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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Happy weekend droolers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1st heart healing drool to Truman, Jake, Percy,
CindyLou, and Honey's families. May they live forever in the magic of your
memories.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Well it has been a crazy 2 weeks here with the Bad
A** Basset Brothers. Last week Ruger went to the vet with what i thought
was bloat but ended up being a stomach virus. Puking, nasty diarrhea,
belly pain. This week it was Colt's turn, Tuesday I was awakened at 1am by him
whining. Went to see what he was upset about and found his Monday's
undigested breakfast puked up. (yes breakfast because he had refused to eat
dinner). So since the Dadperson was off Tuesday-Wednesday he took Colt to
the vet for me and then spent his time off playing nurse maid to
Colt. Ruger seemed to bounce back quicker then what Colt has but now both
hounds seem to be feeling better. Well until this morning...I got up and
found diarrhea in their bedroom. I assumed it was Colt still with slight
upset tummy. But around 1230pm I went to take a shower and then hear the
Hubby "expleative...BAD...OMG!!!...Disgusting...mor bad words"! I'm in the
still in the shower...I figure that it was Colt with another bout of diarrhea,
but after getting out of the shower, getting dressed and then tracking down the
DH...who had sent both hounds to their room. I find out that it was Ruger who
was butt painting the hallway brown. "Crap!" So I'll gave give both
hounds somemore antibiotics for another day or two. Both hounds seem to be
feeling better but are still having the squishy butts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also Ruger will start Allergy/Atopica phase 2 on
Monday. 50mg of Atopica along with 200mg of Ketoconazole. One tablet of each
medication, every other day. Total cost $70.00 for 30 day supply.
I'll let you all know how he does on it. So far after Phase 1 the loading
dose (100mg capsule every day) he is doing very well with his
allergies...no issues since starting it. We also do the wet cloth wipe downs and
if he is going outside for very long he gets a t-shirt put on, just to help
as added preventatives. Colts allergies are still being well controled with
generic zyrtec and wipe downs. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kacy, We sure hope that Rupert is doing
better. I am so glad that either consciously or unconsciously you gave him
gas-x and that it worked. I knew about bloat, but never realized it was so
prevalent until I started reading the DD. None of the previous hounds
every had a bloat issue. However both Colt and Ruger both have had
bloating scares and thank God and doG that I was home and got gas-x down them in
time and that it helped. I don't know which is scarier...bloat or seizures!
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Love and Drool to all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Michele Momma to the Bad A** Basset Brother with
the Nasty A**, squishy butts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Colt "Wasn't me"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ruger "I'm sorry...I couldn't make it to the
door...after all I was guarding the momma while she was in the
shower"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Women are Angels...And when someone breaks their
wings..They simply continue to fly....on a broomstick...They are flexible like
that...<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>