Walter Wolfe: 1993-2011

Walter came into our family on October 13 2004 and was already a grumpy old man. It turned out that we would be his last option for no one else wanted a senior basset with an attitude. We were so happy just to see him that we fell in love immediately. Over the years we noticed Walter’s personality encompass our entire life. The old man had trained us with all of his mannerisms and attitude. One of the great things with rescues is you will never know what personality your going to get. One evening we even learned Walter was an Elvis fan as he sang along to “cant help falling in love with you”. We quickly learned that Walter would decide whether or not you’d get to share the couch or how awful the storm was outside. For years we would enjoy a life on ski mountains and watched with joy as Walter would bound through snow much taller than he. Walter had made many friends over the 6 years with us and is already missed by a huge group of family and friends. We brought Walter to two Basset blasts in our time with him and at each event he won best trick!! This was a truly impressive feat as he was incredibly old at 13 then 14. On march 28 at 1230 in the morning we found that Walter couldn’t fight anymore so we wrapped him up and took him to the vet to say goodbye. We take comfort that we spoiled him for the 7 years he was with us and everyday miss his personality. Walter, we love you and we are sure that you will always be with us as you shared your personality with each basset who has entered our home.