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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just
one look at these pictures</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <span lang=EN><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146205&amp;id=690906173&amp;l=28b664bd74">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146205&amp;id=690906173&amp;l=28b664bd74</a>
</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;will
explain why Stephanie is asking for a little help.&nbsp; Have you ever seen
anything like this?&nbsp; We certainly hadn&#8217;t, and neither had
Stephanie&#8217;s doctors.&nbsp; Their best guess is that someone took a
branding iron to little Stephanie not just once, but twice &#8211; plus she has
some other less extensive burns behind her ear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At
5:01 one evening AZBHR got a call from Pima Animal Control -&nbsp;
Stephanie&#8217;s mandatory 72 hour hold had expired at 5pm and they wanted to
know if we could come and get her.&nbsp; Heck yes we could and did!&nbsp; She
went straight to our great vets at VCA in Tucson and was made comfortable and
readied for surgery the next day.&nbsp; Stephanie had to undergo extensive
surgery to clean up those wounds and cut out all the dead skin and infected
tissue, and then be sewn back together &#8211; thank goodness for that extra
basset skin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You
might think that after such abuse, and having roamed the streets for goodness
knows how long that Stephanie would be skittish and untrusting, but in spite of
all she&#8217;s been through she is the sweetest, friendliest, most playful
girl you could imagine. &nbsp;She is estimated to be 18 months old, and she has
now had all her shots, is microchipped and spayed, and in a couple of weeks
after recovering from surgery she will be looking for her forever home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Meanwhile,
if you would like to make any financial contributions to the cost of her
medical care she would be very happy to hear from you.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll keep
you posted on her progress.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mail
donations to:&nbsp; AZBHR c/o Stephanie the Basset Fund, P O Box 32594, Phoenix
AZ 85064 or donate via paypal at <a href="http://www.azbassetrescue.com">www.azbassetrescue.com</a>
or <a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/stephaniesfund">www.firstgiving.com/stephaniesfund</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you to Robin Martin, Lynda Seal and Stephanie&#8217;s new foster home Nick
&amp; Helen for helping to save this girl &#8211; I don&#8217;t know what I or
the hounds would do without great volunteers like you!&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:red'>Love that Drool,</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Kim
A. Bruck, President &amp; Basset Ball Coordinator, Arizona Basset Hound Rescue </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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