<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11859" class="">Nine years ago today I went to a shelter to get an elderly greyhound and came home with a two-year-old basset hound. Best mistake I ever made. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class=""><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11920">He has always been a challenge but has always given me a wealth of stories and anecdotes, like when he destroyed my brother's "indestructible" phone, stole the Christmas turkey and jumped into a police car, but he has also been the most loving, intelligent and engaging dog I have ever known.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class=""><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11910">Happy gotcha day Pw Rolphemis Fitzspaniel of Avondale OEBE </span><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class=""><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455696897172_11865"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;" class="">Sally, with Rolph and Clara, UK</span></div></div></body></html>