Just a few more pictures of our beautiful Oscar Madison. We just can't seem to help ourselves because he's just so darn photogenic. It would be a shame to keep them to ourselves and not share them, especially with our fellow "cooniephiles."

We are eagerly awaiting Spring and Summer and hope that he takes well to the water for canoeing and camping trips. Hopefully these trips will provide us with many more photos of the adventures of Oscar Madison and his new family.

We hope to see many more Happy Endings from all the adoptions over the last couple of months. We faithfully check them every day and always want to see how the dogs have come along.

Until our next update....

Frank, Teresa and Oscar Madison Schram

20 February 2008

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These are some pictures of Oscar that we sent to our friends as Christmas cards.....don't worry the light bulb isn't really attached to his head, just the magic of photoshop. Wishing everyone associated with American Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue a Wonderful Holiday Season filled with many successful adoptions....and many happy and healthy dogs. Frank, Teresa and Oscar Madison Schram 6 January 2008 Hunter is now-Oscar "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Madison. Words cannot express how much we've fallen completely in love with this little boy. He's already come a long way since we brought him home and has settled in nicely to his new life here, both as a loving member of our family and photographic muse. He loves his morning and evening walks with my husband and getting to know the neighbors, human and canine alike. He really draws attention seeing that you don't see many Coonhounds in upstate NY. He seems to enjoy the snow quite a bit, we're not sure if he's ever seen it before or not since his history is a bit of a mystery. He also loves to visit his grandparents and play with his "cousin" Pete, a Golden Lab. Not a day goes by that he doesn't amaze us in some way, he's very intelligent and not easily fooled. We can easily spend an entire evening just watching him sleep in front of the fireplace. He has truly helped to fill a void in our family, and hearts as well, since the loss of our Dalmatian, Sidney, this past July. We think that Sidney would approve. Many thank-yous to the American Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue and his foster parents who, without them, we would never have been able to own such a beautiful dog. Frank and Teresa Schram 2 December 2007