<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Hello and Happy New Year to all my Fellow Droolers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">First and for most, I just received the email from Sarah Kopf, Cole Brandenburg's mom. He is the 12 year old boy with cancer that I put in as a Hero on the Howliday card list. <span style="background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);">"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">You cannot imagine the number of bassett hound cards we received for Christmas! Over 120! THANK
YOU SO MUCH! </span><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> "</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I want to thank all of you that sent him cards. As you can read he received a hound pack of them. You made a little boy and his family very happy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">My Boy Sherlock got out of our gate one time, the school kids loved to run down our fence and flip up the latch to chain link fence. I did not notice right away. Thankfully it had been snowing earlier in the day. Following his trail, he had gone about 3 miles, in a 3 block area, I
just kept missing him and he was ignoring my calls. I had left the gate open, I guess he finally got cold and was waiting on the deck for me, looking at me 'when I ran up to him crying' like "What's your Problem Mom??"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pearl, OMD, what a few days you have had. Molly Bob is slinging enormous buckets of droolies your way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Gerty Gerl and Daisy's familiess and all the others that have made their way to the Bridge so recently, my Sincere condolences and Sympathy. HUGS to
all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Val, what a creative and resourceful Mom, to have come up with such a fabulous doggie diaper and how gracious of you to share it with all of us.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Beth, How absolutely wonderful it was to see your post. It seems you were home quickly, but you sound SO GOOD> Blessed Be my dear Deth. We hope that you continue to recover, getting stronger every minute.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Laura,
You have been so great with the calendar issues, If any of us could come kick some one in the tush for you or better yet send a pack of hounds after them. we would do that . Please know that we do not blame you. we certainly can understand how you feel, the frustration is evident. I will be glad when my very First DD calendar arrives, in the meantime, I will be patient and wait.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Nigel, You ROCK, keep up the good work.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Martha and Molly Bob</span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Sherlock ATB, Chance
ATB, and Rex ATB</span></div></div></body></html>