We have recently had a new addition to our family.

Ginger was adopted as a not-quite 3 year old basset
on March 2nd. She comes to us from a breeder
who retired her after her first litter, when one of her puppies
had a potentially genetic problem. She is currently settling in,
seeing how she can best manipulate the Folsoms.

For those demanding pictures, here are a few:

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face,
you should go home and examine your conscience." - Woodrow Wilson
This picture from the breeder from which we got her.
Apparently she likes the snow		 Bassets have long, and usually sloppy ears.
She dips them in food, water, and whatever
ginger in the snow Ginger's ears


"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has." - Will Rogers
The cowboy said -- "Get a long little doggie", right? She insisted I crop out all the extraneous detail,
so we could see her in all her majesty
Ginger Stretched out Cropped picture of ginger


"You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says,
"My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!" -- Dave Barry
"I don't care what the other bassets say,
beagles aren't half bad....."		 .... As long as they know their place!
ginger and alfie sleeping ginger playing chess


"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.
For me they are the role model for being alive." --Gilda Radner
"Lapdog" is a state of mind... Being a Basset all day long is exhausting.
ginger in a lap

 ginger upside dowsn


"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." --Ben Williams
Ginger giving advise on chess, or at least,
contemplating eating the captured pieces
ginger playing chess


"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." -- Unknown
God's In His Heaven, All's Right with the World
alfie sleeping ginger sleeping


"A watchdog is a dog kept to guard your home,
usually by sleeping where a burglar would awaken the household by falling over him." --Anonymous
Synchronized Sleeping
houndie bookends


The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him
and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too." -- Samuel Butler


Last Updated: 1-5-2008 © copyright 2008, Alan L. Folsom, Jr.