<div>First and foremost, we are so happy to read about both <strong>Stella Bean</strong> and <strong>Ruby's</strong> recent adoptions. Foster failures are always some of the best stories IMO. </div>
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<div>Ruby is adorable (Congrats!) as is your cake topper, Danielle. Lauri did an amazing job!!! </div>
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<div>Arlene, regarding telling the hubby about Stella. I liked Bev's idea about a father's day gift...that is if you can keep the secret until the 21st. Otherwise I also liked the "It's a girl" idea. Either way I am sure the Bean will make him understand that she is meant to be where she's at. Congrats!!!</div>
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<div>Elder Clara's "from the perch" story had me trying to stifle my laughter as I shouldn't be "drooling" while at work, hehehe. Then to follow up with the Brudder's rude awakening story, I just couldn't help myself from out-loud laughter. Too funny those two are! </div>
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<div>Re: Rene'es question about Costco food. We switched to the Kirkland lamb and rice dry food when we adopted Rupert in an effort to save money while still feeding a pretty good quality food. The boys do really well on it as long as I add warm water and usually a "mix-in" (they perfer cheese but take what they can get) One time while feeling nice I bought a case of the wet foor, a mix of the chicken and lamb formulas - nope, neither boy would touch it. They'll eat spoonfuls as a treat, but not as their meal or even as their dry-food "mix-in". I ended up giving it all to the local shelter along with a full bag of the Chicken dry-food formula that they refused to eat when I accidently bought it instead of the lamb. Hmmphf, talk about spoiled bassets! <br clear="all">
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<div>I think thats it for now. We attended the San Diego Basset Rescue picnic last weekend and the boys had loads of fun. Cowboy drug me around the park non-stop the entire day. We didnt enter any contests because there was no way I could handle the two of them gracefully in front of a crowd. Plus, Cowboy is known for howling his butt off the whole day and then going mute the second we enter the ring for a howling contest. By the end of the day Rupert was pooped, trying to catch some shut-eye everytime we paused. When we left he couldn't even hop into the car and had his eyes shut before I'd started the engine. Once home, Cowboy was asleep on the porch (couldn't even make it inside) and Ru fell asleep in the front doorway, lol. To be honest though I didnt last much longer, they thoroughly wore me out and I was napping within an hour. Overall it was really fun and I even got to meet a few droolers, my favorite part since I feel like I know you all already, lol. </div>
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<div>Anyroo, drool to all.</div>
<div>Kacy w/Cowabunga and Ruey</div>
<div></div><br>-- <br>Cow: <a href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/531112">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/531112</a> <br>Ru: <a href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/799430">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/799430</a> <br><br><br>