<font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi everyone,<br><br>Cheese Burgers and Frosty Paws all around!!<br><br>In honor of my Basset Hound Boomer, please allow me to share this with you. You can apply it to girls, as well! I heard this the first time in the movie Mr Hollands Opus, and I always think of this song when I look at Boomer. The lyrics aren't perfectly fit to Boomer, but I think that each of you will understand the way I feel about the Boo-man.<br>
<br></font></font>Close your eyes<br>
Have no fear<br>
The monster's gone<br>
He's on the run and your daddy's here <br>
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[Chorus:]<br>
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful<br>
Beautiful boy<br>
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful<br>
Beautiful boy <br>
<br>
Before you go to sleep<br>
Say a little prayer<br>
Every day in every way<br>
It's getting better and better <br>
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[Chorus]<br>
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Out on the ocean sailing away<br>
I can hardly wait<br>
To see you come of age<br>
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient<br>
'Cause it's a long way to go<br>
A hard row to hoe<br>
Yes it's a long way to go<br>
But in the meantime <br>
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Before you cross the street<br>
Take my hand<br>
Life is what happens to you<br>
While you're busy making other plans <br>
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[Chorus]<br>
<br>
Before you go to sleep<br>
Say a little prayer<br>
Every day in every way<br>
It's getting better and better <br>
<br>
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful<br>
Beautiful boy<br>
Darling, darling, darling<br>
Darling Sean (Replace Sean with Boomer) <br><br>I didn't alter the lyrics, out of respect for John Lennon, the man who wrote the song.<br><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>I want to thank each of you for teaching me how to love and care for Boomer. He is such a blessing to me. He is my first Basset Hound, and he came into my life when he was only 4 months old. Cathy and I were looking for a minivan, or some other SUV type vehicle that we could put my new power chair into. We settled on a Town and Country, and somehow, we got to talking about Bassets. I'm not sure how the topic of Boomer came up, but I am very grateful that it did. She told me that she had a 4 month old Basset Hound, that her children never played with anymore., I told her if she ever decided she wanted to get rid of him, that I was very interested in having a Basset Hound. (What on EARTH was I thinking??!!??) <br>
<br>She called, or her husband did, 2 days later, and Boomer came to live with us. Such a sweet, lovable, obnoxious, spoiled, trouble seeking, and potential OEBE member of a Bassey Hound. I love him. My best friend, always there for me, when he isn't taking care of me, he sees fit to drive me crazy. He has the most wonderful bay. (If I lived out in the middle of NOWHERE and there wasn't another house near me that you could see with a TELESCOPE. He was out in the backyard one night, after 11:00 pm, and something got him started. I'm hollering at him: Boomer!! SHUT UP!!!!!! No one in Glenrock (25 miles from here) wants to hear that crap. Bonehead, knot-head. <br>
<br>Drool to those in need. I love each of you so much. If someone had asked me what I thought I was going to get from getting a Basset Hound, I would have surely cheated myself. I not only got a great dog, and a great friend; but I also got each of YOU!! I know I don't post often, but you people are so near and dear to my heart, and I care about each of you in a very special way. I have heard others say it, but I want to repeat it. It fits, more, now than ever: I didn't rescue a Basset Hound named Boomer; a Basset Hound named Boomer rescued me.<br>
<br>Thank you, Moderators, contributors, resues, and readers. Boomer allowed me to find you, and I may not say it often enough, but never forget how much I care about you, how grateful I am for each of you!! The Daily Drool Family is just like family to me. And in some way, you know me better than my family does. May God bless each of you, in a mighty, mighty way!!<br>
<br>Shannon, Butler to Boomer, Babe and Arnie(ATB)<br>Of the Caspaw Cwew<br></font></font>