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<DIV>First I want to say how happy I am to hear that Bo came through his surgery
with flying colors. Will keep having the guys send drool until he is
100%. </DIV>
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<DIV>Well, my Charlie did it again. As many of you know, I am not able to
walk much, so dog walking has been left to wife and No. 1 son. Today, they
went to get me a birthday present, and shop for food. They let both dogs
out before they left so all would be fine in their absence. Well, after about an
hour, Charlie wanders into the kitchen where I was chopping cherries for cookies
and sits down and looks at me. After a short while he starts in with his
plaintive whining, adding it to the "look". He wants to go for a
walk. For the nest 45 minutes, he just sits there, looking at me, with
very sad eyes, whining and shaking a bit. Well, a person can resist
that only so long. I get my coat on and get my cane, put on my coat and
his leash and we go for a walk. Now, Charlie has a bad back, but he
walks faster than I can. It was quite a sight, an old man hobbling down
the street, with a nearly 14 year old crippled basset pulling him. All I
could do is 300 feet, but that was enough. He got back into the house,
crawled onto the couch and went to sleep with a very satisfied look on his
face. Me, I was so glad to sit down again. Score one more for
Charlie.</DIV>
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<DIV>DDropp </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>