Dear Basset lovers,
We want to thank all of you who have written in to share your stories about this noble breed of dog.
Last July when we started this page we had a small number of visitors and no mail. Then we started to post the delightful stories that people sent in. Each month the number doubled so that we now receive over 50 to 80 pieces of E-mail a month. Your response just shows how devoted and loyal all Basset owners are.
Though we've enjoyed hearing from you, we find that life here in the Den has become so busy in other areas that we cannot devote the time that your notes deserve. So we are putting the Mail Bag into hiatus and we request that those with a story to tell, take advantage of the many other outlets for Basset Lore.
In addition to many other Basset Web Pages which can be found at Yahoo and other search engines on the web, there are the many news groups such as rec.pets.dogs.activities, rec.pets.dogs.behavior, rec.pets.dogs.breeds, rec.pets.dogs.health, rec.pets.dogs.info, rec.pets.dogs.misc, rec.pets.dogs.rescue just to name a few. There are also several E-mail lists out there in cyber space so that you can continue to write to each other.
We hope that this will give you ample opportunity to talk about Bassets and their adventures.
For the next three months we will leave the Den as it is. But we will not post any new notes. You might be interested to know that it takes up several megabytes of storage space. At that time we will decide how to best deal with the Den's needs and our own personal needs.
Once again, thank you all for writing in to say "hello." We wish all the best for you and your Bassets.
Yours,
The Head Basset