Howllo Fellow Hound and Bavaria Basset Lovers: Here we have a great video of our basset loving friends from across the world. Oh how these hounds brings us all together.
It looks like a great time was had by all plus a lot of sniffing! Slurp!
Looks like some beer drinking might have been in order!
More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Hound and fixing hound’s heart lovers: I thought that my readers might enjoy this article that was in the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is about two local experts:
Kathy Wright, a veterinary cardiologist at Cincinnati Animal Referral and Emergency Center in Blue Ash, and Timothy Knilans, a pediatric cardiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center…..
Here is the link to the story. Very impressive folks.
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Howllo Fellow Hound and Dogs Deserve Better lovers: As promised, here is the result of the sentencing for Tammy:
Today Grimes was sentenced to 300 hours community service for a ‘people organization’, because ‘people are dogs too’. She was also ordered to pay for the cost of the trial. This was justified by the judge because she said that Grimes chose to go to trial over ARD, therefore she should have to pay for it. Isn’t it every person’s right to go to trial? Does that right come with a price tag? Interestingly enough, according to Grimes’ attorneys, this is not only NOT OFTEN done, but RARELY done. The costs were around $1700.
She was also ordered within 10 days to take everything Doogie related off any any site she ‘has control or influence over’.
We will be appealing most if not all of the sentencing asap.
The absolute worst part of it all was the way she was treated by both the DA and the judge. The saddest thing is that they actually seem to BELIEVE the horrible things they said about her. They seem to actually BELIEVE that the taking of Doogie was a publicity stunt by Grimes, so that she could be a ‘hero’. That the Arnolds are ‘victims’ of her lies, and that ‘the dog was just old’.
The DA said he was shocked this was her first offense, because her disrespect for the law and it’s officials is like his worst hardened criminals. He also said that everything on the DDB site is a lie, twisted by Grimes to make people believe her. He was seriously ticked off that the Arnolds received Valentines and a brochure attempting to educate them this Valentine’s Day. Yet, at trial he insisted DDB should try to educate them, so which is it? Do you want them educated or not?
She is now again not to have any contact with ‘the victims’.
The judge said that Grimes was no Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr. That she has disgraced herself and her cause, as well as her supporters by her actions. That two wrongs don’t make a right. (If she’s admitting there were ‘two wrongs’, then why are the Arnolds still not being convicted of abuse?)
We are saddened by the state of affairs in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Saddened by the people ‘in control’, and saddened by the beliefs they put out into the world.
Pictures and video do not lie. If it were a he said/she said situation, we could understand how they would believe the Arnolds when they say the dog was just old. But with the abundance of evidence of neglect, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for the behavior of both DA Richard Consiglio and Judge Elizabeth Doyle. Pictures and video DO NOT LIE.
End of report.
Well folks, there you have it. All I can say is I would never let a dog die in anyone’s back yard. I have also read many private e-mails with similar stories of rescue from neighborhood abusers. I tell you one thing, they would never get away with it in Ft. Thomas, KY. Our animal control officer helps run a huge rescue and she totally rocks. I love her.
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Howllo Fellow Hound and stay at home lovers: A lot of folks in my neck of the woods are home today due to an ice storm we had last night. The roads are slowing clearing and some of you are making it to work.
Be careful out there! Better stay home and hug a hound!
More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Hound and Dogs Deserve Better Lovers: This just in from Tammy Grimes who is set to be sentenced this Friday for helping a dying dog. Tammy has a mission and a passion to unchain dogs.
Here is her YouTube message.
Her website is DOGS DESERVE BETTER
Tammy states,
“PLEASE Join Dogs Deserve Better today! We have a chance to change the future. With your help, we can let the world know animal abuse MUST be taken seriously. Don’t sit back and let it happen. If we DON’T stand up, this practice WILL NOT END. Please get involved today.”
Sincerely,
Tammy Grimes
Founder, Dogs Deserve Better
More From Tammy Later. I will be updating you with the verdict.
Love Cat, Chaps and Emma
(Good Luck Tammy, we support you and your passion)
Firefighters, animal hospital able to save five burned bassets
Liz Beavers
Cumberland Times-News
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KEYSER It was not a call Dr. John Gustafson was expecting on a Saturday night.
A house was on fire on West Piedmont Street in Keyser and the veterinarian’s help was needed to tend to the seven basset hounds that lived there.
Gustafson was familiar with the residence. It was the home of Charlie Meyer, a member of Brood Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, a regional organization that rescues abused and abandoned basset hounds.
The bassets were Meyer’s adoptees, and Gustafson’s patients.
“They called me to come to the scene,” Gustafson said. “When I got there, they had one of the dogs on a gurney in an ambulance, giving him oxygen.
“He was in the room where the fire started.
“There was another one in the yard being resuscitated.”
