Issue One 2011 - Utah Friends of Basset Hounds

Utah Friends of Basset Hounds Newsletter
Woofles of Wisdom and Other Fun Stuff July/August 2011
Letter from Lucy
Happy Summer!
Letter from Lucy, 1
I sure am glad it finally happened! I don’t know about
you, but I was getting real tired
of my belly dragging in the
snow. There’s more to do in
the summer too!
From Fear to Trust, 2
In the past few months we did
the Get Outdoors Expo, Dog
Days at Thanksgiving Point
and Strut Your Mutt!!! We also
had another Bowling for the
Bassets! Our volunteer celebration was the biggest and
best ever! The relay race was
great fun and the first ever Golden Paw Awards were given out.
Check out the calendar in this edition because there are more fun
events and volunteer opportunities coming up! You’ll also read important news, a great happy ever after story and see lots of pictures... so I’m going to stop now and let you get on with it!
Love, Lucy
Lou
PS
Be sure and go to our web site to
see at all the wonderful hounds we
have waiting to be adopted or fostered. And if you would please, look
around your home for a little space
for one of our Forever Fosters to
spend their golden years. It’s very
special to share your home with
someone like me!
In This Issue
Basset Tails?
Are you a foster
with a tale?
A basset parent with a boast?
Share it with
other Basset folks.
E-mail us your
story today!
[email protected]
Foxtail, 3
Ways to Help UFBH, 3
Strutt Your Mutt, 4
Heart Worm, 5
Upcoming Events, 5
Adopt Me
Jamie
A Home Isn’t a Home
Without A Basset
UFBH
Utah Friends
of Basset Hounds
1338 S Foothill Drive #172
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
A federally recognized
Utah NON-PROFIT
501(c)(3) organization.
“helping rescued bassets
find forever homes”
Contacts:
Peggy Chudd 801-466-2639
[email protected]
Carol Mundinger 801-631-2938
[email protected]
Marilyn Briggs 801-971-3669
[email protected]
UFBH
2011 Board
From Fear to Trust
We’ll never know what Barney was like the
first two years of his life , but in July of 2009,
he was a very shy, very scared stray in a
President/
town in the Midwest. But we know for sure
Adoption Coordinator:
why he was completely terrified of people by
Peggy Chudd
the time he came to UFBH. In order to catch
Vice President/
him, an animal control officer, frustrated afIntake Coordinator:
ter weeks of trying to catch him, cornered
Carol Mundinger
him and zapped him with a taser gun. The
shelter he was taken to sent out a plea for a
Treasurer:
rescue group to take him, preferably one far
Marilyn Briggs
away from where this happened.
Secretary:
When Barney first arrived at Carol’s, he imKristi Mildon
mediately fled to the far end of the yard and
would not let anyone come close. He wasn’t even motivated with
Fundraising/
“food bribery,” like most bassets. There was great concern that if he
Media Coordinator:
did escape somehow, he would not be caught again after the trauma
Peggy Chudd
of his earlier experience.
Foster Coordinator:
After spending the first night or two outside, he did come in the dog
Carol Mundinger
door, but usually when his foster parents weren’t home. He would
keep his distance from people. Even when treats were being passed
Webmaster:
out he would stay out of reach. Barney got along great with the other
Marilyn Briggs
dogs. It was humans he had an issue with.
Board Members at Large:
Things progressed very slowly, but there were milestones; the first
Sharon Lewis
time he let someone pat him on the head, then the first time he volAna Romestant
untarily came up to someone. Months later, he decided his foster
Penni Javeri
parents were safe, but he was still unable to tolerate any strangers in
the house.
All of us at UFBH were thinking Barney would be a Forever Foster
and he’d remain at Carol’s for the rest of his life. He was not put up
on our website as “Adoptable”. Over a year later, Carol’s patience
and care finally paid off. Barney began to blossom. He warmed up to
Penni, who was at the house often, and he went to Old Farm for doggie day care and actually did fine there. We felt right off that the best
place for him was in a situation where he could “hide” in a group of
hounds. The only place he felt safe in the beginning was surrounded
by his fellow foster hounds. Since Barney had become so comfortable
with Penni, Barney went to stay with her as a foster. After a month or
so, he was deemed to be adoptable. We were sure it would take just
the right family, with the patience to let him make all the first moves.
