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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">In keeping with my recent history of writing memorials for my dogs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m going to indulge myself one more time and write an essay sharing the life of Maggie with my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">friends.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(And I hope I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t need to do this again for many, many years.)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Maggie left</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">us</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> almost a week ago, but p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">lease bear with me as I reminisce.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Maggie was a leftover. An unwanted dog. The family who had her told me they were going to dump her</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">at the animal shelter,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">because</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> they were moving to Alaska and didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t want to take her there.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">But they were taking their other dogs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">hmmm</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">first sign of trouble?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">She was young, about a year old, skinny, and very clingy. Needy. Little did I know just how needy she w</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">as.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">But</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> after evaluating the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">puppy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for a weekend, I made Maggie an official member of the family. It was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">early</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Nove</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">mber, so I called her my birthday present. And not knowing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">exactly how old she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> was, from then on we shared my birthday as if it was hers as well.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">This skinny, clingy girly quickly became a prob</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">lem. She tore up the house. Not just the things in the house, but the house itself. She chewed up the furniture. She chewed up the ca</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">rpet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I still have large duct tape patches where she shredded it. She chewed through th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e cabinet walls to get inside. She even chewed the corners off the brick hearth. Well, it was winter, and too cold to keep her outside. And besides,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">she chewed up everything out there too!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">So I kept her inside, confining her (and the other dogs) to the utility room.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">She chewed a hole in the linoleum. And took the moldings off the wall corners</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> as high as she could reach</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. And part of the walls</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> too</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">But a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ll this chewing included swallowing. And she would get the worst tummy troubles.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">After a few weeks of being unable to get all this figured out (I mean, this was WAY more than just normal puppy chewing) I started looking for help. First it was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> a good de-worming. She had mega-monster</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">sized tapeworms. And lots of them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The vet and I de-wormed her three times before we finally got rid of them. We think the chewing/eating everything in sight was because she was seriously undernourished because of the worms. But by now, it was habit. A big, bad,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">awful habit. So I kept looking for help. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">And help came from the Internet. I started reading about bassets, and came across The Daily Drool, Nancy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s website about her</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">basset</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">hound</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and the mail list she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d started for other</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">basset</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> owners to communicate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and discuss their hounds</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. It was there that I learned that bassets aren</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t really dogs. Well, not dogs of the typical kind, anyway.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">learned</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> about</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">dogs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">separation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">anxiety problems, and about crate training, and about bloat. And so very, very much more. Like the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Order of the Evil Basset Empire</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, which Maggie certainly qualified for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">n</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ext to the shadow box on the wall is Maggie</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s OEBE membership certificate, with the photo of her giving me the evil e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ye. And she meant it too!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So the crate helped</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">saved my sanity, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">possibly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> saved</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> dog</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s life</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. I work close to home, and I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">go</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> home at lunch and let her out, but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> was back in the crate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> every time I left. She got used to that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> quickly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and I had ended the housing damage. But I didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t think</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">about</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the crate for trips. It was big, awkward, and inconvenient.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">When m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">om and I took a trip</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> week in Idaho for my niece</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s high school graduation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I couldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t leave Maggie,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">because</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> no-one would</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">be able to care for her correctly. So we put a blanket over the back seat, and strapped Maggie in the car (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">hooked her leash to the seatbelt so she wouldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t climb into the front</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> wanting to be in my lap</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.) Maggie howled. And whined. And</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">whimpered</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> And howled some more,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">car</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">rying</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">for HOURS. Yes, eventually she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> settled down and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> fell asleep. But the next day it started all over again</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">on and on and on. (And for every trip after that too, although she did eventually</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">get</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to the point where she only carried on for an hour or so.) But that wasn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t the big</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">gest</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> problem</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> that trip</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. She ate like a horse. Honest</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> she ate more by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">herself</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> than my other two dogs combined. But she was so wound up on the trip, that what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">went</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t come out. Plugged up. Big time. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d walk her for 30 or 40 minutes, and nothing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">would</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">c</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">o</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">me out. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d do that four or five times a day, and for five days nothing came ou</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t! Eventually, of course, the dam would burst. But why, oh why, did it have to happen IN THE CAR??? Mom and I lost a couple hours of our trip that day</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">bathing Maggie and cleaning the car. Ewww, yuck. That is one afternoon we will never, ever forget.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Anyway, I could go on and on about Maggie</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s antics, and all the things she destroyed as a young dog. But when she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">7 or 8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> years old, she finally mellowed out, and slowed down, and while she still thought she was a 75 pound lap dog,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">she became less food-aggressive,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">less anxious, less prone to causing trouble,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and I was able to leave the crate door open when I left for work.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">So much</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">had</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">changed fo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">r the better.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">It was like I had a different dog the second half of her life.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> And that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s the part I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ll remember best. Trips were less trouble, Maggie stayed in good health, we kept her weight down (under 70, but she WAS a big gir</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">l). And until the passing of her pack-mates Beethoven and Dreamer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> last year,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> living with Maggie was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">sweet. But her last year wasn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t as good. As an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">only dog</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> she reverted to some bad behavior</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (chewi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ng, wandering, barking)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and seemed lonely</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and depressed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. So</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">adopted</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Leia Round (and later Dexter) for her for companionship, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">that was better. But her health was in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">rapid</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">decline. She was 13 or 14 now, and the old body</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s joints were giving her trouble.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">And there were new lumps</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> not the fatty ones she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d had for a long time, but hard, heavy ones. She was old now, and the vet and I decided not to even biopsy them. We just managed her pain, and helped her be comfortable</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. And happy. She was still very, very happy, right up to the last.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Even on the last afternoon when she couldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t stand up by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">herself</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, her eyes sparkled, her tail</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">thumped the floor unceasingly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and she smiled at everyone and everything.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Maggie was a character. Maggie was a clown. Maggie would roll on her back, all four paws up in the air, and wiggle</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">wiggle</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">wiggle until she got someone to rub her tummy. Maggie w</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ould beg soulfully for anything (and everything!) edible.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Her begging was an art form in itself.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Maggie was, after all, just a basset, like any other</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. Yet to me,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">she was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">unlike any other</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> - e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ver. So long, my sweet Maggie d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Earest. Thank you for sharing your li</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">fe with me. You will never be forgotten.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Tim</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">new</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Camp White Dog Pack: Leia Round and Dexter Dogstar</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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