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<DIV>My Abraham Ga-linkin is extremely long...he measures 57" long. from
the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. This was an official
measurement done when they measured his ears for the Longest Ears Contest at
last years Tri-State Waddle. Everyone tells me ..."he is the biggest
basset I have ever seen". What they mean is the longest. He weights
83 pounds and is NOT fat...has a waist and you can feel almost see his
ribcage. My Vet said he is at a perfect weight. Sadly he is not the
heaviest basset I have had...the late great Violet Rose and Polly Esther both
came in at 90 pounds each...which is something I am not proud about.
Violet Rose came to me so emaciated that when she was to be spade the doctor
could not find the lining of her uterus all due to
malnutrition. But that's another story in itself. </DIV>
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<DIV>I know there were many threads about the 4th of July...my Owen is so
fearful of fireworks and of thunder and lightening. A friend of mine who
is Vet Tech relayed information that a client with a very fearful golden had
tried a new product and swore by it...the product is called Pet-EZE which
is available at Petsmart. I went and bought it and about 1 1/2 hours
before the fireworks were to go off I gave Owen his dosage. If you go to
my Facebook (Shelley Galinkin) page and look at my photos of "Owen Sedated" you
can all see for yourself how wonderful the product worked. I hope it works
that well with thunder and lightening...if only I knew when they would actually
occur I could get a dosage into him at least an hour prior to the storm.
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<DIV>One more thing ...we discovered a litter of kittens under our
shed....sigh...As of today we caught three with two more to go. I thought
I had it covered as we originally thought there were only 3 kittens and I had
homes for those three (of course we are keeping one) when yesterday
when we were feeding the last kitten (so we thought) another one came out and
then another one. The reason we didn't realize there were 5 kittens is
because the last three are all gray . I am somewhat frantic and all
the shelters and rescues are inundated with kittens..Two have already been to
the vet and the final three will also be going once all are in
custody. They are /have been tested for Feline Leukemia and FIV,
de-wormed, de-fleaed but not vaccinated as they are too young. So if
anyone on list who wants a kitten or who knows of a rescue that might be able to
take them ...Please let me know. I also have pictures on Facebook under
Feral Cats. We live in Toms River, NJ Ocean County. I plan to trap,
neuter and release the mother if we can trap her...I have never seen her as she
is very elusive. I also think this might be Mary Todd's mother as
well...</DIV>
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