Blue

"Gotcha Day" was May 6, 2024, and I was nervously awaiting my next basset hound. At 10 years old, he was a listed as a senior, so I felt he'd be a good fit for me, an old guy who had recently moved into a senior living facility in San Francisco. I had lived with basset hounds (usually two at a time) for at least 25 years, but that was usually when I lived in my own house with a yard, and easy proximity to a dog park. Well, what a surprise! It seems nobody at GGBR had told Blue that he was a senior dog, and on his first trip to the Golden Gate Dog Park, he took off like a rocket, playing with all the other dogs at full speed for at least an hour nonstop. When he wasn't running with the other dogs like he was a puppy, he was running to the gates to greet all the newcomers, both people and dogs. He seems to think a new friend is just a stranger he hasn't met yet. Blue also has the largest paws and loudest (and lowest) bark of any basset I've had. And it's the same at every visit to the dog park. Plus, the story so far has a happy ending. After taking him up and down elevators at the apartment building at least 4 times a day for a few weeks, I decided it was time for both of us to move to our own home. So now we've found a beautiful craftsman house with a yard in the back with mature plants, birds, and even a squirrel for blue to chase. (No more senior living for us!) You can check out Blue on this year's GGBR calendar. He'll be pictured on a month yet to be determined. Phil R._19Oct2024 (Blue, adopted May 6, 2024)