BO
(CHELSEA'S PUPPY)

I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY FIRST BASSET AT CALERA ANIMAL HOSPITAL WHILE WORKING THERE PART TIME IN DECEMBER OF 2006. I THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE THE POKEY LITTLE PUPPY OUT OF THE BOOK. I GOT TO KNOW ROBBIE THROUGH MY JOB AND I BROUGHT BO HOME WHEN HE WAS SIX WEEKS OLD. THE WHOLE FAMILY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, SO MUCH THAT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WANTED A BASSET.

BUTTERCUP 
(AKA-NUTTER-BUTTER)

 

ROBBIE FOUND NUTTER AROUND THE ALBERTVILLE AREA FROM A LADY WHO WANTED TO FIND HER A GOOD HOME. WELL WE TALKED TO ROBBIE AND SHE LET ME KNOW SHE WAS NOT FULL BASSET BUT WE TOOK HER ANYWAY. TO ME SHE LOOKS LIKE A DACHSHUND WITH BIG FEET, BUT SHE DOES HAVE THE REAL LOOSE SKIN. IT WAS INSTANT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND MANY KISSES LATER WE STILL LOVE HER AND BO!

 

MICAH

 

SHE WAS OUR SECOND FOSTER AND THE DAY SHE CAME TO OUR HOME SHE LAID HER HEAD ON DAVID'S SHOULDER AND SO BECAME DADDY'S BABY GIRL. DAVID SAID WE ARE ADOPTING HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SHE IS OUR LITTLE WILD CHILD AND WRESTLE BUDDY. SHE ALSO WAS MY ANNIVERSARY PRESENT LAST YEAR. LIFE IS NEVER DULL WITH MICAH AROUND.

 

 

JAX

JAX HAD BEEN AT THE CLINIC FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND I THOUGHT HE IS SOOOO BIG! THEN ONE DAY ROBBIE ASK ME TO FOSTER HIM BECAUSE I HAVE NO CATS. I WAS LIKE YES I HAVE NO CATS BUT I HAVE CHIHUAHUAS AND HE COULD EAT ONE IN ONE BITE. I BROUGHT JAX HOME VERY SCARED BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE, BUT I JUST MET THE GENTLE GIANT. HE IS OUR BIG LUG AND WE LOVE HIM.. WE ADOPTED HIM BECAUSE HE IS THE SWEETEST FELLOW ANYONE COULD MEET BESIDES THE FACT HE HATES CATS...HIS IS MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NICOLE'S CONSTANT COMPANION AND BED BUDDY. HE RULES HER ROOM.

 

JIMMY

I MET JIMMY AT THE CLINIC WHILE WORKING FULL TIME THIS SUMMER. WHEN HE CAME IN HE WAS TERRIFIED OF EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY MALES. I DECIDED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH HIM SO WHILE AT LUNCH I WOULD LET HIM OUT IN THE YARD AND LOVE ON HIM. HE BEGAN TO TRUST ME AND I KNEW HE WOULD DO OK IN MY HOUSEHOLD WITH ONLY ONE MALE. I PREPARED MY FAMILY BEFORE JIMMY CAME HOME, I HAD EVERYONE IGNORE HIM UNTIL HE CAME TO THEM. WITHIN A WEEK HE WAS AT HOME EVEN  ACCEPTING DAVID. DAVID AND I DECIDED WE WOULD ADOPT HIM NOT BECAUSE WE NEEDED ANOTHER BASSET BUT FOR OUR LOVE FOR JIMMY AND NOT WANTING HIM TO HAVE TO ADJUST TO ANOTHER HOME WITH ALL OF HIS FEARS.

 

 

DAVID AND I ARE TOTALLY DEDICATED (ALSO THE KIDS) TO THE BASSET RESCUE ALL THANKS TO MY LITTLE BO-MAN WHO  WON ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND MADE US WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF THE BASSET RESCUE. OH AND THANKS TO ROBBIE TOO FOR TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE FOSTER PROGRAM.

BELLA