Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Buttermilk Lovers! In exactly one week, I should have a hound named Buttermilk in my possession. This fine older woman is heading to House of Puddles from a shelter in AL. The beginning phases of a transport is being worked out as we speak. Please check back all week for updates because Buttermilk will reign supreme in bassethoundtown.

What a lucky houndette she is. A volunteer at the Lee County Humane Society was so impressed with this stately lady that she worked very hard to network with basset hound rescue. This volunteer, Karen Gaston, named her Buttermilk which I just love.

Karen states, in an e-mail to Marilyn at House of Puddles………..

“Hello,

Wendie Prince in FL referred me to your senior basset sanctuary. I apologize for not going through a rescue organization to contact you, but I haven’t been able to get her into one, and I have tried several groups in FL, GA, and AL. Our shelter has worked with a couple of different basset rescues in the past, but everyone is full, full, full right now. We have a senior female basset that came in as a stray w/o any ID, and we think she is about 10 years old. She hasn’t been claimed and because of her age and skin condition, she won’t be a candidate for adoption at the shelter. I’m a volunteer with a huge soft spot for bassets and old dogs, and I’m hoping I can get her into rescue. She is just a love, and I feel she still has some good years left in her. She is heartworm negative. We can’t really tell if she’s been spayed since we know nothing of her background.

Her skin looks pink and irritated, and I’m pretty sure it’s an untreated flea allergy, as she’s covered with fleas and flea dirt. Her eyes are a bit gummy, and she has a couple of old dog lumps that look like the typical fatty tissues that usually crop up on older dogs. I think with a good diet, fish oil, and some oatmeal baths, her skin would clear up just fine, and she’d be a fine-looking older basset hound. She seems to be housetrained, as I’ve never seen her mess up her kennel. She’s been vaccinated for parvo, distemper, and kennel cough, and she was dosed with Revolution in hopes that would help her skin. Again, I think this is a flea allergy that’s been neglected. She doesn’t have any kind of mange smell at all. It just looks like typical allergies to me.

We’ve named her Buttermilk because of her coloring. If you take her, maybe we could check into the Pilots for Paws program or something like that to get her to you. Thanks so much for considering her and for helping bassets. I love this breed so much, and I think they age beautifully.

Regards,

Karen Gaston

Volunteer

Lee County Humane Society

Auburn, AL

end of e-mail……………

Well, the rest is history and the grand dame of milk products is headed to HOP. Marilyn Brazzle you are the best.

Again, everyone stayed tuned.

More about our BUTTERMILK later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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