There are lots of resources out there to serve the Basset community. Here are some to start with:
Everyone should start with the Basset Hound Club of America
and, especially if you are interested in the improvement of the breed, and maybe showing or attending basset shows and field trial events, the Northern California Basset Hound Club
Online support groups
- Golden Gate Basset Rescue Yuku message board (members, plus active volunteers, fosters, adopters etc.): email secretary@ggbassetrescue.org for an invitation to join or visit http://ggbr.yuku.com, create a Yuku profile, and then apply to join the GGBR Yuku group - one of the admins for the board will check your status and approve your membership. This is a fun way to connect with other basset lovers, post photos and stories, or ask for help or advice from the GGBR community. In addition we have a chatroom on the Board and will occasionally host "Ask the Board" or "Ask the Vet" chat sessions.... so come on and join in!!
- The Daily Drool (an internet mail list for Bassets and their people): http://dailydrool.com
- CyberHound (a message board forum for basset lovers): http://www.basset.net
MeetUp Group
Bay Area Basset Hounds - meets
- once a month at Drigon Dog Park, Union City (second Sunday of the month)
- once a month at Fort Funston Beach, San Francisco (last Saturday of the month)
- once a month at Morgan Hill Dog Park, Morgan Hill (third Saturday of the month)
That's a hound get together almost every weekend, and spread all over the Bay Area!
Go to http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/BABH/ to join us!
Info Pages
The Daily Drool site, http://dailydrool.com, has plenty of useful links to information and is highly recommended as a place to start.
Health problems - resources to help with veterinary costs
If you live in Marin County, Marin Humane Society helps people who have pets but are in need of help with medical issues. It is called the Share program and maybe your local shelter has that also.
You can also check with UC Davis and see if they have something that might help since it is a vet school and they may help as a case study.
You can apply for Care Credit which can be used at most vets and offers low or no interest. It's a credit card basically that is used for medical/vet care.
Another organization that comes to mind is IMOM.
Also, try searching Yahoo groups for your dog's condition, you
may find a group. You can join Natural Basset and K9Kitchen there. Both are groups that can help with feeding your hound. K9 Kitchen can
help with special dietary needs and supplements that may be helpful if your hound is suffering with an illness.
Here are some other websites to try - some may have restrictions on locality or extent of need, but they could also be the difference between life and death for your hound, or between keeping him/her and having to surrender your dog to GGBR:
http://www.myjakebrady.com/memorial_fund.shtml
http://www.angels4animals.org/programs.html
http://www.thepetfund.com/
http://pgaa.com/financialaid.html
http://handicappedpets.bi...nancial-aid-for-pets.html
http://awnlc.net/FinancialHelp.htm
Lost your dog?
If it's a basset hound, we can create a web page for you featuring your dog, and alert our contact list of nearly 600 basset people across the state. I can also create a pdf Lost Pet poster for you. Contact me at secretary@ggbassetrescue.org. Of course, we also watch the shelters and humane societies, and occasionally have people contact us having found a basset hound.
There are lots of resources on the internet. This one is pretty decent.
http://www.missingpetpartnership.org/
There are also some yahoogroup email lists that carry alerts of lost dogs. K9AmberAlert and K9Alert are two that I know of and can be found by searching for them in Yahoo!
Doggie stores
These are doggie websites or suppliers with whom GGBR or GGBR members have done business. Mentioning them here is not a direct recommendation, but you can have fun browsing their sites!
Dog Collars - Pet Supplies that breed jealousy. (Big Dog)
Of General Interest:
Bark in the Park 
- an annual 'doggie event' held in San Jose. Keep an eye on the website for next year's announcement - September 19, 2009 - put it in your diary NOW!!
