Molly (Roseville)

When we were first contacted about Dolly (formerly known as Molly), I also got a message from a friend about another Basset Hound at the Stanislaus animal shelter. Since we were already scheduled to pick Dolly up, I declined, but told my friend that we would consider fostering him in the meantime. When we did not hear back from the shelter, we thought the worst had happened [to Rocky]. Sad as it was, we kept our spirits up, because we were going to pick up Dolly that weekend. When we got to Claire's Basset BnB, we had so much fun meeting all the pups! Dolly instantly took to us, and we were so excited, but I also noticed another sweet Basset that melted in my arms. I asked Claire about him, and she said they just got him a few days ago and his name was Rocky. The name sounded familiar, so I pulled up the picture of the Basset my friend sent me from Stanislaus, and it was the same dog! We were all so exited to know he found a safe place to land. Since it was love at first snuggle, I instantly told Claire that if he needed a good home as well, we would be very interested in adopting him too. Sure enough, after a week or so, Claire reached out and said that she thought Rocky would do best with other Basset family members and asked if we were still interested in adopting him. With an enthusiastic YES, we brought him home within a few days. She said he needed a more suitable name, as the name, Rocky, was given to him by the shelter. I liked the name, Archimedes, or Archie, for short, but my husband liked Maximus/Max better. We had a family vote with our 2 daughters, and just like that, Maximus was a part of our family. Now we have our little Basset pack, as we already had a 4 year old Basset named Winston as well. All three of them act as if they were from the same litter, that is how well bonded they are. Dolly is definitely our wanderer, as she daily makes her rounds throughout our 5 acre property, and Max is typically right behind her. They also love to play-fight over who gets to lie on our laps and we typically just end up in a big, snuggly, puppy pile. Thank you so much, Golden Gate Basset Rescue, for doing what you do! You have made our family whole with these two sweethearts. We are now so obsessed with this breed, that we even named our property Basset Hill Ranch! The Newton Family, 06Feb2024 (Dolly was adopted 22Nov2023; Max was adopted 04Dec2023)