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<DIV>this happened once to me but i never wrote in about it, for fear you'd
think i was nuts. i really don't remember what gus did, but i blew my
top. loudly, harshly. he sunk right down, wouldn't look at me.
then i went to the couch and i'd say maybe a half hour later, he jumped
up. now, usually on the couch, he is glued to me, absolutely glued.
but that night, he went down the other end, curled into the basset ball, and
stayed there. well, of course, i now feel bad and start coaxing him to
come over to me. he would look at me but would not move over to me.
so then i felt really, really bad and ended up begging him to come over.
he would not move. eventually, it was time for bed, so i sang him his
lullaby of You Are My Sunshine, kissed his head and said goodnight. i will
never forget what happened next. he put one of his front paws on my
arm. that was it. no kisses, no snooters, just a paw, as if to say,
"you're forgiven. don't let it happen again." and of course, it
hasn't.</DIV>
<DIV>susan, loving slave to gus</DIV>
<DIV>gus-i taught her, didn't i?</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>