<div>I had joined the Basset Behavior list because I thought it was going to be a discussion of why Bassets do the things they do (because they are Bassets, why else?) but it turns out to be Sara Watson holding forth on clicker training. Yuk. Not my cup of teaquilla.</div>
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<div>Purdue U has come up with some device to help dogs with hip dysplasia but I don't know what it is. It is enough to make the national news, however.</div>
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<div>I listen with vast amusement as our esteemed Gov. and his wifey are caught red-handed and dirty, with Jesse Jackson Jr., being dragged, screaming and kicking, into this fray. JJJr is my congressman. Or was. I suspect he will slither out of the net, saying his aides offered all that money to Gov baby for a senate seat. HO HO HO Merry Christmas, oh ye Politicos. Stockings full of coal this year...</div>
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