<div dir="ltr">Wen,<div style>I am so sorry to hear about Floyd going to the bridge. I know you don't think he got over being dumped by his family, and that very well may be true, but I am glad that you were willing to give him a safe place to be where he got good care and love despite his idiot family. I guess this one really touched my heart because our first rescue was a 7 year old basset named Elwood. He had a great family until his parents got divorced. Then his dad got remarried and the new wife said me or the dog. We lucked out on that deal. It was a hard adjustment because Elwood's dad worked second shift and we go to bed early and get up early. We had two older dogs at the time and we discovered that Elwood was a ":helper" dog. He LOVED having other dogs around him and eventually raised two puppies for me.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I hope Floyd finds friends at the Bridge and is finally happy. You did a wonderful thing by giving him a place to be after his family deserted him. I wish people would get a clue and not do that. I will pray that your heart heals and the dogs send heart healing drool.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Jennifer with Beauford, Bugsey, and Browyn the Fairy Princess</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Wendie Prince <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:houndsabound@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank">houndsabound@cfl.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">Floyd, our 16+ Basset boy is now ATB. We helped him last night, with the aid of our vet. Floyd recently had some bladder stones issues, causing obstruction. We were able to catheterize him and push one back, but it was not long before he was having trouble again. The options of surgery were not valid options to me due to his age. So, we let this sweet big guy go to be with his Bounder siblings. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">Floyd was given to me by his owner, as the wife did not want their toddler crawling in dog hair. I was told he liked being in the yard, but we never saw him liking to be in the yard. I think the wife made him stay outside and the owner tried to rationalize it this way. Floyd, in our opinion, never seemed to get over being dumped by the owner. He never did really bounce back and be happy. I think he accepted his being with us, but not sure he was ever happy, and that makes me sad for him and really angry at his father for not having the courage to tell his wife Floyd was a part of their family.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">I am sure his father will see the post on FB I just did, and email me crying. He has contacted me several times and I have never said how I really felt Floyd was doing, being sad and all. I know it broke the guys heart, he was sobbing when I left with Floyd, almost a year ago, but damn it, he should have stood up for Floyd. I said back then, to my friend who went with me to get him, I give that couple 5 years, and then they will be divorced. If I were in his place, no amount of sex, oh honey, would EVER make me forget the ultimatum that was put there…..and yes, he did have an ultimatum. I am sure he is disgusted with himself for making the decision too. I would say he just sold his soul to the Bitch. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">I say this here, cause there is nowhere else I can say it, where I know you all will understand….or at least most of you.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">Now, back to trying to be nice to people who dump their dogs for convenience sake alone, have no moral compass, and basically, no compassion for others.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">Thanks for listening.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">Missing Floyd in a major way right now.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#76923c">wen and the Bounders<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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