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<DIV>Please come to our Basset Fun Day this Saturday 12 - 3</DIV>
<DIV>go to <A href="http://www.aocb.com">www.aocb.com</A> for an interactive map
and directions from your house to Basset Fun Day!</DIV>
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<DIV>WE WILL BE SHOWING THE BEAUTIFUL QUILT THAT ~~ELLIE WRIGHT~~ MADE FOR THE
RESCUE and tickets will start to go on sale at Fun Day and continue to be for
sale until our HOWL -O- Ween Party in October. You do not need to be
present to win. </DIV>
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<DIV>This annual rescue fundraiser is especially fun for the hounds because they
can FREELY go around loosely...heh heh heh...they tend to run in a packs
and swoop around or just sniff around or hang by ...all so fun for us hoomans to
watch the antics as the Bassets take over the entire Doggy Daycare Facility.
Rain or shine it is $10 per person. Hounds and dog furrends go free as long as
they are get along dogs. Lunch for all is included plus some corn ball little
gifts to each person to say thank you for coming and supporting our small
but mighty rescue. Kerchiefs and "MAG-NUTS" are the goodies this year
plus as always food samples (thank you Auntie Sandy).</DIV>
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<DIV>We will have a Basset Buffet and a Human Buffet Picnic Lunch
and it is all pretty much interchangeable foods too! except no junk
foods on the Basset Buffet Table! lol We aim for Healthy good
stuff...but we do falter and get chips for the people table
....will bring treets for the buffet tables too. We all look forward
to THE POTATO SALAD...gee he gets leaped on as soon as he walks in the
door with THE POTATO SALAD!</DIV>
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<DIV>There will be games and contests some new ones every year like last
year the Naughtiest Dog Tale...judged by the crowd. Very entertaining tales
wild eyed Cloo the Basset and fish heads and Bassets doing interesting eccentric
sometimes things... pretty funny stories. Not too many contests..just
11 contests with one prize bag going to some Lucky Dog of the day for no
reason. Costume Contests and Best trick etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>We will have a Pawdicure Demo (how to use the dremmel showing some
tricks of the grooming salon and show going crowd) We will demo on well
behaved Bassets and some not so well behaved just to show how it is done
even if the Basset (prefers nails to be claws and long...so does not really wish
to cooperate). there are different ways to approach nail trims and we can give
you some good pointers. Just watching how easy it is done when a Basset is
used to having it done weekly is so great. It really is not a big deal. They are
so much healthier and walk better with short nails.</DIV>
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<DIV>Patty Crawford is putting together 15 raffle baskets and one of them
includes one of her famous quilted dog beds, One of the raffle basket is a
BBQ, one is a Sandicast statue...all kinds of good things to win and our odds
are pretty good considering that we have a small (but mighty) rescue
picnic...maybe only 80 or so hounds. Still that's a good amount and we sure
would welcome you if you could come! </DIV>
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<DIV>Please call (425) 891-9375 with any questions and/or email questions to any
of us in the email adresses included in the Sendto Copy to line.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please come if you can you and your hounds will be sure to have a fine
time.</DIV>
<DIV>Love and Woofs from Alexa Owned and Loved by Hudson and
Henry</DIV>
<DIV>Coordinator for the Basset Rescue of Puget Sound</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.adoptabasset.net">www.adoptabasset.net</A>
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