[Dailydrool] Bassets and milk products

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

This thread brought back memories of Duchess.  I love it when I read  posts 
and something reminds me of her, and it's just like she's back here again  
and I'm smiling at her sweet, stubborn goofiness.
 
Anyway, Duchess was wrongly named.  She should have been  
"Basset-With-Stomach-of-Goat."  She could eat ANYTHING.  At any  time.  No problems.  Whoosh, 
gulp, gone, more please.
 
She adored ice cream.  I (who always spoiled her with people food) had  no 
idea back then (duh, foodslave) that any foods we ate could be bad for dogs  
(hence her addiction to Oreos and M&Ms; yet she still made it to 16 
glorious  years).
 
I was the editor of our town newspaper, and one hot summer day we staff  
members had an ice cream taste test ffor an article comparing all the ice 
cream  stores in town.  (I loved being editor, I could come up with all these  
delicious ideas.  There was also the pasta taste test ... the diner  
breakfast taste test ... )
 
So, after it was all over, the leftover ice cream was melting in the office 
 and so, of course, it all went to Duchess.  You know those quart 
containers  that are round and tall?  On the front page of the paper we had a great  
picture of her with that big old basset nose completely buried in it, you 
could  only see the top of her head.  Needless to say, there were no leftovers 
 left over by the time we went home that night.  And I had a very contented 
 basset with a happily balloon-shaped tummy and ears covered with Rocky  
Road.
 
Sigh.  I love the memories.  Thanks for bringing these  back.
 
Beth (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB)
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