<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18865">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I thought I would update everyone on my 2 fosters
from the GGBR Great Basset Rescue. So one of the first things we did to
make them feel welcome was give them new and more fitting names. Two
lovely little basset girls need names that are beautiful and befitting
them. So Peanut, who is by far the tiniest basset I have ever seen (think
4 month old buppy) became Sophee. Yes we purposely spelled it that way so
she would be unique. Dumplin is now Isabelle which befits such a beautiful
girl with long black ears.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Both girls quickly learned that couches and the
beds as well as my bed where wonderful perches. We have gone from little
submissive showing of bellies to "oh yes, please give me a belly rub"
Though I still have not gotten kisses I get little snooters that lift my hand
wanting loving rubs and pets. Through watching the gang they now give my
upturned bellies in the morning to join in the Good Morning Loving.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Little Sophee is a sweet gal that would much prefer
to sit and watch the gangs antic as they just tower over here. Outside she
has taken to running the Basset 100, enticing the gang to run after here.
Still her favorite thing is to set quietly beside me so she can be loved
on. To see Sophee at dinner time is the sweetest thing. When I
bring out the food and say time to eat she starts bouncing around like a little
buppy. At those moments it is hard to believe that she is actually 7 years
old. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Isabelle is really start to break out of her shell
the last couple of days. She has decided that playtime with the gang is
the greatest! I do have to block her out of the bedroom, her favorite spot
is my bed or one of the other cushy beds on the floor, to get her to interact
more. Once out of the bedroom she quickly joins in the fun of alligator
wrestling then running circles around the dining room to jump right back in the
fray. Though she has been ocassionally been picking up toys, today, for
the very first time she went to the toy box and picked out a stuffie of her very
own. My heart lept with joy as she ran around with the ducky in her mouth,
shaking her head making sure that ducky knew he was had.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My gang always bring such joy and laughter in my
life everyday but watching my new girls start to break out of there shells
is a gift and a miracle wrapped up in one. My Nelly Belle's family,
in time, will learn what being basset is all about. They will know
that love means a soft place to rest, good food, loving touch and sweet
kisses. Most of all these girls and the rest of the 61 bassets will come
to learn that we human are really not so bad to own. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am so lucky to be blessed by Sophee and
Isabelle's presence in my home. I know that they still have far to go but
I only have to look at my Nelly Belle to see into their future. The future
has gone from dismal existence to one brightly filled with
love.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Droolz,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Karen and The Dog House
Gang</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>