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<DIV align=left><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Debbie,</FONT></PRE></DIV>
<DIV align=left><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I know that to feel guilty about putting our furbabies through surgery is normal. </FONT><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I personally looked at it from a Sadie point of view.</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I could not imagine putting my Sadie through </FONT><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">a heat cycle. I knew for her it would mean no walkies, no events for her </FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">to be an Am-basset-dor, wearing the dog diaper, no getting on her queen size bed or the furniture, no free access to the dog </FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">door and the furbabies backyard, and the possibility of some male dog within </FONT><FONT face=Arial>smelling range "jumping her bones" </FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for a minimum of 3 weeks twice a year. All of her
favorite things would be taken away. So at a little over 5 months old, she had</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>her surgery. Yes she had pain, but they recover quickly and the big challenge is keeping them quiet for a week. </FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>She is a happy go lucky girl now and never has to worry about the twice yearly "visitor" She went to Bark in the Park today and had a </FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>blast! Had she not had her surgery, she would probably been left at home and missed out on all the goodies and loving.</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>Droolz,</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>Karen and The Dog House Gang</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial>Ruby Doo, Tucker, Abby, Sadie, Teeka, Gregor, and Cuddles</FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </PRE></DIV><PRE> </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> </PRE></DIV></div></body></html>