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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Happy Gotcha Day my Sweet Nelly
Belle! I can't believe that it has been 2 years
since</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>I first brought my little red and white
girl home. How far she has come from that first</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>day. I will never forget how stanky
and downright filthy she was or how much I gagged </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>on the 70+ mile trip home. She was
so scared and her eyes were had lost no spark but I</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>fell madly in love with my girl.
Boy did she plant those little short legs when I tried to
get</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>her in the house.
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Through all the trials she slowly and
surely blossomed. Though we still have a few little
issues</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>I can't tell you how many tears of joy I
have cried. Those little things that some take for
granted</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>were mountains for my girl but she faced
each one with her Momma right there beside her. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>She is a big Momma's girl. She
still calls me back to bed in the morning for "our special
time".</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Though kisses are not frequent I get lots
of nose bumps and a belly happily upturned for rubbing</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>and blowing raspberries on. While
she is no longer my velcro girl I know that she is never
really</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>far away. She is away close by at
night with her little tushy pushed up against my shoulder
while</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>she sleeps peacefully. She calls to
me with her Nelly Belle woo woo and wait for me to call
back.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Though we don't know her exact age the
doc guesses her to be around 11 ish so we count today</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>as her birthday as well. So
from a girl that came from a puppy mill having litter after litter with
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>teats </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
size=2 face=Antique>dragging the ground when I first met her to the girl I
see today The 11 yr. old senior girl who </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>is </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
size=2 face=Antique>just now learning to play with the gang and toys
well.....The transformation has been a </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2
face=Antique>Miracle. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Though officially it is your Gotcha Day
Nelly Belle I think today is really your Got-Me Day. Let
the</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Treats flow freely in celebration of my
Sweet Baby's Special Day.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Happy 11th Sweet Senior Nelly
Belle. We Love You Very Much!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Momma Karen and The Dog House Gang
Family</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique><A
href="http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/"></A></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Thank you My Sweet Tucker (ATB) for
bringing your sister into our lives before you had to</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>leave us. I know that you had
wanted to help ease the sadness we would feel when God
would</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>call you home just a few short months
later. </FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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