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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hello,
Daily Drool Friends…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I
haven’t posted in quite some time and have read the messages …
loving having someone who gets how truly special this breed of dog is. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>It
is so hard to find words for and I write so it shouldn’t be. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I
haven’t wanted to post this or write it out much at all because the pain
is so deep over it but it dawned on me today that I need to tell you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Our
bassets… Fred & Mocha were killed at the top of our drive way a week
ago. I have cried … a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I
wrote to the list for help when we first got them and bought the recommended books…
followed all the advice… and ended up falling madly in love with these
dogs. My husband and I have fallen more and more in love with them every new
day, week, month… and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
tried keeping them inside but our daughter was having intense allergic
reactions to them and we couldn’t keep them out of the kitchen… and
it wasn’t safe because they kept eating things we were afraid would harm
them. We put them outside but wanted them to have as much space to run as
possible so we bought the wireless system someone on this list suggested and
they did beautifully on these. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
were replacing their collars anyway but one of the collars finally had it and
we decided to replace the whole system and we would have two boxes and they
would have twice the roaming area. We went online with the company and talked
to them on the phone to make sure the collars would work on the older systems
and got all the basics. We put them in a pen at night and let them out when we
were right out there but ONE NIGHT it was supposed to be really cold and my
husband was worried about them so he let them out to go to their favorite warm
place right under the house. We have created little areas for them, bought new
blankets during the colder seasons and that kind of thing so he wanted them to
have access to those. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Fred
had never left the yard and Mocha had always stayed close by it when her collar
batteries would get low so he thought they ‘d stay right under the house
and he’d put them in the pen in the morning. This was only supposed to
last until the new system got ordered and delivered … within DAYS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
were just waiting for the last part of the money…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>My
dear friend called to tell me someone thought one of the dogs was on the side
of the road and I started crying when I told my husband. He rushed up there and
was up for too long … I knew it was true. When he walked in… I
asked: “Which one was it?” because I had been wondering WHAT would
happen to the other … they had never been separated and wouldn’t
leave each other’s side for more than a few minutes at a time. He said: “Both
of them” and walked away with tears in his eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>It
has been so hard to explain… this is the first time I’ve written it
out but I kept getting my Daily Drool digests and haven’t been reading
them. I just had to finally write here because I knew… you will
understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thanks
for making it through this … book. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Love,<br>
Sandy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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