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<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">Ellie,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">I have the same problem with
Tilly's armpits. She is 5 1/2 and loves to go for long walks and plays in
the play yard and does the basset 500 with our other two dogs everynight.
She gets oplenty of exercise but she is a VERY LOW to the ground, short-legged
basset who weighs 60 lbs. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">I try to bathe her once a week with
gentle puppy shampoo and I do use the Gold Bond antiitch cream. Also to
clear it up if it gets really red and blistered, I use a hydrocortisone
cream. The dollar store has it cheap and I have even found it for 99 cents
at the grocery!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">The key for Tilly is the weekly mild
bath. She is so low to the ground that she gets dirt up under there and I
can't really keep her clean without it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">Before I bathed her frequently, I used
peroxide to clean the armpits almost daily and let them air dry. I
used to use the Gold Bond powder, also.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold">Slave Sue to Tilly -I'm much
happier with my dry armpits</FONT></DIV>
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Phoebe - full black lab - no skin issues - Yeah!!</FONT></DIV>
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Harvey - bassador - I LOVE my two sissies</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>