Basset Buddies Rescue of TX does it again….
June 21st, 2008 - 9:09 am KY Time
Howlllo Fellow Hound and Basset Buddies Rescue of TX lovers! They are a young rescue, just about a year old. I just love their YouTube videos. They really tell the story. Their website is also fantastic. What a great bunch of volunteers they have!
Please enjoy their latest video and please, please check out the adoptable hounds. You might just find your soul mate!
More Basset Buddies later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
Comments(4)
Hi Emma,
I just wanted to let you know I am a foster with BBRT and I am fostering a 4 year-old basset, Daisy who has gone blind from glaucoma. Your writing seems so sad some of the time about your little Emma. I promise you, the dog is not grieving. They are wonderful creatures that do not hold on to the past and trouble themselves over things lost like we humans do. In general they make the best of their world and live their lives one day at a time finding happiness in everything they have and not grieving over the past. My little foster Daisy is the happiest little hound in town. She has two basset foster brothers and they play and have a blast. She plays tug of war and goes on walks and car rides with the other dogs and has just as much fun. I treat her just like the other dogs, love her just as much as the sighted dogs and no more, and never pity her for a moment. She does not need any pity. Dogs pick up on your emotions, and if you are happy and having fun with them, they are going to have fun too. They are just a mirror of your feelings. They can not speak, but they have a nonverbal language of their own and are very intuitive about your state of mind. Have fun with Emma, play with her, treat her just like the others in your pack. Yes, Emma bumps into things, and she will and so does Daisy, Daisy just accepts it as a fact of life and goes on and I promise you so does Emma. When I take Daisy out with the pack, she often is at the front leading the pack. I wonder if you are walking Emma. She is young and needs exercise. She will trust you after a few walks, and will blast down the road when she gets the hang of it. Daisy has learned to walk so well on a leash no one we meet on our walks even knows she is blind until they realize she does not have eyes. Daisy’s tail never stops wagging, I hope Emma’s the same. Don’t be sad over Emma’s blindness. She has an owner who loves her and I promise you she is having a happy life. Remember, she still needs to play, run and exercise. Be creative and be happy
Mary Mercado
Hi Mary, thanks for the comments.
I am so happy you are fostering Daisy. My writings seems so sad because we most likely have differnent situations. You have a foster that came from a situation that was most likely not good for that hound.
I have had Emma who has always been with me so we have different situations.
How can you promise me that Emma is not greaving? All hounds are different. You cannot lump them into one blog comment.
I am very glad for Daisy, but you do not know Emma. I will continue to blog about her as her Mom. I know her best.
Please read all of my blog and you will find all of the answers you so question me on.
I really disagree with you on many of your points. However, I love all comments. That is what blogs are all about.
Please, please leave comments.
P.S. I picked Emma from a BHCA breeder so I would not have to deal with hereditary glaucoma.
This is how I try to educate myself so that folks like you do not get fosters with glaucoma. I hold myself to a higher standard when I purchase a pup. However, I was not fortunate enough to read between the lines of Emma’s breeder comments. They knew she had abnormal drainage angles and told me that it did not matter. I trusted them. It did matter. Emma started going blind at 2 years old.
Not only do I have a hound that is blind, not my choice, but so do you.
You can tell me how great they do and many do. I want basset hounds not to have this disease. Emma is fighting this and helping every way she can.
She is a part of the AKC research fund fighting against this hereditary disease. Please read all about it in future postings on my blog.
All situations are different. I am glad you like yours.
I am fighting to make blind basset hounds a thing of the past then you will not need to accept it.
Emma and her Mommy fighting the glaucoma cause!
P.P.S. Emma comes from BoBac Bassets in TX. I feel that anyone reading this will want to know.