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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Tim...what an exquisite ode to your Maggie;
just lovely. Thank you. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy">Joey ~~ Mom to the Okie-Dokie 6
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<A title=tcm541@gmail.com href="mailto:tcm541@gmail.com">Tim Mayer</A>
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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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