The others were milling about the yard, shocked and confused.
“I was worried that they were going to get out of the yard,” Meyer said, noting that most of the dazed dogs all older adults had suffered varying degrees of burns on their ears, noses and foot pads.
“The firemen carried them out of the house, and they made sure they were all accounted for,” he said.
“Amazingly, the last one out was Savannah, a retired show girl, who came out without a scratch.”
Not all of Savannah’s housemates were as fortunate, however.
Before he left the scene, Gustafson had to make the decision to put the dog in the ambulance down due to extensive injuries and an already poor medical history.
“Summi was the first one they brought out; he came out alive but barely breathing,” Meyer said. He was 12 years old and blind.
“He’d been a stray we’d found wandering around Huntington.”
With no time for Meyer to grieve, Gustafson quickly took Flash, the dog being resuscitated in the yard, to his animal hospital in Rawlings, and Meyer and some friends followed with the remainder of the canines.
At the hospital, the long painful healing process began.
“We were here at the hospital two-thirds of the night working on them,” Gustafson said.
“We had to put one down toward the middle of the week though; he had suffered severe smoke inhalation.”
Three of the dogs suffered first-, second-, and third-degree burns on their ears and face and two were minimally injured.
“Their hair was singed; it was a pretty intense fire,” Gustafson said.
“They’re all doing pretty well now, though,” he said Friday.
“They’re eating, drinking, wagging their tails and eating their Scooby Snacks.”
Meyer said the fire started when a kerosene space heater caught fire. He counts himself very fortunate that the damage was kept to a minimum.
Both he and Gustafson expressed their admiration for the way the firefighters handled both the situation and the burned bassets.
“I’m from New York,” Meyer said. “I was really surprised who all came out to offer help. There was a lot of outpouring of care and understanding.”
“I was really impressed with the response of the fire companies,” Gustafson said, noting that firefighters form Keyser, McCoole and New Creek all responded to the scene.
“Their concern for the animals and their immediate first aid response was exceptional.
Meyer also had words of gratitude for Gustafson himself.
“He came out there with his entire staff,” he said. “He was really great.”
He also expressed his gratitude for Gustafson’s daughter, Juliana, who had donated the pet resuscitators to the area fire departments as a community service project for her school.
“She was just so proud they were able to use them,” Gustafson said.
Although Meyer is currently unable to live in his house, he started Friday to poke through the rubble and begin the long clean-up process.
“It’s probably going to take the next couple of months to clean it out,” he said.
In the meantime, he has found some temporary homes for the survivors Eyeore, Piglet, Boo, Cheeseburger and Savannah.
“I’ll keep the burn babies’ with me for a little while, though. They’re going to need some continued care,” he said.
Contact Liz Beavers at lbeavers@times-news.com.
Or this thread:
Some of you already know that long-time BROOD volunteer Charlie Meyer had a house fire a week ago. Two of his beloved dogs, Summi and Flash, were lost, and three more are recovering from burns. Charlie himself received minor burns in the blaze while attempting to rescue his dogs. Charlie’s home was damaged in the fire and his vet bills will be considerable. Unfortunately, he had no fire insurance. His friends, including me, would like to help Charlie rebuild his home and pay his vet bills. Charlie is an indefatigable supporter of BROOD who has fostered, transported (for hundreds of miles at a stretch) many dogs, and helped in countless other ways. If you would like to help Charlie now, please send a donation to:
Charlie Meyer
c/o Diane Morgan
15213 Clear Spring Road
Williamsport, MD 21790
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Howllow Fellow Hound and Skidboot lovers: My sister, Caryn just sent me this new skidboot video. It really touched my soul.
Caryn, thank you so much for sending this to me today. I really needed it.
More later…Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Hound and HOP lovers! Lisa Riggs and her family are sending a Valentine to the HOP! 20.00! This is just so great! She also gave 20.00 on New Year’s Eve! Lisa, we love you so much!
Lisa is my best friend who has been by my side for over 12 years helping me reach my dreams!
I love you Lisa!
You rock!
More love with Lisa later…Cat, Chaps and Emma
Howllo Fellow Hound and 80s lovers!
Please enjoy a video Valentine from bassethoundtown.com
It’s cold out, but hold out and do like I do, oh I need you!
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We need you!
Howllo Fellow Hound and Valentine’s day lovers! Well, well, well! We just broke 2000.00 on our firstgiving page and it was my from dear friend Janie! Janie and I have been friends since we were 5 years old! Her and her kids’ donations bounced us over the 2000.00 dollar mark! What a great Valentine’s day gift!
Janie has her own business called
Love Me Knot’s Hot Soft Pretzels
Yummy!
I had the pleasure of spending the day with her!
Thank you Janie Clay! I love you and these donations from you, William and Allie! (her kids)
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