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<DIV>Well, it has been extremely warm here, 87 today and it has been like
this for the last four days, so my hubby and I decided to put down our
awning over our patio, we love sitting outside in the mornings for our coffee,
and reading the paper, well Maggie and Annie love the big back yard but
poor Maggie is scared to death of the awning, it makes noise when the wind
blows hard and so she sits out in the middle of the yard expecting us to come
out there and sit with her, no way jose, isn't
going to happen !!!! so now, when I want Maggie to come in
the house, ( she doesn't want to walk under the awning,) she
sits out in the yard and waits for me to open the back door as far as it will
open , I have to prop it open all the way and then she runs as fast as she
can into the back door. it is so funny. we also now do earthworm patrol
every damn night before bed, she takes forever to do her potty
because she wants to hunt these stupid worms, and if I try to pull on
her leash, she just sets down or falls over and does the flat Basset
and do you think she will move ??????</DIV>
<DIV>hell no !!!!! trying to lift her hind end is like trying to move a parked
car !!!!! I even take treats out with me and she just gives me that damn
look like, " I know what the hell you are trying to do and it isn't
going to work "</DIV>
<DIV>So I stomp into the house mumbling to my self and I tell her the
boogie man is going to get her because she is afraid of the dark, so
I turn out the back yard light and then she runs for the door. I
honesty cant believe that I am 60 years old and I am playing these stupid
little nightly mind games with a four legger !!!! </DIV>
<DIV>Is it any wonder I am drinking so much wine ???? My husband wont even
attempt to take her out he says that he " cares what the neighbors think about
him " HA !!!!! seriously, the high light of my day
is trying to devise a method to outwit my Bassets ? </DIV>
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<DIV>Marlene ( my mind is gone ) mommy to Maggie Wags and Evil
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