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<font face="Arial">If you want to grow something that bassets
absolutely will not eat...I have no idea, really, but I don't
think they'd like jalapeno or habanero peppers. Of course, there's
a pretty good chance that YOU won't either, unless you're a chili
afficionado.<br>
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Our first family basset, Sniffles, didn't get into our veggie
gardens because we put up chicken-wire fences and she wasn't one
to try and circumvent a fence. However, she DID bark at ripe
tomatoes. Never so much as glanced at green ones, but she would
sit and bark at plants with ripe ones. She didn't like to eat any
vegetables, though.<br>
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Second family basset, Clover, on the other hand, loved most fruits
and vegetables. My parents lived in California at the time and had
no time or yard space for a garden, but they had two fruit trees.
When the peaches were ripe, Clover would sit and drool copiously
if you picked one, and she'd eat the whole thing if you gave her
one. The plums were sour, so she cared less for them. She also ate
apples and bananas. Clover would eat most vegetables, too. My Mom
has one hilarious picture of Clover and my Dad. Dad had grabbed a
celery stalk to munch on, and didn't bother cutting off the
leaves. When he sat down in his favorite chair, Clover came over
and tried to sniff the celery. More to humor her than anything,
Dad bent down and got the leaves close to her. She immediately
started munching, too. Mom ran for the camera and got this great
shot of Dad eating one end of the stalk of celery and Clover
eating the other end!<br>
<br>
Auntie Anne<br>
(Who now lives in San Antonio instead of Dallas)<br>
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