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KERNING="0"><B><I>If I Didn't Have A Dog...Or Cat ...... </I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>I could walk barefoot around the yard in safety.
</I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>laminated. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>be hair-free. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>When the doorbell rings, my home wouldn't sound
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>like a kennel. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>wading through all the fuzzy bodies who beat me there.
</I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>I could sit on the couch and my bed any way I wanted,
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>without having to take into consideration how much
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>space several fur bodies need to get comfortable.
</I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I would have enough money, and no guilt, to go on
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>a real vacation. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians,
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>as I put their yet unborn grandkids through college.
</I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
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KERNING="0"><B><I>The most used words in my vocabulary would not be:
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>"out," "sit,""down", "come," "no," "stay,"
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>and "leave it ALONE. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates
and makeshift barriers. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>I would not talk 'baby talk'. 'Eat your din din'. 'Yummy
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>yummy for thetummy'.. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>My house would not look like a day care center, with toys
everywhere. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana
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KERNING="0"><B><I>My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>and an extraleash. </I></B><FONT color=#3333ff><A
href="http://www.wbenc.org/" target=_blank></A></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I would no longer have to spell the words B-A-L-L,
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>W-A-L-K, T-R-E-A-T, O-U-T, G-O, R-I-D-E, S-U-P-P-E-R,
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>And C-O-O-K-I-E. </I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>outside. </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><BR></FONT>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I would not look strangely at people who think having
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>ONE dog/cat ties them down too much.
</I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>of dreading them as 'mud' season. </I></B></FONT></DIV>
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KERNING="0"><B><I>I would not have to answer the question: 'Why do you
</I></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0"><B><I>have so many animals?' from people who will never know the joy
of being loved unconditionallyby the closest thing to an angel they will ever
encounter . </I></B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Verdana
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KERNING="0"><B><I>How EMPTY my life would be!!! </I></B><FONT color=#3333ff><A
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KERNING="0"><B><I>PASS THIS ON TO ALL PET OWNERS YOU KNOW </I></B><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dawn, momslave to Lucy, Lilly, Jethro and
Oopie</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>