<div>I have been very busy at work, and have fallen terribly behind on responding to Drool (I keep up on the reading, and try to send emergency drool as quickly as possible). Even worse, I allowed my sweet Geoffrey's 4th Gotcha Day to pass by without mention on September 16. Geoffrey is my first basset. We were at PetSmart picking up dog food for our lab Lisa and cat food for Dub-Dub and I made the mistake of looking in the cages for pet adoption day. And there was a pure-bred basset hound! The cages were near the grooming area so I asked the man running adoption day, "He's just here for grooming, right?" He said, "Oh no, he's up for adoption." Frantically waved my husband over, who grew up with bassets and had always told me I would like them. Dick said, "Let's take him out of the cage." I told him if he came out of the cage he wouldn't go back in and he didn't! And my life has been much the better for it, including all of my friends on the Drool. And Geoffrey led to Molly and Henry too, who are also my joys in life.</div>
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<div>Cyndi and John, we are so sorry that Buddy went to the Bridge. The bassets send hearthealing drool and I'm sending warm thoughts.</div>
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<div>Lots of belated happy birthdays: Elvis, Chilliepepper, Super Cooper, Jasmine Anne Jordan, Siobhan (who gets a happy gotcha day shout out too), Brudder Bubba, Maggie Waggs, Mr. Santana Pants, Chumley and Belvedere! Wishing you many more happy years with your people.</div>
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<div>And lots of belated Gotcha Days too -- Colt and Ruger, the Rio Trio, Harley, Myrtle, and of course my Geoffrey. May you and your people continue to make each other happy for a very long time.</div>
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<div>Healing and cone of shame drool for Arnie. And we hope Lily's spay went well, that Spencer's IBD is back under control, that Mazzie is doing better wtih her Prozac (I'm living proof of better living through chemistry -- hope it works for Mazzie too!), and that Isabella's back stays healed. We're glad Rupert's dental went well (I took all three of mine in earlier this summer and well remember the anxiety of waiting to get the call that the anesthesia wore off and everything was OK). And we're sending healing drool for Barnaby's kidney failure and Sir Chewey's jaw cancer, and are praying that both can be controlled medically for a lot of good time left. And of course are worried sick about poor Rosie, and are so glad she came through surgery OK.</div>
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<div>Hope you get your BUV back drool is being slung for Brenda. When my ex-husband and I lived in Maryland his car was stolen. On day 29 (Allstate gave you 30 days for your car to be found and then would just cut you a check) I received a call from a Sargeant someone-or-other from the Chicago police. He said he had our car. I asked, "Chicago, like Illinois?" He answered, "Do you know another one lady?" Had to admit I didn't. It was found in the parking lot of Wrigley Field. You gotta love those Cubs fans -- anything to get to the game (actually the police said it was drug runners judging from the residue left inside.) We got the car driven back and fixed and let's just say my ex husband was driving that car a lot longer than he was married to me.</div>
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<div>I was sorry to see the posting about Max missing. Was he ever found?</div>
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<div>And now the happy news. We're so glad Buster and Maggie found wonderful new forever homes! And that Wendall W. Bottom got a new little baby human sister -- congratuations!</div>
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<div>And finally, we're glad Miss Angela is settling in well in her new abode. I have this visual of this very stately hound surveying her kingdom from the top of her waterfall :-). Laura (Geoffrey, Molly, Henry, Lisa (ATB), Dub-Dub (ATB))</div>