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<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>I have a couple of Bassets that I have
to work at keeping trim, couch potatoes that they are. I got old Maggie
down 10 lbs in the past year. I am also working a trimming down one of my
Dachshunds. Green beans in dinner bowls, carrots and apples for
treats, things like that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>I have also teased my mother about her
pug/sharpei mix that could lose a couple of lbs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>Imagine my horror at reading this
article about overweight dogs being seized from their owner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000><A
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4331467/Fat-dogs-seized-by-RSPCA.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4331467/Fat-dogs-seized-by-RSPCA.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>knowing how we all love to spoil our
best friends with extra tidbits I thought I'd pass the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>article along and considering the cold
and the snow this last month if anyone has some other helpful</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>tips on keeping our Bassets relativly
slim and trim.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Baltimore color=#800000>Cathy Blatz<BR><A
href="http://www.summerhilldachshundsandbassets.com">www.summerhilldachshundsandbassets.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.geocities.com/clubbasset/index.html">http://www.geocities.com/clubbasset/index.html</A><BR><A
href="http://www.dachshund-wpdc.org/">http://www.dachshund-wpdc.org/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>