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<DIV>My Lucy is doing her drooling best, but requests more hounds to help
her. My 13-yr-old daughter is very sad, as she discovered our cat moments
before death tonight. (The cat was old, seemingly healthy, but just
suddenly shook a bit and then died tonight. There wasn't enough time to even get
her out to the car to take her to the vet.)</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with the other posters who say that bassets are able to sense
sickness and sadness. I told Lucy that my daughter was sad, and Lucy went
right over to her and gently nudged her face. </DIV>
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<DIV>My daughter has always been a sensitive soul--when she was 3 years old, she
told me to "Turn off that song! It isn't nice that the children laughed at
the lamb!" when we were listening to "Mary Had a Little Lamb". She
has experienced pets dying before, but tonight was the first time she actually
witnessed the process--which happened in her bedroom---and she could use lots of
drool. </DIV>
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<DIV>And Lucy will fling drool back to those others who are in need, too.
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<DIV>Kristi and Lucy, who was always tolerant of the
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