Devon came to me 4 years ago from a shelter in Alabama covered in his own waste. I bathed him and cut his nails and it took 3 days for him to come to me again. He was vetted and stayed with me for about 4 months and i then decided to adopt him.
Devon didnt trust anyone else including my hubby for a very long time. After 2 years, he would get up on the couch near my hubby and it took an additional year for him to learn to snuggle with hubby.
Devon went with me on trips quite often. I so enjoyed his company and miss him so.
You see, Devon had lymphoma and was just diagnosed about a month ago. He was put on prednisone and even tho he ate fairly well most of the time, he dropped weight as if he werent even eating.
Just a few days before i sent him to the bridge, he started pooing dark watery poo and i knew he was bleeding internally.
At that point, i decided it was time to send him to the bridge. I know he was ready and miss him terribly. There is a HUGE hole in my heart and life.
But God has opened a place here for another needy hound.

Jeffery's gotcha day

Jeffery came to BHRA we think from Shelby County, Alabama. He got adopted out twice and came back. The first time he came back he was a very sick boy with pneumonia. The second time was a bad adoption.He got adopted by a school teacher of all people. He was adopted for a teenaged boy. We checked on him several times and for a while, we got responses that said all was well. Then one day i got a phone call from the vet's office telling me to call the police in the city he got adopted in. So i called the officer and found out he was picked up as a stray. He wanted his "owner" to come in or he would go to the pound. The woman who adopted would do so. So Jeffery went to the pound for 7 days. Our founder went to pick him up at the end of his 7 days as required by Alabama state law. He was then brought to me. I took pictures of him and he was in horrible condition. I knew i should be able to get a cruelty charge on the woman who adopted him as he came back to us 15 lbs lighter than when he left us. He had so many fleas, you couldnt see his skin and he was filthy. Off to the vet we went immediately and he got bloodwork and a few other things done. I put him in the bathtub and scrubbed on him for around 45 minutes until i got the fleas all killed and Jeffery clean. When he came back to my house, he was horribly hungry and had to be crated to keep him and other safe. He was a serious garbage cruiser and would attack if you tried to remove him from the area to clean up the mess. The first time this happened, i had to pick up the garbage can to boot him in the head to keep the attack from happening. This was the only time that happened to me and once with Everett on a different ocassion. We worked with him and taught him that biting us wasnt a good thing to do and now he gets in our laps to get loving and give us kisses. The magistrate/court clerk gave us our warrant for the woman's arrest for animal cruelty and it went to trial in March of last year 2008 The woman was sent to a back room with me and the prosecutor. She never would look at me in the face. She was fined 500 dollars and court cost. She was ordered to do 25 hours community service and pay restitution to BHRA to the tune of 157 dollars. Jeffery still hates kids but does great with all other animals. We are proud to have him as part of our pack. We love you, Jeffery.

On May 2,2009, we had our basset bash with a theme of Bassets Gone Wild. We think there were around 200 bassets there this year and it was a fun time.
Over 6000 dollars was raised for the hounds.
My husband and i won 3 baskets and 2 basset statues at the bash.
2 bassets went to previous adopters this year and one to a new adopter.
One of the two adopted will travel in a month after the couple returns home from a trip.
Congratulations to Wilbur, Mater, and Whatley.
Keep watch on our website, www.bhra.org for updates and more pictures of our bash this year. Also keep watch on the website next year for the details of the next bash. it is a lot of fun.