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<DIV>Mussie Gussie you are the kwuelest old dude! Sixteen years old is
pretty wonderful. We loves to see ya loping around the off leash park doing your
thing....</DIV>
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<DIV>Big Bootiful boy with the biggest black nose and long longgggg
earpans! Yeah Happy Birthday Gus! </DIV>
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<DIV>Once I knew a Basset named THURBER who almost reached the grand old age of
21...Gussie I hope you are gonna get to be here with us a longgggggg
time,,,,,, while and the important thing ... a long while AND PRETTY
HAPPY... happy all the while. </DIV>
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<DIV>Nobody sniffs like Gus...he goes like a sort of crazy rocket snoofing
and snoofing here there and everywhere.</DIV>
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<DIV>The world is a gladder place because of Gus. Hooray! Happy Birthday Big
Guy! We loved to hear how you spent yer Birthday! That was fun! We loved having
Talulah and Wally for a sleep over...but that Tallulah,,,she us a biG huge BED
HOGG! </DIV>
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<DIV>Hudson and Henry and the Gang</DIV>
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