Volunteers outside the USA: Thornton W. Burgess died in 1965. The author's work may still be protected by copyright in places like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955) or Canada (author's death plus 50 years).
Bowser the hound is led away from home by the wily Old Man Coyote, and he gets lost. Will Bowser find his way home again? Will Old Man Coyote eat all of the chickens in Farmer Brown's henhouse while Bowser is away, or only some of them? Just how loud is a hound dog, anyway? All this and more in Bowser the Hound. (Very temporary summary. I am recording this book in honor of our own hound dog, whose voice is music to our neighbors' ears, three streets away.)
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I love Bassets. They have possibly even more entertainment potential than ours. (We have a Walker coonhound, plus a little terrier mix who just looks at him and shakes her head. Figuratively.)
Great job Laurie, Sections 01 & 02 both PL OK
This is our third Basset and we've loved them all. They aren't necessarily the most trainable dogs but they are great fun. We also have a mixed breed terrier and we just took in a dog that was found near us which looks like a King Charles Spaniel mix. If we don't find the owners, it looks like we'll have one more in the house.
Allen Johns
Don't worry if plan A fails, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
Thanks very much, Allen! If your dogs are like ours, the hound will be happy enough about the new dog but the terrier mix will be suspicious. ha! Good luck with the new one and good for you for taking it in!
Next section is up, and I've moved us over to Going Solo.
Section 03 PL OK
Yes, the new dog and our Basset have been outside chasing each other around while our terrier mix just watches them with an expression saying "Oh no, not another one"
Allen Johns
Don't worry if plan A fails, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
(We have a Walker coonhound, plus a little terrier mix who just looks at him and shakes her head. Figuratively.)