{"id":462,"date":"2009-05-17T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T22:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2015-01-14T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T18:19:21","slug":"the-born-to-be-wild-basset-waddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/the-born-to-be-wild-basset-waddle\/","title":{"rendered":"the &#8216;born to be wild&#8217; basset waddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We adopted our Basset Hound, Gus last June from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiobassetrescue.org\/Adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio Basset Rescue<\/a>&#0160;and he truly has been a fantastic addition to our family.&#0160; He comes to the office with us everyday and always gets our staff to grin. We were excited to support the oh-so-popular annual &#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganbassetrescue.org\/mbr_adoptables.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan Basset Rescue<\/a>&#0160;waddle fundraiser this past Sunday in downtown Birmingham&#8230; and what an entertaining day it was.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd660970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Waddle1\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd660970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd660970b-800wi\" title=\"Waddle1\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>It was so funny to see 400+ Bassets in one area &#8211; and it&#39;s true &quot;All they need is love&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd7d9970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Waddle2\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd7d9970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fd7d9970b-800wi\" title=\"Waddle2\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Gus got quite comfortable in the lush grass while we&#39;re waiting for the parade to start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201156f9a1840970c-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Waddle3\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e201156f9a1840970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e201156f9a1840970c-800wi\" title=\"Waddle3\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>One of the&#0160;funniest parts of the day was admiring the wild outfits of the &#39;court&#39;.&#0160; Apparently each year they nominate the royal crew and they get to ride in a fancy horse drawn carriage leading the way in the parade.&#0160; The theme this year was &#39;Born to be Wild&#39;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdc25970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Waddle4\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdc25970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdc25970b-800wi\" title=\"Waddle4\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>And we&#39;re off!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdcba970b-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Waddle5\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdcba970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20115708fdcba970b-800wi\" title=\"Waddle5\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>It was fun strutting (or waddling) our stuff down Old Woodward.&#0160; We can&#39;t wait for next year!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #cc0000\"><span style=\"COLOR: #0066cc\"><strong>Like seeing some of our&#0160;weekend adventures<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"COLOR: #0066cc\"><strong>?&#0160; Then sign up to receive these&#0160;&#39;about town&#39;&#0160;blog posts in your email inbox <\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"COLOR: #0066cc\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #cc0000\"><span style=\"COLOR: #3333cc\">HERE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #0066cc\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #cc0000\"><span style=\"COLOR: #3333cc\">!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/the-born-to-be-wild-basset-waddle\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/the-born-to-be-wild-basset-waddle\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We adopted our Basset Hound, Gus last June from the Ohio Basset Rescue&#0160;and he truly has been a fantastic addition to our family.&#0160; He comes to the office with us everyday and always gets our staff to grin. 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