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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to the advice of an adopter, we pruned our
apple tree just right this year and, unlike last year when we got one teeny tiny
apple off it, we have had more apples than Johnny Appleseed could have
dreamed of in our yard. I can pick 15 pounds a day and it still
grows. Anyway, the squirrels knock them down, as does the wind, and the
awful smell of rotting apples fills the nostrils when one steps outdoors.
The bassets do not seem to care one bit and, in fact, dig through the squishy
brown piles to harvest "fresh" Granny Smiths--and devour one or more a
day! They guard their finds like "boneys" (our name for marrow bones),
tart apple juice running down their jowls.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope an apple a day will keep the doctor
away! So far, no one has gotten diarrhea from this.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susan and the Hoptown Bassets + 7<BR>Murphy,
Jeremiah, Twinkie, Walter, Rusty Paws (ATB),Sammy (ATB), Nellie (ATB), Barney
Boy (ATB) & Bert(ATB), Bianca(ATB), Sapper, Danica, Poppi, Ginger,
Flappers and the Itty Bitty Sisters<BR>Bluegrass Basset Rescue, Inc<BR>A Basset
is an Asset!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>