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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=3><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My preciouse
red and white 4 yr old basset just had a precancerous tumor removed from her
back and is doing great except for her NEW behavior of eating the black dirt
under my new sod in the play area. In my 42 married years with MANY dogs,
this is my first fenced play yard!! My 3 dogs have loved it and our
full lab Phoebe and the puppy - half lab and-half basset - have a race track
marked out already. But Tilly, has just started this bad habit of eating
the exposed dirt under some of the sod which has died. I told the
vet about it and he laughed!! Her stools are black but his tests are
OK.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=3><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I tried to
take a piece out of her mouth on Sunday and she is very protective of anything
in her mouth. I should have known better. But my dog trainer taught
me to touch her tail and confidently take whatever she has away. Well, she
did not loosen her grip like she usually does and she bit me on the back on the
hand. It bled and started to swell and now I am on antibiotics and the
swelling just atarted to go down. </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><FONT size=3><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have
started walking her down the street more often and putting a leash on her in the
large play yard to keep her from eating the dirt. I have a yard man that
is getting me some chicken wire to place over the bare spots until the grass
starts to fill in to cover up the exposed dirt. Any one else ever have
this problem with their bassets? Love, Slave Sue to Tilly, Phoebe and
Harvey and the crew ATB</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>