[Dailydrool] Basset drinkers

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

Duchess was a champion drinker.  I would sometimes count the number of  laps 
-- I used to give up after 400.  400!  And never stopping for a  breath.  I 
wondered if dogs could drown indoors.
 
Sometimes I thought she was just hypnotized by the rhythm and wasn't even  
aware of what she was doing.  Lap lap lap lap lap.  She'd look  surprised if I 
interrupted her or the bowl became empty, like "huh?  was I  drinking?  well, 
how about that," and then she'd wander away, shaking her  head in amazement, 
lots of drops flinging off her jowls.
 
My Mom, a very delicate and fastidious lady (poor thing, living with a  
basset when a pampered little poodle would have better fit her lifestyle) would  
stop Duchess sometimes.  "That's just gluttony," she'd tell her, as she  moved 
her bowl away.
 
How I miss them both.
 
Beth (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB)
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