BEAUTIFUL, BASHFUL BASHA
June 93 to May 5, 2006

The first time I saw this pretty little girl, it was in the Fall of 1996. She was so frightened, my heart went out to her. The woman who had her was a vet tech at Trinity Mills Vet Clinic in Carrollton, Texas. The woman had managed to screw up her life, with no thought what it was doing to her animals. She had to find homes for all her animals. I agreed to take her little three year old female Corgi X, Basha. I had already been told Basha was afraid of just about everything. Loud noises like gunfire, thunder, shouting, etc. She was even afraid to ride in a car.

Basha adapted well to life at the sanctuary. When there was a storm coming, I knew it even before the weatherman. Basha would begin to pant and pace. I would have to find her a dark, close place to go. One time, she even crawled between the mattress and the box springs of my bed. I finally started giving her a shot of acepromazine, a tranquilizer, to let her sleep through the storm. As she grew older, I was afraid to keep doing that. She was happy and secure in a crate just large enough for her.

Basha did learn to love to go with me in the truck. She and two others would pile in and off we would go. Basha would hunker down in the back seat and sleep until we arrived then she would join Snickers in barking at everyone who came near their truck. She was also very attached to me. Early on, she was allowed outside the sanctuary compounds. I couldn’t very well leave her inside since she would climb the six ft. chain link fence if I didn’t take her with me. When it came time to go back in, she would ride on my shoulders so she wouldn’t have to deal with all the other dogs wanting to sniff her to see where all she had been. She was quite the little acrobat.

On the night of Friday May 5, 2006, Basha passed away. She was a wonderful little dog who gave all the love she had in her little body. She is missed beyond words but will always be remembered with love.

Basha’s Mom