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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Today was MY turn to go into the square ring again. I was all happy to walk up there with Lena. I think she is smelling really yummy again, so when we were walking up to the ring, I kept trying to play the Humpy game with her. Lena didn’t mind …. She just sort of sat down. Mom was not amused because the 5 minute walk took almost 15 minutes. She kept having to stop, pull me off Lena, untangle our show leads, then start walking again. Then Lena wanted to sniff and pee. And I started the humpy game again. We repeated this about 34 nickzillion times until Mom got that mean look in her eyes and said “ENOUGH!”. It was so loud I thought it was thunder! Then Lena and I both decided to choose that moment to poop. So then Mom had to stop, hold on to both of us, dig two poop bags out of her pocket, pick up the poop, deposit in the poop can … and of course, I took a slight advantage of her being busy doing that by doing the hump game again, so then she had to drag me off Lena, untangle our leads and get us both headed in the same direction. She made us practically RUN the rest of the way to the ring so I couldn’t start the game again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Then we had to wait a LONGGGGGGGGGG time for the Judge to come …. When he finally came, I started barking “HERE COMES DA JUDGE! HERE COMES DA JUDGE!” Mom clamped my little (BIG) mouth shut so fast that I almost bit my tongue. Then it was my turn to go into the ring and I was mad at Mom for all my previous mistreatment, so I let her know. I put my nose down in the grass … I put my tail down in the grass … I wouldn’t look at Mom …. I wouldn’t even take any liver treats from her. When I went up on the ramp, I pretended she was choking me and that my toesies were hurt. The judge man was nice … he used to breed and show bassets too. He told me that sometimes Mom’s had to be mean but he wouldn’t be mean like Mom. I gave him a big old sloppy kiss and he laughed at me. Then I forgot I was mad at Mom and gave her a kiss and one of my signature hugs before I got off the ramp. I got Reserve … it means I got second place. Mom was pleased with that … considering how I misbehaved before. Lena didn’t get any ribbons today …..BWAHAHAHAHA! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think I have to get off the ‘puter now coz it is starting to thunder and lightning. I don’t want to get zotted and have my beautiful ears bet all frizzled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sloppy kisses and BIG hugs,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Quincey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>