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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>At first I thought that the post about DIY cremation was a joke, and in hindsight I guess I wish it had been. As most of you probably have also experienced, I have lost my share of bassets and other dogs over the years—six so far—and reading about how to cremate a pet yourself was awful, and I did not read the entire post either. First I was appalled, then I was disgusted and then I got angry. With so many of our friends losing their dogs every week, this was just too much. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I hope that another post like this never makes it past the moderators again. I am all for DIY, but let’s restrict it to dog food, nail trimming and the like and leave out sensitive and questionable topics like this. Thanks to the moderators for all the time they spend on the DD. Jobs like this are thankless and you all do a great job. I think that sometimes we should think twice before we hit the SEND button on our emails and then these situations won’t happen.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Basset Rescue of Old Domion (BROOD)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.brood-va.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>