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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My Gracie has a large dog stroller that I
bought two years ago, and she absolutely HATES IT. She would just about
rather die than ride in the stroller, and honestly it’s a royal pain to
push and steer, so we don’t use it. The problem is, it was
advertised as being for dogs up to 70 pounds, but it’s not made for long dogs,
so when Gracie sits in it her butt is in the back but her front feet are almost
hanging over the front edge, so she feels like she’s about to fall
out. I don’t think the manufacturer actually put a 70 pound do in
the thing and pushed it or they would have known it was too small. Anyway,
the stroller (which is actually a really nice, expensive one) sits in the
garage. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>When Gracie damaged her ACL in January,
she desperately wanted to go on walks with us, but at first she could barely
walk down the driveway, let alone walk our usual couple of miles. We have
a red wagon with wooden sides that’s actually pretty large, so I put some
blankets in the bottom to make it softer and put Gracie in and pulled her on
our walks while she was rehabbing. It works well and we still take it
when the weather is hot and humid, but I have to say that it took me several
weeks to get used to pulling a 64 pound dog in a wagon. My chest and ribs
hurt like crazy every evening until the muscles got used to the unusual strain.
Also, the other two dogs had to get used to us pulling the wagon, instead of
walking ahead and sniffing like usual, they put their tails down and walked as
close to me as they could, which was not good. After about a week they
decided everything was okay and started walking normally again, which was a big
help. Pulling the blasted wagon is hard enough without tripping over dogs
or trying to not let the wagon hit them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would definitely say that the wagon
works really well once you get used to pulling it with a bid old hunk of
Bassett in it. Expect chest muscle pain for a week or two, be sure to
alternate hands while pulling and stand up real straight, don’t hunch
forward, it makes the muscle pain worse later and messes with your back. One
other thing, expect to get lots of waves and finger pointing and laughing from
neighbors and strangers in cars, apparently you look very comical pulling a big
old dog in a wagon while walking two more in front. Strangers have actually
stopped their cars to take photos of us. If you’d like to meet more
of your neighbors, pull a Bassett in a red wagon. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net">a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org [mailto:dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Val Brewer<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:16
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Dailydrool] Looking for
recommendations for basset transportwagons (hand-pulled/pushed)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Aloha. My husband has decided that it would be a great idea if he, I,
and our two bassets went for a several mile hike each evening after he comes
home from work. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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