<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">Once again, Rolph is languishing in a Cone of Shame, or Cone of applied Love if you prefer. This time, because a grass seed worked its way into his paw, sealing its entry point and causing a lump, which had to be </font><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">surgically </font><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3">excised..</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">This is the third time this year the vet has had to remove a grass seed from his paws. Although the other two didn't need
surgery, they did need a course of antibiotics. Another basset lover has told me sometimes these seeds can work their way up the legs and cause all sorts of problems.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">So, my questions are these. How can I stop him picking up grass seeds?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Why has he had them this year and never before?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Why has he
had them and Clara, who goes to the same places, hasn't?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Could his long coat in any way be responsible?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Sally, with cone-head Rolph and Clara, UK</div></div></body></html>