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<DIV>Ok so here is my experience with different colored Bassets, I have
had three Bassets, all tri, but my Annie is very dark where my other two are
white black and brown, the two light colored ones have been my girls with
skin allergies, both of them and I spent major dollars that I don't have
to give them the best, my Annie doesn't have an allergy or bump or skin
problem or itching, so it may be a fluke take it or leave it, but it has
been my experience that the lighter the color the more the skin issues.
but hell I dont really know that much only that my pockets are always empty.
Maggie Wags starts her new series of shots next week, she is now on
Hydroxyzine for the itching, she is better except for two places, the rash
on her neck and on both sides of her flews, she has scratched her flews
raw, yep she bleeds, I am putting Neosporin on them but it doesn't seem to stop
the itch, only prevents infection. vet said we may have to go with a low dose of
preds for a few weeks to get the inflammation under control</DIV>
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<DIV>Hubby bought me a used SUV, nothing spectacular just something nice so I
can take my girls to the vets and shopping, it's new to me but here
is the kicker, he said that we DO NOT have enough money in our budget now
for me to continue drinking wine and eating Two bags of MM'S every week
bwahahahahaah and my reply, guess who can sell their Michigan hunting property
and we could pay off everything bwahahahahaha, silly boy !!!!!!!! does
anyone use a ramp to get their hounds in and out of their SUV I dont think
I can lift my girls, getting them in wont be as hard as getting them
out.</DIV>
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<DIV> Westminster dog show : I for one was very disappointed this
year in the show and extremely sad over the winner, it's not that I
dont like Peeks, it's just that I thought there were much better looking
dogs who showed better than the peek who deserved to win! </DIV>
<DIV>I was not aware of the Pedigree commercial controversy But I will
definitely write to Pedigree I think they do a good job of getting the
plight of abused and unwanted dogs out to the public, it is
Madness in this world we live in, the longer I live, the less
sense I can make of it all I did love the Suburu commercial though,
especially the one where they were all camping and they hear the wolf howl
and all the dogs get back in the SUV and lock the
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