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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The girls have been here for 4 weeks already, it
really doesn't seem that long. It appears that they will be heading to
Daphneyland in the next couple of weeks. The details on the transport have
not been finalized yet, but are in the works. Chris Dowd is making this
happen for these 2 sweet seniors. We will probably need some volunteers to
get them from San Antonio, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Please let me
or Chris Dowd know if you are able to help. Chris can be contacted at <A
href="mailto:cdowd_postalpros@yahoo.com">cdowd_postalpros@yahoo.com</A> and my
email addy is <A href="mailto:suzyvette@satx.rr.com">suzyvette@satx.rr.com</A>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sophie is sooooooo funny. She really loves
her stuffies. There was 1 sitting on top of Nancy's crate and she managed
to get it down, and shake the life out of it. But she really likes the
bigger one, it's almost half the size of her. She drags it around, has
even taken it outside a few times. She can get down the 2 steps with it,
but can't get it back up, so I have to go out and rescue it for her. She
sleeps with it and sometimes uses it at a pillow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nancy is still using her crate as her security
blanket, but did come out while I was pouring a cup of coffee this
morning. My coffee maker is only about 10 feet from her crate.
That's the closest I've been and had her come out :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>She takes treats from my hand and let's me pet her
while she's inside her crate. She watches when Holly & Sophie come in
and I pet them, but she still doesn't feel secure enough to come out and get in
on the fun. She does stay out in the yard with them longer than she used
to, and she actually barked at the dogs in the yard next to us the other
day. She only did it once, but it's a start.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The girls woke me around 3am to go outside.
Nancy loves being in the yard when it's dark and nobody can see
her.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>They were out for about 20 minutes and then
everyone went back to bed. I had just fallen asleep when something bumped
into my bed and moved it enough to wake me. Holly is big enough to do
that. I got out of bed and walked over to her bed to see what was
up....and what did I see??? I saw 2 Basset Hounds :) Sophie
had figured out how to open the gate without me hearing it. Then she
navigated her way around my office chair without making a sound. I move my
chair over to the gate at night so that Nancy will come out of the crate and
sleep on the rugs or the pillows.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It has a high back that blocks off the view from
the kitchen to the rest of the house, and that makes Nancy feel secure.
Had Sophie just gotten up on 1 of the dog beds I never would have known until
this morning. I'm not sure if what woke me was Sophie trying to get up
onto my bed, or if it was Holly letting me know about the great
escape.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>There are a few reasons that Sophie needs to stay
in the kitchen overnight, the most important one is that I don't want Nancy to
be alone. Holly has even slept out there a few nights with them.
There are plenty of pillows for their comfort. I guess I'm going to have
to figure out a better way to keep the little escape artist in the kitchen
tonight :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Suz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Holly Noelle - I had company last
night</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sophie - I can't believe I got caught</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nancy - I like company in the kitchen
overnight</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>