basset hounds (and
some mixes) looking for adoptive families to live out their lives. Visit us on
the internet - or in Person! Public visitation hours:<BR>Saturday & Sundays
11 - 5 p.m.<BR>Directions are on our web
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