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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The boys are sending healing drool to Yoshi.
We hope that your blood count is back up and that you recover from your allergic
reaction to the vaccination very soon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Healing Drool to Droopy. (My first basset was named
Droopy) The boys and I hope that you recover soon from the vestibular
syndrome/stroke. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colt & Ruger are having a bad time with the
summer time itchies too. (had the same thing last year) I am having to keep
them in the house the majority of the time. They go out to pee and do a quick
parimeter check and then back into the house and quickly wiped down with a cool
damp wash cloth. Especially their undersides. Colt is on Tamil-P, and
Ruger's itching is being controlled with Benadryl. Downside is Colt is pretty
spaced out, and sleeps the majority of the time, but at least he is not
itching. The antihistimines don't seem to affect Ruger that way but do
control the itching. I also have some Derma-Soothe spray if they still
itch to spray on their skin and this helps too. If they scratch and break the
skin, or just get the skin red & irritated I haul them off to U-Scrub a pup
for a Chlorahexedine shampoo and then spray them with Chlorahexidine spray 3-4
times a day to help heal up wounds. It has been a lot of work to keep them
from itching and their skin healed up...but of course they are worth
it. I love my boys and can't stand to see them uncomfortable.
And as a suggestion from another drooler next year I plan to start wipe down,
and antihistimines around the same time as they started to itch and
hopefully manage it a little better...it is already marked on the calendar to
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>No more itchy skin drool to all the
hounds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Michele Momma to the Itchy Basset boys</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colt "ZZZZzzzzz"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ruger "Why can't I just stay outside?, there are
squirrels to catch you know?"</FONT></DIV>
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