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<p class=MsoNormal>My open red/white guys get what I call “winter nose”.
Their normally black nose turns kind of a reddish brown during the
winter. Once the weather changes and the sun returns, the black nose
returns. When our guys get “dry nose”, I use a LITTLE bit of
bag balm on the nose. Another good thing for the nose is cocoa
butter. One of my dogs LOVES to have Burts Bees Lemon cuticle wax put on
his sore nose. I always keep a little tube of Vasoline lip balm in my “ring
bag” for scratched noses too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>HORMONES – OMG! Living with 5 intact males makes
me the Hormone Guru! These boys will drive you nuts! Things that
smell like a bitch in season:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Wet cats … within a 10 mile radius<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>An animal of any species with a UTI … especially a dog<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A person with cellulitis (usually me)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All male puppies under the age of 6 months<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A teenage girl who is having her period<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A dog who is sick … but you don’t know it yet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Never forget that the basset nose can tell you lots of
things if you know how to listen. One of my boys, Grady, can sniff out
cellulitis on me before I even get an itch or a tingle. All of my boys
can sniff out a UTI before there are any clinical signs. Hoagie lets me
know that there is a bitch in season within 5 miles (literally) by not eating.
In fact, Pat came out for dinner on Thursday and her girls are within a week or
so of coming into season. Since it was nice outside, I cooked out on the
fireplace and Pat sat on the stone bench to keep me company. Hoagie never came
in contact with her. When Pat left, Hoagie “worked” the
bench, the grass and every footprint of Pat’s for two hours … and
he has only eaten one meal since then. When we come home from Pat’s
house, we have to change clothes or we will get sniffed to death. If
there is a bitch in season, then we have to shower or go to the “power
wash” <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span> on the way home!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Now, Brudder Elwood! Get well soon! Is he
a stick eater? One of my boys (Johnny) has had two emergency trips to the
vet because of eating sticks or mulch (we had to remove all of our mulch from
the dog yard, so now he rips bark off the trees!). He had impacted bowels
and was vomiting some blood also. Fortunately, we avoided surgery both
times but he had over-night stays with multiple enemas and sedation! That
is one time I chose not to camp out and stay with him at the vet’s.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Drool to all who need it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></p>
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