<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I have been a lurker here on the Drool for the past year, year and a half. I truly enjoy reading the post everyday. There are so many great people on the list and I look forward to hearing about/from everyone. I had the opportunity to join the secret Pawtner this year and found it was so much fun. Now the project that I have gotten involved in is the Senior Houndsabound Calendar.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I entered my Alice to help raise funds for the seniors and also for my own selfish reason to have her become famous before she has to make her final journey.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I adopted Alice and her sister Trixie from ABC Basset 8 years ago. I started out wanting to foster and was constantly checking the local rescues until I saw their picture, to which I said "who will adopt 2 six year old dogs together?" Well you know who did. They have been a great pleasure to our lives and then 2 years ago I lost Trixie to lung cancer very suddenly and unexpected. I was not sure which of us would die of a broken heart first Alice or me.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Alice has many quirks and issues but yet she has managed to trod on in life. She presently has had a tumor on her butt the no one thinks she will make it through surgery to remove and she has her good and bad days but she is a trooper.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Sorry this is so long. I will get to the point. We are asking that you go to <A href="http://www.seniorhoundsabound.biz">www.seniorhoundsabound.biz</A> and cast your votes for Alice to become famous and have her chance of being on the cover of the Rolling Stones (basset style).</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for your support.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Nancy, Alice, Maggie, Bailey, Samantha ATB, Trixie ATB</DIV></div></body></html>