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<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Oh Mary Ann how you must have
had the Luck of the Irish on your side</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">with your other Basset Angel. Stella
is displaying what I </FONT><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">consider normal
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">"bassety" behavior in my house.
Anything with cardboard is considered a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">delicacy here. Though "No, Stop and
Drop" commands will help, they only </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">work when you </FONT><FONT size=3
face="Arial Narrow">catch them in the act. This is why Bazzle's nickname
is now </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">"NOOOOOOO". </FONT><FONT
size=3 face="Arial Narrow">There is nothing </FONT><FONT size=3
face="Arial Narrow">more fun for my 3 younger basset kids then
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">creating snow decorations
</FONT><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">made out of tissues </FONT><FONT size=3
face="Arial Narrow">(regular or bathroom type) and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">then hiding out so slaves will get the
full effect of the "SURPRISE!".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Though my youngest are getting much
smarter as they now grab the desirable item </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">and run out the </FONT><FONT size=3
face="Arial Narrow">dog door as fast as they can. It is always a surprise
(gasp) to see what</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">they have absconded with as </FONT><FONT
size=3 face="Arial Narrow">I walk out the back door. Shreds of newspaper,
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">cardboard, recycling can contents will be
strewn from the </FONT><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">just outside their door,
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">trailing down the ramp and
then throughout the yard. Then of course there is
the lovely </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">forest decorations </FONT><FONT size=3
face="Arial Narrow">they strew all over the living room and hallway from chewing
up </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">firewood logs to create the rustic log
cabin decor. </FONT><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">(I hear that this is
the latest </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">decorating craze in some </FONT><FONT
size=3 face="Arial Narrow">basset homes.) Why even the gentile Nelly
Belle will assist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">with the forest decorations from time to
time though she much prefers the wicker look.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">The only remedy I have found is too place
these much coveted items out of reach </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">as well as out of sight.
Unfortunately for us, </FONT><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">if these
babies can see it, smell it..... then they will somehow </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">find a way to grasp it.</FONT> <FONT
size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Remember the ingenuity of a basset is nothing to be
taken</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">for granted. I do believe they may
be the driving force behind the old saying,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">"If there is a will, there is a
way".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Belly rubs to Stella,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Narrow">Karen and The Dog House Gang (You meke we
pwoud Stella! Youz go girl!)</FONT></DIV>
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