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Greetings!
2007 Wasatch Waddle Great Success !
Our showing at the
St. Patrick's Day Parade was spectacular.
70-plus owners wearing
lime green shirts. Our truck decked out with a big green hat and
long basset ears. The decorated trailer carried older dogs and
people (and a few kids). 68 dogs in green hats walked the route. As
the dogs went by the crowd, many little hands reached out to touch
them as they passed. A wonderful experience for all. The fire
engines were right behind us with sirens blaring, so that prompted
quite a bit of howling. The crowd loved it.
Our fund raising efforts realized $4500.00 toward this year's
budget. The prize for the most pledges went to Carol Mundinger with
$1,120.00. (Wow!) If each of us could just do a fraction of that
next year, we would end up with money in reserve.
My favorite Waddle moments came from the foster families. These
wonderful people who foster bassets and give them love and care
until they find their "forever homes" are truly amazing. Carol
trying to locate all her 6 right before the parade start (others
were helping walk her fosters, and several were temporarily
missing). Denise being so excited -- she had seen her former foster
Wolfgang and he remembered her and her dog Sherman. Peggy taking
such care with Frances, the old gal who had eye surgery and rode in
the trailer. More stories--did you see Boomer? He's gotten so big.
Doesn't Murphy look great? Annie remembers me! (See more Waddle Results.)
My first try at fostering involved an adorable, rambunctious
puppy who was not neutered. My basset loved him. My other dog
absolutely hated the little guy and got very nasty and I ended up
having him only two days. But, I am going to try again. I am hoping
for a mellow guy who can get along with mean old Sasha as well as
Bosley the basset does. The core group of foster families are so
dedicated that I am determined to make it work this time.
We
have 20 foster bassets right now and will take in at
least 2 more within the next couple weeks. We desperately need
more loving foster homes. Please consider it, if you haven't
already. And if you've been thinking about it—take the leap and just
do it!
Bellyrubs to all,
Marilyn
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Break out the
Sombreros!
Bassets de Mayo, our member appreciation party, is
scheduled for Saturday, May 5th. Lots of food and drool. Watch
the website for more details. If you know someone who is not a
member but should be, encourage them to sign up
today and join us for this fun event.
Well-behaved hounds welcome!
Watch our website and your email for more information as we
solidify plans.
Also in May...
Strut Your Mutt!
Join UFBH's Dogpack. We'll send out instructions on how to
do this as soon as No More Homeless Pets tells us how!
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| Please,
No Open Road for Hounds! |
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Dogs In Pickups—A Very Bad Idea
(***A
note of warning: If you do NOT drive with your
hounds in the bed of your pick-up truck, you may want to skip
this article. It can be upsetting.)
Only a few municipalities currently prohibit this type of
activity. Sandy City is one. The law in Sandy is contained in
the traffic code. You should check with either the city or
county attorney in the area in which you observed this
activity to see if such a law exists.
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| Meet the
Board Members |
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Mary
Mischelle Kemp—Store Manager and Board Member
I got my
first basset, Flint, in the summer of 1991. I was living in an
apartment and wanted a big dog but didn't think it would be
fair to the dog. So after some research, I discovered that
bassets were big dogs with short legs. I got Flint, thinking I
would get some other kind of dog when I got a house. Flint had
other ideas, he stole my heart and soul and I've never
considered another breed of dog since. In 1999, When Flint was
8 I got my second basset, Tasselhoff. Flint died 3 years later
at the age of 11 and took a huge piece of my heart with him.
In 2004 I got my house and soon after that Fizban. About that
time I started thinking about volunteering with basset rescue.
Flint helped me through some really tough times in my life and
it was the best way I could think of to thank him and give
something back to the breed. I went online and found UFBH. I
was the foster coordinator for a little while. Now I help out
where I can, doing home visits and helping with activities,
and shipping things out for the online store. Tasselhoff and
Fizban are also therapy dogs registered with Intermountain
Therapy Animals and Delta Pet Partners. We visit Primary
Children's Residential Treatment Center every other
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| We Found Forever Homes... |
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Adoptions have been a little slow these last couple of
months.
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| Have you moved? |
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If you have moved since adopting your basset(s) or joining
our membership, please let us know.
This is particularly important for those who have adopted.
UFBH maintains a database with information regarding every
basset we adopt out. If your basset should ever escape and an
individual or shelter calls to check on the microchip, Avid
(the microchip company) calls UFBH! We can then contact you
and help get the basset returned to you. If we don't have
current information on you, we can't help you!
Click here to go to our simple and
easy online form...
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Login: Member
Password: Basset
(Both login and password are case-sensitive.)
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Featured Basset |
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CHARLOTTEI was walking the road out to
Antelope Island all alone when I was discovered and brought to
rescue. I'm just starting to get used to "civilized" life! I
tend to be possessive of high value things, like FOOD since I
didn't get much when I was out roaming on my own. I like
eating in my crate now; it means the food is all MINE, MINE,
MINE!
To help me learn more about how to share, UFBH has
introduced me to a very nice woman named Anna of
Puppenschnoodles Training. She's a certified dog trainer who
can help bassets like me learn how to NOT snarl first and ask
questions later! My foster parents say I've been coming along
with my lessons quite nicely! They say I'm a real sweetheart!
Auntie Jen (the Prez) tells me the same thing! I get lots of
bellyrubs from them. I like bellyrubs!
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