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 Wilbur's Story,On April 6, 2002, Wilbur (a.k.a. Willy, WilWil, Sweetboy) became part of our family. The wonderful rescue volunteers from ABC brought him from Albany for us. Our adoption contact person was John Robert and he had the last leg of Wilbur's journey from Albany to our home. The day Wilbur got to our home, he jumped out of the back of John's Jeep and right into our hearts. Besides the fact that Willy is quite handsome, he is by far, the happiest sweetest dog I have ever known. We had expected a period of adjustment with Willy, but honestly, there just wasn't any to speak of. From the very first moment, Wilbur made this house his home and has given his complete love and adoration to the whole family. He truly acts like he has lived here all of his life. His tail never stops wagging. Just the sound of his name being said by anyone in the family sends that mighty tail to wagging. Wilbur goes everywhere with us. He loves to be around people and is exceptional around kids. He is the biggest hit at the Varsity baseball games and the mascot of both our sons soccer teams. He loves to ride in the car, lays down and goes to sleep within five minutes. As long as we are taking him along, he doesn't care what we're doing or where we're going. Willy is a total Velcro, a sweet adorable "choochi face". He's even a magician, he can make 17 and 18 year old boys smile and talk first thing in the morning with basset kisses and basset tail wagging! Needless to say, we are head over heels in love with our Willy! I'm sure people will wonder how this can be all sunshine and roses with no down side. OK, Wilbur isn't perfect, but he almost is. He has a couple of minor bad habits, (don't we all), that are easy to handle. For instance, he likes to drink out of the toilet. So the seat stays down. He's learning that there is always fresh clean water in his kitchen bowl. He's a typical "counter cruiser". So food is kept away or off of counter edges which takes temptation out of typical basset's way. He also likes to bark at other dogs, but this too we are working on, mostly he just barks because he wants other dogs to know he's there and he's "the man". A firm "NO" when he barks gets his attention, a second firm "NO" gets him quieted down. Willy is very smart, quick to learn and eager to please. Not to mention he came to us totally housebroken with not one accident! We've also found there are things we didn't know. For instance, I didn't know rawhide bones taste better after they have been buried in the yard for a few days and those really nice expensive Nyla bones make it outside to be buried just as fast as the ones from the bulk department! To make a long story short, we are thrilled with our forever basset Wilbur. We feel that our success story is possible because of the love and dedication of the volunteers involved with ABC Basset Hound Rescue. From Ann Belson that answered our first contact with the organization, to Dawn Martino who fostered our Wilbur until our home was decided on for him and who answered COUNTLESS questions, to our adoption contact in our city and new friend John Robert. John kept his eyes and ears open and ready for when our "one" special basset became available. He knew from our home check that our hearts were ready for an addition to fill the void left after we walked our dear 14 year old Jesse to the Rainbow Bridge. This group is top notch in our eyes. They make sure everything goes smoothly with the adoption process as well as doing everything they possibly can to assure a good match between basset and family. Countless hours of volunteering, caring, loving and worrying over these wonderful homeless hounds! We're so pleased with how things have worked out that we're hoping, when the time is right and just the right one comes along, to add a little sister (who knows, maybe even just the right brother) to the family. One thing is for sure, we don't know exactly why Wilbur came to be with ABC Rescue or how or why someone would give up such a wonderful, sweet, loving, happy boy, but we're really glad that they did. He was meant to be ours, it just took until he was five for him to find his forever true home with us. Thanks ABC! From the Andes Family....Kathy, Gary, Wade, Dean, and most important of all, Wilbur!!! |
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