Rosebud

Hello! I wanted to write you and give you an update on our sweet Rosebud "Rosie" Michaels. We just love her to pieces and feel like she was always supposed to be here with us. My daughter and her are really best of friends as you can see in these images. Originally she was an outside dog with her previous owner. Now...we have to really force her outside just to use the restroom! She loves the inside world and is such a cuddle bug! Before her no animals were allowed on our couch. But I simply could not resist cuddling up to this little sausage of a dog! We actually call her Sausage because she reminds us of a a sausage with short legs! LOL! Overall, she has adapted quite well to our home. She gets along well with all of our animals and is very playful with our other dog. In fact they love each other to pieces. I was so grateful for that because our other basset (whom we loved just as much) did not really play with the other dog. Now Rosie plays with Ellie all of the time. They actually tire each other out! Rosie has also become my Starbucks buddy. She runs errands in the car with me and loves to be in the front seat with me. Thank you for this wonderful person, err I mean dog! We love her and she is part of the family! Sincerely, The Michaels Family Ryan, Tori, Amiah, & Tessa

Charlie (male)

we are the people that adopted charlie from the sacramento area thanks to golden gate rescue. he is without a doubt an amazing dog. charlie is our 3rd basset and comes a close second to being the best. he was kind of house broken when we got him about 2 months ago, all it takes is paying attention and he let's you know when he needs a walk. he loves playing ball with his choc. labr brother trigger. they are so funny together. charlie does hot laps around the house and it is a riot. that is probably the only time he barks. we have not heard him howl yet, and he doesn't talk at all. he likes to sneak up on the furniture when we aren't home, but mostly sleeps in his bed. we couldn't be happier and that is the truth. jill and maarten de witte

James (aka Junior)

Denise says:James is great! I just love him so much, he's a prefect addition to my little family here. He and my blind girl Bonnie are the best of friends. I can take him anywhere and he's very good, unless I leave a cup of Starbucks in my cupholder while I'm in the store(they love to run errands with me, gives him a change to let the air from the car window blowdry his face). He also won 1st place at the Wags N Wuvs Event recently.

Flash (renamed Jack)

It was bound to happen to us. We fostered many wonderful hounds during the past 2+ years, becoming attached to each and then letting each one move on to its forever family. Having convinced ourselves that our 3 dogs were all we could handle long term, we foolishly felt confident that we would never take on a permanent 4th dog. Then along came Flash, surrendered to the Lake Shasta shelter by his owners. A foster that we volunteered to care for just for the weekend, Flash settled in, we fell in love, adopted him, and the rest is history! Flash, renamed Gentleman Jack Flash, easily won us over with his gentle ways, youthful enthusiasm, adoration of us, and ease of blending into the family. In addition to that, he is totally perfect and darn cute! We couldn't love Jack more than we do and every day we marvel at how happy all of us are that Jack is a permanent part of our expanded family. MIke and Sally Mitchell, Lily, Dazy, Becky & now Jack

Rory (aka Aurora)

We’ve had Zoe (previously known as Rory) for three weeks now, and what an interesting three weeks it has been! When Sandy Aldrich brought her to us, she took one look at the couch in my office, jumped up on it and cuddled with her new Mom. It was love at first sight. That first night at bed time, she jumped up on the bed and immediately invoked Basset Rules 9 and 10 - The basset can sleep under the covers every night and Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the basset!!!! – and went under the covers. That was our first clue that Zoe is a typical basset; only interested in her comfort. And she continues to prove it by getting into the front room and jumping on the sofa when we leave. She will re-arrange the cushions just so and settle in. Now she knows she isn’t supposed to go into the front room but she’s not going to give in or up. Oh, and that’s another basset trait – stubbornness beyond belief. She gets scolded when we return and find that she’s been in the forbidden place, but she just gives us that look that says “but Mom, that’s the most comfortable couch we have and I’ve claimed it for my very own”. What were we thinking, she’s going to win this battle!. She does not seem to have another typical basset trait – drooling. Really, we have not noticed drool anywhere and we would notice because our previous basset used to make a pool of drool beside the dinner table. Somebody has said that she’s just saving it for the "big sling". She has plenty of playmates in our yard that she talks with (read barks at). The deer just run away, the squirrels glower and run up the nearest oak tree. Our neighbor has a wooden owl that he set on the fence between us to keep the birds away from his garden. Zoe bark s and barks at it but it doesn’t answer; it just stares at her. The basset society was afraid that Zoe would not be adoptable because of her barking; it really isn’t that bad. She only barks when there is a reason to; who wouldn’t bark at deer and squirrels. And then she barks with happy barks when we return after an absence of more than a few minutes.