Fantastic!! Can you believe we're up to #51 in the rankings this morning? I think that's really good news... <div><br></div><div>I can't believe what a great job you're all doing!</div><div><br></div><div>
Did I already tell you about the FOUR litters we've had since February? First was a mom and dad stray pair. Shelter called us... she's about to pop these pups, any chance you can take her? We did, of course... we have a fantastic foster home that loves to whelp pups and was very eager to get her safe. We pulled both dogs, sent them in different directions and momma was dropped off to wait for her foster home to collect her. Well, she wasn't going to wait. As soon as she felt safe (20 minutes after arriving at her 'safe house') she started giving birth - 8 pups, one lost at birth. Purebred bassets and beautiful to boot! 7 pups to rear, spay/neuter, vaccinate and place in good homes. Mission accomplished. </div>
<div><br></div><div>In the meantime, a shelter took in a momma with a litter of 9 newborn pups... apparently born in the person's yard and discovered at about 2 days old. Another foster home stepped up to take these. They're mixes, and the jury is still out on what they're mixed with, but they are darned CUTE!!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Then we got a call from a shelter volunteer... someone wanted to surrender their pair of bassets... female could be pregnant. Unfortunately it took a few weeks to get the contact info for the person who wanted to surrender them and when we called her the female had already given birth. 8 pups, but only 4 of them still alive... they think momma must lie on them (duh!!). When asked, how old - " I think it was a Friday about two weeks ago". When asked what sex - "I don't know, my husband goes out to look at them" (yard dogs.... grrrrr). Can we come right NOW? By the time we got there, we were down to 3 pups. We took the mom and dad basset and the three pups and the parting words from the owner was that they weren't sure who had fathered the pups as they also have an intact boxer in the yard! Poor mom, 2 intact males to guard her litter from (and she showed us that she did NOT want the male basset anywhere near them). No wonder she was down to 3 pups. And she is GORGEOUS as well. Pups do look like mixes and they're now around 4 wks old!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Last litter was another owner surrender of the mom and dad. This time the dogs were in Southern California, and Daphneyland were facing taking in another litter... they already have one mixed litter of basset/springer spaniels! Over here in California, all the active rescues are part of a network called the West Coast BROAD (Basset Rescue Organizations Allied Division - it was the best I could come up with!!). We're able to work together to make sure that no basset gets left behind or forgotten in a shelter as we've made sure that every shelter in the state is the prime responsibility of just one rescue organization, who takes the lead on either taking the dog or asking the BROADs if they can take it. Anyway, as a sister rescue of BaRNI at Daphneyland, and having a foster home that had missed out on whelping the first litter, we said we'd take her. The dad was a transport failure... and the momma came up to the Bay Area. Once again fate stepped in and momma had to go to a different foster home, where she pretended to go into labor for a full two weeks (so we didn't move her again) and eventually gave birth to NINE more purebred basset pups last Thursday. Phew!!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyone who has rescued or bred litters, knows how expensive pups can be. Another very good reason for helping us out by VOTING!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your support!</div><div><br></div>
<div>Addy</div><div><br></div><div>(Oh, and there's a Firstgiving page for GOLDEN EMPIRE BASSET RESCUE who are going through an emergency situation due to Jill Peterson's hospitalization. Another example of the BROAD network working together... donations welcome at <a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/gebr-jillmedicalemergency">http://www.firstgiving.com/gebr-jillmedicalemergency</a>). Any donations will go straight to GEBR.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/gebr-jillmedicalemergency"></a><br clear="all"><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>
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