Barney holds a special place in our hearts, and we wanted to find him
the best home ever to make up for his past. Finally, the right people
came along...a caring family who was experienced with troubled dogs
and even had a doggie brother for Barney! Finally, a Happily Ever
After for a very special boy!
Environment Friendly
With your support, we’re able to care for the bassets we take
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in until they’re ready to be adopted and until they find their forLet us know if you would like
ever family. Sometimes it takes longer...and as you can see,
your copy of the Rolling Bone e-mailed we’re willing to wait with them. Our hope it that we never have
to you. You’ll receive a colored copy
to turn away any hound that needs our help and that we’ll always
and help save trees!
have the means to care for them until they go to a forever home.
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Foxtails
Foxtails are named after foxtail brome, a grass whose
seed head is bushy like a
fox’s tail. The term is used for
any of the sharp stickers you
might find poking into your
socks after walking in a dry
summer field.
Foxtails can become embedded in your dog’s coat
and also between his toes. If
you hike in areas where foxtails are present, check your
dog’s feet every day and remove foxtails before they burrow into his
feet.
If they have become embedded in
the coat they will burrow through
the skin and into the dog’s body. By
the time you discover the problem,
there may be dozens of foxtails that
have become difficult or impossible
to locate and remove.
Problems from foxtails can be prevented by careful daily combing.
However, keeping your yard free
from foxtails is of utmost importance. Avoiding areas where they
are present is also very important.
Some other signs that your dogs may have picked up foxtails may
be:
Nose foxtails:
Sudden extremely severe sneezing, pawing at
nose, possibly bleeding from nostril. Symptoms diminish after several hours, becoming intermittent.
Ear foxtails: Tilting and shaking head, pawing at ear, crying, moving stiffly.
Eye foxtails: Squinting eye suddenly-swelling accompanied by
tears and mucous discharge.
Throat foxtails: Gagging, retching cough, and compulsive grass
eating, stretching neck, and swallowing.
A veterinarian must remove foxtails found in any of the above locations and that may often require anesthesia.
Unfortunately, the common foxtail problems listed above aren’t the
only ones. Foxtails can be inhaled or enter any body opening and
travel long distances. They don’t show on x-rays and are sometimes
impossible to surgically locate and remove.
As the grasses in yards and fields become dry the danger to our
dogs becomes greater. Pay extra close attention to where your
hounds play and walk. And remember to check your dog frequently
for any signs of imbedded foxtails.
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Ways to Help UFBH to
Continue to Help Bassets
Enjoy our many
fundraising activities.
Virtual Foster
www.ufbh.com
www.goodsearch.com
Use as a search engine;
shop for UFBH-We get $$
In Memory Donations
Special way to remember a
loved one, and helps save
bassets.
Recycle Old Ink Cartridge
or Cell phone?
801-466-2639 for drop off
locations
www.igive.com
Use your favorite vendors to
shop; UFBH get’s % of what
you spend
Foster a Basset
Call Carol 801-631-2938
Adopt a Basset
www.ufbh.org
or 801-466-2639
Forever Fosters for
Quiet Sweet Seniors
Call Carol 801-631-2938
Questions? Peggy 801-466-2639
Golden Paw
Award
The
Golden
Paw Award is
presented
to
individuals and
organizations for
their commit to
our cause. They
have shown their
dedication consistently and in
so many ways.
They
gave
hounds rides to
and from vet appointments. They provided food, vaccinations,
and veterinary care. They clipped nails, cleaned
ears, and gave dogs baths. They cleaned kennels and they “scooped poop”. They brought
us tables and chairs and shade for our events.
They volunteered for fundraising events, meet &
greets and taking hounds for walks.
To all who have donated their valuable time, resources and support we thank you and we applaud you with Golden Paws.
Our first year of Golden Paw Awards were presented to:
Bacchus Professional Event Services
Carol Brady
Logan Brueck
Cottonwood Animal Hospital and Pet E.R.
Carol Crane
Dogs’ Meow
Dr. Katie Domann
Lesley Daluz
Gil & Lori Dutson
Kris Gillet
Debbie Graybill
Hillside Veterinary Hospital
Julie Kalar
Susan Krushat
LePrey Family
Mildon Family
Old Farm Pet Resort
Spay & Neuter Clinic of Salt
Lake City
Hannah Haldenby Strong
Paul Zacccardi
Strutt Your Mutt 2011
Strut Your Mutt 2011
There were about 70 in the Utah Friends of Basset Hounds Dog Pack
Strut Your Mutt is a big deal for animals
all over the world. This year it was very
special for several rescue groups in
Utah. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
and No More Homeless Pets in Utah
“gave back” all the registration fees and
pledges that these groups collected! To top things off our “UFBH Dog Pack”
won the Golden Bone Award for collecting the most money in pledges and registration fees. What a fabulous Strut it
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Upcoming Events
Heart Worms
Are We Losing the Battle?
