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<DIV>If Momperson feels guilty with only 3 inches, we are mortified to have NO snow on the ground. And it has</DIV>
<DIV>been in the 40's. The dogs walk at Dimple Dell gully, which is Utah scrub oak and sage brush with mostly sandy trails. Does have a great mountain view. Even all the mud has finally dried up. </DIV>
<DIV>I walk all four on flexis and my only problem lately has been Buster. He is my foster with Addisons who</DIV>
<DIV>was on too much Prednisone for a year. He weighs 103, which is the heaviest basset UFBH has EVER </DIV>
<DIV>had. I don't like the name Buster, really, so just call him Bus-Bus or just Bus (as in big yellow school)</DIV>
<DIV>Anyway--he moves pretty well in spite of his size. Every one else sniffs around and moves on. Bus DIVES</DIV>
<DIV>into bushes and thickets and gets himself stuck and snuffles and snorts and acts like it is life and death to</DIV>
<DIV>get whatever mouse or gopher or heaven knows what is in the bushes. Dobi and Bus both slip their collars,</DIV>
<DIV>so they have choke chains on the walk. I feel guilty when I am jerking and yanking him backwards out of</DIV>
<DIV>the bushes because of the choke chain, but he is way overly zealous and also keeps getting himself tangled up-- which is not a happy situation with the other three.</DIV>
<DIV>There are probably no suggestions, but if anyone has any I would love to hear them. I just try to keep his</DIV>
<DIV>flexi shortened up and not let him get too far off trail. </DIV>
<DIV>And again, sorry for the "no snow February thaw". When we are conserving water in the summer it won't seem so great. </DIV>
<DIV id=signature class=signature>--<BR>Marilyn Briggs</DIV>
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