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face='"Tempus Sans ITC"'>Rusty, the Basset my family owned while I was in high
school, had a lump under her tail for a number of years. It was benign and never
seemed to bother her. She had it right up to the time she went to the bridge.
Maggie, my sweet little OEBE, taught herself to open the zipper on my back pack.
She had a whole hour to study it on a ferry ride home from the mainland. I kept
her treats in a baggie in the pack. I need treats to get her to get in and out
of the car so trips off island can require a lot of treats. We were no sooner in
the apartment then she had the zipper open and the treat bag in her mouth. It
was a struggle to get them back that involved a lot of yelling and growling a
few smacks on the rumpbones for growling at mom. I always keep the backpack
zippered up tight when there are treats in it so I know she unzipped it. I am
pretty certain she had opened it a time before that but couldn't remember if I
had left it open. Now the backpack lives on a hanger in the coat closet when I
am not using it. When Maggie was so sick with pancreatitis, a friend came
over and gave her a Reiki treatment. He pinpointed the area that was causing the
problem and she was a better the next morning and on the mend. At the time
he came over, I did not know she had pancreatitis until the next day. At the
time she was still so sick I was starting to think of who might want to be there
when I had to send her to the bridge. I called him because I was desperate and
was clutching at any straw that might keep her with me. I honestly believe that
all the Drool and Reiki make the difference as well as some excellent vet care.
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN class=453330202-23012009><FONT face='"Tempus Sans ITC"'>Leah,
momslave to Maggie the Evil Empress of the San Juan Islands
OEBE</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>