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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">We get a call almost every
day for an owner surrender dog and I wish we could take them all into rescue but
we just cannot. If I ever win the Publishers Clearing house money or something
like that I will buy a huge farm and take every Basset I can find in every
shelter and I will also donate and help support all of the other
Basset rescues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">Well, that will probably
never happen and even though we get donations we keep taking in dogs and the
funds dwindle quickly. Vet bills is our huge expense each time we get donations
someone gets sick, needs teeth cleaned, cysts removed, it is always something in
rescue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">Well yesterday we got a
call from a man who had bought a Basset puppy about four weeks earlier because
he always wanted one, he always had a dog but they had since all passed away,
had recently retired and needed a companion, but now needed to give the puppy
away. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">The man had to give the
puppy away because he just found out the reason he was getting so weak was he
has stage four pancreatic cancer. He was entering Hospice House in a few
days and he was so devastated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">He thought he was
going to live the good life since he just retired from the job he had since he
was 15 but instead he found out he had to give up his puppy and is about to
die.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">We could not help but take
the pup so the man could be at peace with giving him away, knowing we would find
him a great home. The puppy is a cutie but he has a cherry eye and it needs to
be fixed does anyone have experience with this? It worries the heck out of me.
My vet said he will fix it next Tuesday while he is being neutered and gave us
an eye ointment to keep it calmed down, but it looks so bad I hope it will be
okay till then. He does not act like he is in pain but I am sure he must be.
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">If anyone knows about this
problem please email me. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">Chris Bly</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face="Comic Sans MS">Western Missouri Basset
Rescue, Inc. </FONT></DIV>
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