<div dir="ltr">Thanks to Richie for reminding us that the Drool must not be neglected.  Thanks to Lois for that outstanding poem.  I shed tears with that one....<div><br></div><div>We have had five bassets and when we our last basset, Browser passed at the age of 14, about two years ago, my husband and I both agreed that as seniors, he would be our last.  We had rescued a Shih Tzu, Sprite about three years before Browser died.  We believed for us, smaller was probably best at our ages.</div><div><br></div><div>Well, along came an opportunity to rescue a 3 year old small Basset, Nellie, from Carolina Basset Rescue.  Nellie was only 35 pounds and we literally "drooled" over her pictures, as we live in Miami and had no chance to see her.  Her wonderful foster family sent us pictures and videos and we were no longer "seniors"!</div><div><br></div><div>Well Nellie has been with us for almost a year now and we treasure this beautiful and so sweet little girl.  </div><div><br></div><div>I decided to share with you the poem Nellie "wrote" a few months after being with us:</div><div><br>

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I's well behaved and sleeps thru the nite</b></i></span></p>

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comfy and is mys refuge space<br>
Right next to it is my comfy bed in place</b></i></span></p>

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door<br>
And have not had an accident on the floor.</b></i></span></p>

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With a fence all round but why would I want to even leave home?</b></i></span></p>

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chicken breast<br>
Mys Miami's place sure does pass the test</b></i></span></p>

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own poem<br>
For finding me my forever home!!!!</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)">🐕</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(29,33,41)"></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt"><font color="#1d2129" face="Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif">Sally Russell</font></p>

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