Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and WWWWWWW lovers…..Well, the drama unfolded on Thursday night. I was sniffing around and bamm! I found something called bassethoundtown.org. What? My heart sunk. Someone in cyberspace is using my name? So, I spent most of the weekend researching this person and low and behold they will not answer multiple pleas to contact me.
Just so the residents know, I have all of the information on the internet about the .org and have been trying to get answers. No one will call me back, including Carolina Basset Hound Rescue.
I just cannot believe that someone would buy my name and start another basset hound business. Out of all of the names anyone could pick why would you want mine? Why would you want to start out you business (with further plans to form a 501(c)3) on the wrong paw? Frankly, it is unethical.
I started bassethoundtown.com 10 years ago and have had my LLC about that long. I am established.
I have done lots of research so I know most, if not all of what is on the net now about this .org. I just don’t want anyone to go to any trouble trying to research this and waste your time. I will be reporting more on the issue as things come up but for now…I am just so sad that someone would do this. Why would they want to pick my name? For reasons known only to himself it only leads to speculation and educated conclusions on my part.
So, in a nut shell here is the scoop. The .org is a dream of someone who wants to start a clinic just for bassets hounds. He wants to call it basset hound town. It potentially will be servicing basset hounds in the Carolinas. He links to Carolina Basset Hound Rescue on his .org but they claim they are in no way a part of this clinic. None of this makes any sense.
PICK ANOTHER NAME! Mine is taken! For the love of dog start out with some ethics!
There is a sheriff in town! He protects his Mommy!
More reporting later…sigh….Love Sad Cat, Chaps and Emma:(
The following blog update are my professional opinions and conclusions based upon my detailed research of this unfortunate incident.
10-2-16 – Update – regarding this wacky and frankly disturbing issue of why someone would steal someone else’s identity. Stealing, theft what ever you want to call it. Something was clearly wrong with this person and I never figured it out and I guess I never will. Turns out he passed away a few years ago. He was only 57. Since the obituary mentions basset hound town I am under an obligation to reply.
“Terry was also the Founder of The Original Future of Packaging, LLC and Basset Hound Town, Inc.”
Terry Miller never had anything to do with basset hound town. Basset hound town is owned solely by myself, Cathy L. Rudert. Basset hound town has a copyright!
The .org still has a facebook page and a website. The entire thing is just a real mystery that I guess went to the grave, or maybe someone out in our demographic has some kind of clue??? Miller, clearly, IMO wanted to gain some notoriety from stealing my name and maybe, if you think about it, wanted to be shady and beg for donations using my name. He was clearly confusing our demographic by the odd decisions he made. I personally always thought that he should have picked a name like “Low County Bassets”. It would have fit right in with the rescue that he so dearly loved and asked that donations be made to after his death. That would have been really cute and fit right in with what he was doing. What was he doing? His obit said he worked hard for basset hound town (really?) He never lifted a finger for me – he only evaded my e-mails, phone calls, private messages, and all communications. I want this made perfectly clear if anyone winds up here to see what Terry Miller’s obits says about basset hound town (they left out the .org) is not true. He only served to confuse a small number of our demographic and for what reason other than notoriety and scamming donations I have no clue. I know he was in contact with some of the big wigs in our demographic so the whole thing is just real shady. The only thing I could glean was that he wanted to open a vet type of facility for basset hounds and call it basset hound town??? I still like my name better for what he claimed to be “working hard” on. What a wacky whirlwind it has been with this poacher. I tried my best to work with him but he 100% shunned me. He clearly had a love of basset hounds and for that I am glad. He did have joy in his life but he brought about a lot of pain for me. Rest in peace Terry Miller – There is a basset hound town section of the rainbow bridge that you are more than welcome to visit. It is run by Chaps. He will see to it you are welcome. He was never one to hold a grudge. You can find basset hound town with the following map. After you crossed over the bridge, turn to the right and basset hound town is the third cloud to the north. I will continue to protect my patch of happiness right here on earth living, loving, creating, and caring for the only basset hound town there is. Dog bless and Dog speed…
Terry Stuart Miller
GREENSBORO, NC– Mr. Terry Stuart Miller, 57, of Greensboro passed away in his home on Friday, April 25, 2014.
Terry was born June 17, 1956 in Spartanburg, SC to the late Earl Lewis and Parnell “Nell” Miller. He was the President of Southeastern Paper Group and started the company’s branch location in Browns Summit, NC. Terry was also the Founder of The Original Future of Packaging, LLC and Basset Hound Town, Inc. Prior to his illness, Terry was very active with these businesses. He was an avid golfer, die-hard UNC Tar Heel fan and involved in Basset Hound Rescue. Terry was the proud Dad to many wayward Basset Hounds over the years and enjoyed their company and was entertained by their antics.
Terry is survived by his brother, E. Lewis Miller, Jr. and wife Ree, of Spartanburg, SC; nephews, Benjamin Lewis Miller, wife Kirsten and children Ben and Will, and Andrew James Miller and wife Margaret; nieces, Kimberly Jones Taylor, husband JC and children Rivers and Elle, and Marion Michelle Jones.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM on Monday, April 28th at Lee’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 2303 Lee’s Chapel Road, with Pastor Joel Marks officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 PM following the service. The burial will be held privately in Spartanburg, SC.
Memorials may be made to Carolina Basset Hound Rescue (CBHR), PO Box 80082, Charleston, SC 29416-0082, or Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” Hunter S. Thompson
More loving, honoring, and cherishing basset hound town later…
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