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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am blessed to be loved by 2 sweet (well maybe 1
not so sweet, more bossy) basset hounds and they both came from puppy mills and
were sold originally at local pet stores. I am not the original on either
of them and although we did pay for both of them I almost have to consider them
being rescued. Lucy was 6 months old when we got her and she was "sold"
because they couldn't house train her and she wouldn't stop piddling in the
house. It did take us about a year to get her to stop completely but now
she rules the house with an iron paw. We didn't get her papers with her
but I went to the pet store and found out that she came from Lancaster,
PA. I do know that the original owner paid $750 for her because they
showed me the invoice at the pet store.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lilly who just turned 1 in December is a true puppy
mill dog if ever there was one. I did get papers with her if you want to
call them that. They are not AKC, just some sort of registration from the
breeder. I looked online and found out that she is one of those Amish
breeders from Iowa that were being investigated for so many things.
Lilly was afraid of people and still is today even though she has received
nothing but love here. If someone comes to the house that she doesn't know
well she runs away and tries to hide. At the same time, because she is
such a follower of Lucy and Daisy the lab, she wants attention and tries to
approach people but as soon as they might go to pet her she is petrified.
I also think Lilly might have been somewhat abused by her original owner that we
bought her from. She had a scar on her head and according to the previous
owner that was from the pet shop because they had her in a pen with a pit
bull. Well of course I went right to the pet store where she came from and
they don't sell pit bulls there nor do they have puppies together. As it
turned out, the people had 2 chows and they admitted that they were nasty at
times.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>These 2 little ladies give us so much love and it
really doesn't matter to us that they are from pet stores and puppy mills.
We love them as our children just as Daisy the lab who we rescued and is also
from a Lancaster, PA puppy mill.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I know this is long but it's difficult to express
how special these pet shop, puppy mill hounds can become. Healthwise, so
far they are fine with no problems. Lucy will be 3 in June and Lilly is
1. They are loved very much. They sleep in bed with us every night
and yes it is crowded and Lucy especially is a bed hog but we wouldn't have it
any other way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just remember that song "A Basset is a Basset" and
that is so true.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dawn Jackson, momslave to Lucy Lou and Lilly
Olivia</FONT></DIV>
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