<div>Karen,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for your commitment to the hounds you've fostered for us... and continue to foster... and for giving us all something to smile about after all the recent Bridge departures.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It's so wonderful that Anya seems to have got a GREAT home... it always amazes me that there are so many wonderful people out there to take in our hounds, even when they are getting up there in years, or are overweight, or blind... You think you must have run out of people like that, until a family like Anya's comes along just at the right time! Anya was so close to not making it out of the shelter and without foster homes like Karen's to provide a safe haven for her, she could have been another statistic. Now, she will go on to have the best years of her life! Again and again this happens. We get in dogs who you think will be difficult to place, and wonderful, perfect homes, just appear like magic!</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, Karen, I think your little Casino win was purely karma... you were getting back just some of the good fortune that you've provided for the fosters and your own hounds and wannabe's!</div><div>
<br></div><div>Congratulations!!</div><div><br></div><div>Addy</div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Message: 12<br>Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:09:56 -0700<br>
From: "Karen" <<a href="mailto:sparks_red@yahoo.com" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">sparks_red@yahoo.com</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:dailydrool@dailydrool.org" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">dailydrool@dailydrool.org</a>><br>
Subject: [Dailydrool] A Perfect Day.<br>Message-ID: <ACD3CC9F8AB347078F7F7189F0EE413E@KarenPC><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>With all the sadness on the drool for the past month I thought I would share<br>
good news and the great day I had yesterday.<br><br>Miss Anya our big red and white smooshy girl, who was rescued from death row<br>has a new "Furever Home"! This is not just any home. This is a home built just<br>
with low riders in mind. There are 10 fully fenced acres with low windows and<br>glass doors so a basset can watch all the happenings of the world. Her new family<br>is the greatest! I cannot sing their praises enough. They knew they wanted her before<br>
even meeting her. After meeting her and spending a little time together Anya was off<br>to her new home. Mom sat in the back seat with her while dad played chauffeur.<br>Of course this would not have happened had it not been for all the hard work that<br>
Golden Gate Basset Rescue did in making Anya, Ken and Margaret's dreams a reality.<br><br>Oh but wait the day didn't end there. Since we were in Reno my best friend and<br>transport helper Doris and I went to the Atlantis for their wonderful buffet. I am not<br>
real keen on buffets but the Atlantis has a really good one with awesome food choices.<br>We stuffed ourselves so full that we had to walk it off in the casino. Doris will always<br>"play" a little in a casino so we stopped by a bank of slots she wanted to play. Of course<br>
there was one there three in the row called what else but Rescue. I am not a big gambler,<br>especially when there are so many hungry furry mouths to feed in my house. I looked<br>the machines over and picked mine. So when it kept rejecting my $1 bills I finally said<br>
"Okay, I will play the $10 bill". The first time I one a rescue spin I had no idea I was<br>suppose to hit the little button to stop the spin. WooHoo I won $3.<br><br>Then it happened....WooHoo I won 12 extra spins. Let it spin away. When the spins<br>
hit $100 I was shocked.<br><br>Then it happened Again! During the extra spins I hit another rescue spin and won 5<br>more free spins.<br><br>The machine is spinning away on its own. I bowed my head and said "Dear Lord I<br>
could really use some extra bone money to feed the now 6 bassets, 3 kitties, Ruby Doo<br>and Cuddles." (I know saying a few prayers to win in a casino is probably not the best thing<br>to do but the gang goes through a lot of food every month.) Finally the machine stops....<br>
I give a silent but heartfelt Thank You to the Big Guy. I have $191 extra! I turn to Doris and say<br>" I just won enough money to feed the gang for over a month!"<br><br>Oh but I am not finished yet! I get home to the happy gang who are surrounding me, all<br>
vying for their "Yes I am home loving". In the mix is Isabelle (one of GGBR's famous 61)<br>who is so very fearful and had a big setback when her adoption failed. She is happily greeting<br>me with the rest of the gang, bouncing around with her tail up. Her tail is wagging away!<br>
She is the happiest I have seen her since she came back home!<br><br>Anya has the home all rescues dream of, the food was great, Momma has extra in her pocket<br>to feed the gang and Isabelle's tail was wagging. What a Perfect Day!<br>
<br>Droolz,<br>Karen and The Dog House Gang<br></span><br>-- <br>Addy Dawes<br>Secretary<br>Golden Gate Basset Rescue<br><a href="http://ggbassetrescue.org">http://ggbassetrescue.org</a><br>650 924 0144<br>