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<DIV>first, thank you to all who wrote to tell me i wasn't the worst mama in the
world. the notes meant a lot to me.</DIV>
<DIV>second, as i sit here, after bringing in the crate and setting it up, gus
is laid out in it, snoozing. the door is opened of course, but he's
snoring like a trooper! so despite my sadness on having to put it back up,
i think he might be happy to have his den back. he has the whole house to
raom around in when i get home, of course, but here he is snoring away!
also, in the old days, a month ago, when i gave him a treat, he would run into
the crate to eat it. well, tonight after his dinner, he demanded his
dessert as he always does, and when i gave it to him, he flew into the crate to
eat it!</DIV>
<DIV>a baby crate has been suggested and i almost ran out after work to get one
and then thought, i see them at yard sales every weekend and naver paid any
attention to them, so i'll wait to pick one up at a yard sale and try
that. that way, he would have the kitchen and laundry room to roam around
in when i was gone, but NO CARPETING! </DIV>
<DIV>you folks have no idea how much i value your ideas, suggestions and
reassurances. when the Drool is referred to as a family, boy oh boy, that
is hitting the nail on the head!</DIV>
<DIV>thank you so much again!</DIV>
<DIV>susan, loving slave to gus</DIV>
<DIV>gus-hey! my den is back! who stole it? who brought it
back?</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>