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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sophie & Nancy have been in San Antonio for 8
weeks now. It's hard to believe that it's been that long.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sophie continues to just love life. She is
always ready for a belly rub or to just sit on the floor with Holly & I and
be loved. She wags her tail the moment she sees me, and it goes so fast
I'm surprised she doesn't hurt herself. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Last weekend when my lawn guy was in the yard
Sophie & Holly started barking loudly and scared Nancy. I had shut the
blinds so Nancy couldn't see him, but Sohpie stuck her snooter thru the slats so
she could bark at him.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just as I was going out to the kitchen to quiet
them down Nancy was coming out of her crate. She stopped dead in her
tracks when she saw me, but when I called her she came over to me.
She stood there and let me pet her for almost 10 minutes. By
then Ross had finished and Nancy figured it was safe to go back to her
crate. She has not come to me again since then, but has spent more time
out of her crate than before. I think she figured I was the lesser of 2
evils last Sunday :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Holly has been spending more time in the kitchen
playing with Sophie and taking naps out there so I put 1 of her beds next to
Sophie's 4 pillows. Yesterday afternoon Nancy came in from the yard and
went to the bed instead of going to her crate. She actually stayed there
and let me pet her, and she even stayed there and ate her biscuit instead of
taking it back to her crate. I woke up during the night and went to
check on the girls in the kitchen and found Nancy sound asleep on the
bed. I have thought for awhile now that she was coming out of her crate
during the night, but now I know for sure. It was great to see her
sleeping on a bed instead of curled up inside that damn crate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A few times Nancy has played with Holly &
Sophie when they were all out in the yard, but they are a little rough for her,
and I think they scare her when they start running towards her. She stays
in her crate when they run the Basset 500 thru the kitchen, she's no
fool...LOL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We had 3 days of beautiful weather her last week,
down in the 50's and 60's. I was able to have my sliding glass door open
all day long. The girls thought it was wonderful to be able to run in and
out whenever they wanted to. The cool air really got them going. I
had the Basset 2500 going here :) They started by running around the
entire yard, then thru the entire house, then back out into the yard
again. This went on for almost 30 minutes. Whoever said that Sophie
was a senior should have seen her running.....LOL I spent a
lot of time searching for stuffies that were left in the yard, and lots of time
cleaning them up. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The girls have also figured out how to open the
gate whenever they want. I dropped my car off at Firestone for inspection
and an oil change on Friday. They drove me home and when I opened the door
I was greeted by 2 Hounds, 1 that had been in the kitchen when I left
:) I acutally watched Sophie put her snooter thru the gate and move
it to slide open the gate later that day. She looked so pleased as
she ran into the living room to get to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>All the girls are taking their afternoon naps as I
write this, peace and quiet.....until the next round of steal the stuffie
begins.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Suz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Holly Noelle - Sophie is lots of fun</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sophie - I love to play</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nancy - Sleeping on a bed is quite
nice</FONT></DIV>
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