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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">A couple of months ago, we started allowing the three
bassets to be out of their crates when we were away from home. They were
old enough that they seemed to do very well and we have not had any
incidents. We moved the crates to the basement on Saturday because of the
graduation party we were having. We had talked about it a few times, and
since we were all too tired to haul the crates back up after the party, we
decided we would try letting them sleep in just their beds with no
crates. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Several days in now, I think we are finally getting
it. I have put their beds in the same place that their crates were and
from the first night, Gabe and Liz looked at us a little strange, but took
their cookie and laid down on their beds and went to sleep. Flo stood on
her bed like she didn’t know what to do. She proceeded to pace
around the house half the night and we eventually found her sleeping at the top
of the stairs. Next night I’m pretty sure it was Flo who pooped on
the kitchen floor. When I got up that morning, the other two ran to greet
me while Flo went into the living room and peered at me from around the
door. Last night everyone went to bed and all were in bed sleeping when I
got up this morning. Persistence appears to be paying off and it looks
like we have an addition on the house because the kitchen is not dominated by
three large dog crates!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Alicia, Flo, Gabe and Liz</span></font></p>
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