Elvis – Gave his life – A basset hound’s ultimate gift
Howllo Fellow Hound Lovers: As many of you know, Elvis, the basset hound, gave his life for his 2 year old boy. Elvis fought off a vicious attack from a pit bull. Desperate for information, many of us rallied to have Elvis recognized. These efforts yielded precious few leads into the life of Elvis. Today, we received a short note that was posted on the daily drool thanking those of us who contacted the family, for our words of encouragement, sympathy and support after the traumatic death of Elvis, on Monday April the 30th 2007. Mr. Ken Johnson, bassethoundtown.com’s Poet Laureate has written this lovely piece in Elvis’ honor and memory. Hopefully, some day soon we will obtain a picture of Elvis. Elvis will be the first hound that will be inducted into the basset hound town hall of fame later this year.
Please feel free to leave a comment. Some day the family of this hound may read our thoughts, prayers, and wishes for this devoted hound.
Tribute to a Basset Named Elvis
On silent velvet paws he now patrols Gods golden halls
No pain he feels forevermore, no wants or troubles
For him are in store.
His life he gave to save a child from a Pit Bull gone wild.
On that day an honor guard of his kindred stood
As he crossed Rainbow bridge to his eternal neighborhood
And when God saw what he had done God said Elvis,
You are the one that will welcome in those of your kind and kin
You gave your life for a Human so small
Welcome now Elvis to my Heavenly Hall.
Poem by Ken Johnson, bassethoundtown.com’s Poet Laureate
Comments(7)
Dear Elvis: You are a special and grand hound. Your family will always honor and cherish you. You also have a special family in our town. Bassethoundtown. We love you. Cat, Chaps and Emma
What a beautiful tribute to a most deserving dog.
Dawn
Stella,Sadie & Shorty
Elvis is a hero. My thoughts and prayer are with the family.
Shannon
Bo and Luke
(The Deer Trail Dukes)
What a wonderful poem!
What a wonderful way to start the BHF.
Are Elvis’ owners receiving hard copies of the poem. etc.
Thank you for caring so much,
Johanna
What a lovely tribute to a hero.
I can’t imagine how awful the whole thing was for Elvis’s family, but they should be proud.
That was beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes. I do hope Elvis’s owners get a chance to read it. I too wrote the town’s Mayor but never heard anything back – it is a shame they could not have done more to honor him but this poem says it all. Thank you for writing it.
Beautiful poem Ken. Thankyou. Great idea Cat for a Basset Hall Of Fame. Anything Gus and I can do to help with this project, let us know. Our prayers go out to Elvis’ family. A true hero!! The Rainbow Bridge is an even more beautiful place know.
Kip and Gus