Rates of heartworm infection
are increasing. And the sales of
heartworm preventative medication are going down. Are you
doing all you can to prevent it from happening
to your pets?
Some areas of the country are harder hit; but
that doesn’t mean the number of reported cases
are going down elsewhere. Natural disasters
and the resulting relief efforts actually may be
spreading heartworms. This could explain why
we’re seeing more infected animals coming into
our local shelters. So far, UFBH has been able
to save the ones who have come to us heartworm-positive, but it is very costly. The cost of
giving your dog or cat the preventative medication once a month is nothing compared to the
costly, difficult, and dangerous treatment.
Heartworm is spread by mosquitoes. Not all
mosquitoes carry heartworm, but when an infected mosquito bites your pet, it can transfer
larvae to the animal’s tissues. These larvae
then migrate through the body until they reach
the animal’s heart and lungs. There the adult
worms will grow. They can grow to 7″ - 11″ long
and cause a great deal of damage to the heart
and lungs. If untreated, the animal will die.
To keep pets safe, The American Heartworm
Society recommends year-round, monthly treatment. Utah Friends of Basset Hounds and the
veterinarians who care for our hounds agree
that it should definitely be given during the
months where it stays warm and suggest yearround treatment to be the safest way to keep
your pet heartworm free. UFBH and most of our
members give it year round. Call it inexpensive
insurance. At our house, the hounds come arunnin’ when they hear the foil being removed
from the chewy, monthly dose!
Our pets depend on us to keep them as safe
and healthy as we possibly can. This is the
time of year that’s it very important to start the
treatment. If your dog has not been checked
for heartworm you must do that first. Giving the
preventative medication to an animal that’s infected can be fatal.
Keeping your dog’s yearly check-ups, vaccinations and over all health needs met is your part
of that very special commitment you make when
you adopt a pet. They give us so much in return
– it is the very least we can do for them.
Mark it on your 2011 calendar
Dog’sMeowMeet‘nGreet&BakeSale
Second Saturday of every month 10 am - 5 pm : 2045 East 3300 South
Come meet some adoptable hounds, treat yourself to a baked good. Games & Prizes too!
TrolleySquareMeet&Greet
Fourth Saturday of every month 11am-3pm : 600 South 700 East
Come meet some adoptable hounds at this beautifully refurbished space.
July23,2011•1stAnnualPick-A-PetAdoptionandBarbeque
The Humane Society of Utah has invited us to this adoption event from 11am-4pm.
The Humane Society is located at 4242 South 300 West in Murray, Utah. Come One & All!
Bring your hounds along. Live music, hot dogs, hamburgers. Volunteers needed.
August7,2011•PetDayatThePeople’sMarket
Local Rescue groups from around the area will be there. Good Food, Fun, Music!
10am-3pm. The Market is located at 1000 South 900 West. Volunteers needed.
October1,2011•Pedigree&HogleZooAdoptionEvent
9 am - 5 pm, stay tuned for more details about this event at the Zoo.
Volunteers needed.
October16,2011•PetDayatthePeople’sMarket
The Market will be celebrating pets! Costume contest, Food, Fun, Music!
10am-3pm. The Market is located at 1000 South 900 West. Volunteers needed.
November5&12,2011•PicturesWithSantaPaws
Dogs Meow; 2047 East 3300 South. Appointments will be taken.
November&DecemberGiftWrapping
Find us at Barnes & Noble Booksellers for tips for the bassets!
Lots of volunteers needed.
More fun events will be announced as information becomes available.
Watch Facebook and our emails from UFBH.
We will notify you of any changes to our calendar through emails and Facebook.
You may volunteer to help where needed by contacting us through Facebook or contacting
Peggy at [email protected]
or 801-915- Dogs.
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A Home Isn’t a Home Without A Basset
Isabelle
See more ready to adopt
bassets of all ages at
www.ufbh.org
Daisy O
Jamie
Cooper
Strut Your Mutt 2011
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1338 S Foothill Drive #172
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Utah Friends
of Basset Hounds