Hello! My name is Dolly Dot and I am 9 years old. I live with my foster brother Tommy Basset in Chester. I thought I would share a week in my life so you can see what I get up to when I’m living with my foster family!
A little bit about me, I joined the BRNGB family in July, when I arrived my skin was so itchy, sore, red and infected and my ears were as well. I’m getting better as you will see!
I hope you enjoy my week, I love being in foster. Please don’t make enquiries to adopt me, I’m not ready yet and apparently your enquiriy won’t get answered!
Monday:
Mondays are an early start! I am not a morning basset, I like my snoozes. It has been getting colder recently so sometimes I snuggle up with the cat.
We had a nice walk and then got to have breakfast, which is my first favourite time of the day. Dinner time is my second favourite time of the day.
I have to have my tablet first which I do try and spit out at least twice before I give in.
I like to spend most of the day asleep, although when the boss human goes to make lunch Tommy and I do like to sit on the kitchen floor and cause as many near misses as possible when people are carrying pans around.
I love my bed as it’s specially made for dogs with sore joints like me.
I don’t really mind sharing my bed but I would prefer Tommy didn’t drool all over the edge of mine whilst I slept.
Tuesday:
Another day, another tablet. That is my least favourite bit of the day. I did swallow it first time though today so got lots of pets as a well done.
After I finished my breakfast I checked to make sure Tommy had finished his. Unfortunately he didn’t leave any extra bits for me.
It was sunny today, so we got to sit outside for a bit. I did have my lovely dog bed outside, but instead I decided the garden sofa and the fresh cushions were a better option.
Wednesday:
Wednesday’s are not great days. I get bathed on Wednesdays. Because my skin is very bad I have to have two baths a week with special shampoo. I am a very good girl though and even though I don’t enjoy it, I always come outside for my bath and then I wait very patiently for the shampoo to work before I am rinsed off.
Then I get dried off with the hairdryer as well before getting some treats for being so good.
I spend the rest of my Wednesday after my bath relaxing, as it is such a hard life I lead.
On Wednesday’s the part time human comes back so I get to sleep on the big bed with the cat to make up for the bath.
Thursday:
On Thursday the extra human is back and she likes company so I alternate my time between the big human bed and my own bed downstairs.
It was a bit chilly again today so I asked Tommy to share a bed for a bit. I don’t think he was very happy about it but he got used to it eventually.
Fridays:
Apparently Friday is near what’s known as a “weekend” which means there’s much celebration in the house.
Tommy and I spent the morning working together to create a new floor based obstacle for everyone trying to get up the stairs.
On Friday evening we decided we wanted to have the entire sofa to ourselves. You’d think it would be big enough for two bassets but I didn’t have quite as much room as I thought I might.
Saturday:
I love Saturday! We get to go to the field where I get to run about. 6 weeks ago I really struggled to walk and I was in quite a bit of pain. But now I love the field, as I get to do lots of sniffs and then I get to run.
My human friends went out in the afternoon and left me with the one that sits in his chair all day. When they got back I got really excited and sat up by myself for the first time!
Sunday:
Unfortunately, Sunday is bath day again!. We went to the field for another great run even though it had rained as it didn’t matter if we got muddy. I was very tired afterwards and it was another cold day so I decided to curl up under the big duvet cover and get warm.
We hope you’ve enjoyed a little look at Dolly’s life in foster. Her skin and ears really are improving and she is the best girl when it comes to taking her medication.
If it wasn’t for your donations we wouldn’t be able to help hounds like Dolly, your donations only go to the hounds we have in our care, for anything they need, whether that be massive surgery all the way down to just a check up and some flea and worming treatment. Dolly’s medications for her skin and ears are all paid for by your donations.
If you would like to donate to Dolly’s care, and all the other hounds in our care you can do so following the link below, or taking part in our raffles.
Meanwhile, ssshhhhh it’s Saturday morning and Dolly is still snoozing
Thank you to Dolly’s foster family for giving her all the love and care she needs
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