<font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Hi Droolers,<br><br><font>First and foremost, thanks for the prayers, and all the Drool.!!! I should be closing on my home next week.!!!! I love you all, and I could NEVER have made it through this without you all. Your love and support has helped me through some of the darkest, saddest times in my entire life. </font><br>
<br><font>I just received an email from dogster. It was a happy <font>birthday</font> wish for dat <font>Awnery Awnie. Oh how I miss that furry little creep. Please allow me to share a story or two about the Hound that had been so neglected, that he literally would have given up food for attention. Maybe I should apply for a <font>honorary OEBE title for that Awnery Awnie. He truly was all things Basset Hound. I really miss the furry little creep. (my pet nickname for him.)<font> I loved him, don't get me wrong, but I <font>SWEAR there were days, if not every day, that dat </font>Awnery Awnie woke up and said "what can I do to put DDOD (Data Dum Ol Dad) in the nuthouse today.....<br>
<br>When you Think of Bassets, some people first thoughts might be 'cute', 'stubborn', 'smart', "Bassetude" and 'funny', among many others. Awnery Awnie was all of these, and more. He had extra helpings of Bassetude. Smart <font>alack</font> furry little creep. Oh, how I miss him. He came to us from Wyoming Basset Hound Rescue, <font>as a foster.<font> <font>the dxw had gone to <font>Gillette</font> to get him. Well, she didn't get but about 1/4 of a mile before she called me on the phone and said that we might have a problem. I kind of figured we might, since in the picture he was so cute. He was ours before he even got to the house. He took his Bassetude, charm, and cute face, and worked his <font>magic</font> on the dxw. <br>
<br><font>I loved him, but he was wo<font>tten, just wotten!! My CNA had cleaned up one of his 'messes, one day, and told him <font>after</font> she vacuumed not to do it again. Well, you all know how well he <font>listened t</font>o her. He had a serious listening problem. On most days, you might have suspected him to be deaf. When my <font>CNA came the next day, she looked at da<font>t Awnery Awnie, and said "why did you do this"</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>, and he just gave her that cute look, and walked away.<br>
<br><font>He loved to run and play. And bark, and bark , and bark, ad </font></font><span class="st">infinitum. One day, he had been particularly annoying. He would get to the point where the dxw would have to go get him with a leash, because he wouldn't shut up...which was great, when she was home. He and his Bother Boo had treed the neighbors cat, in my tree. Picture me in the dark, in my chair, hollering at Arnie from the porch, since I had no ramp into the backyard. I thought that if I went to my next door neighbors that owned the cat, they could come get him. They were out. Several months before, a dear friend of mine had given me a wheelchair ramp that his sister had in her garage. I had a friend of mine come over and put the ramp up, and nail it in. Faithfully, </span><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Awnery Awnie</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> started barking. I told him in NO uncertain terms to shut up, and get in the house. He did waht he was <font>famous</font> for. He walked halfway to the porch from where he was, turned around, and SAT DOWN!!! I coulda just kicked his cute furry but!! Picture said Basset Hound, when the DDOD started to go do<font><font>wn</font> the ramp with a leash in my hand....It was PRICELESS!!! If you had been here, you would clearly have seen<font>, by the look on his face when he realized that his barking and ignoring me days were over, "HEY! That's NOT FAIR!!" It was so funny. Oh he was mad at DDOD!!!<br>
<br><font>Not as mad as the day I tricked him though. It didn't take that little smart aleck brat long to figure out that DDOD wasn't going to be able to go after him when there was snow on the ground. again, bark n bark n bark...............I don't know why, but he never howled. Anywa<font>y, when <font>the dxw got home at night, she would close the door and hollar "hello!", and he'd come ru<font>ning.....So, I open and closed the garage door with my garage door opener, tried to open the door to the garage as quietly as possible, and then slammed the door and shouted "HELLO" in the highest pitch I could....Here he came, dat </font></font></font></font></font></font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Awnery Awnie, running through the house looking for the dxw!!! All I could do was LAUGH!!! You know what I mean, the kind of belly laugh that you get when you finally trick a Basset Hound. He went to every room in the house. Can you say <font>mad as all get out, and pi55ed </font>right totally and completely of<font>f?</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> Thats was the look on his face. It was way too funny!!<br>
<br><font>Adoption: $150.00<br><font>Vet Bills, $1000<font>.00<br><font>Getting one over on a Basset Hound : PRICELESS!!!!<br><br><font>Thank you for letting me share. I miss you </font></font></font></font></font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Awnery Awnie, but I know you now feel no pain, and that you are healthy and happy. Thank you for the laughter, and the aggravation. You are missed, and there will never be another Basset Hound like dat </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Awnery Awnie. Thanks for sharing your life with mine, </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Awnery Awnie.<br>
<br><font>I hope that he knew how much I loved him. have to go, starting to tear up. <font>Healing Drool and <font>prayers to those that need<font> it!!</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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