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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't had experience with spurs, but my Basset
adjusted very well to giving up the couch and my bed where he slept at my feet
for years. He had a spinal injury, or rather a bulging disc that caused him to
go down and he had to learn to walk again. I think he most hates that I won't
leave him out alone to explore the back yard. He is 11.5 now. He knows he can't
climb. I think he remembers the pain he went through for about 8 weeks of my
rehabbing him. He finds other forbidden things he still can manage like the
trash in the kitchen cabinet when I forget to block the door. He still has a
slow time getting up and down due to hip discomfort. He has a good life though
as king of the house. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>