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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I for one have certainly been inspired to
adopt a senior hound, although I will admit there was a time before I started
reading about Elder Clara, the Bounders and House of Puddles that the thought
wouldn’t have occurred to me.  We have two young and one fairly
young basset and right now that is all we can afford.  Someday, when the
time is right, a senior will be first in my thoughts.</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Alicia
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