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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I love the current comments about</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">talkers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. My Maggie d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Earest was a BIG talker until</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">her</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">last year or so. We</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d have the whole conversation every evening</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">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">How was your day</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">: arrooOOOooo, woowooroo,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Tell me more</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">Rwoowoof</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, arooOOoorooroo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d go on forever. And sing? That girl loved to sing. When Mom and I would take her in the car I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d turn the music up and sing along, and Maggie would be crooning away in back.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I miss that so much. Dexter is a lover, but not a talker. A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nd that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s really sad, because he has such a wonderful deep</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">big boy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> voice! Sometimes he</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ll talk to the neighbor kids for a moment or two and I get a thrill from that. But mostly I only get to hear him complain when some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">one comes to visit. He</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s a real ladies man</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> he</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s all over any women who come over. But doG forbid a GUY should come in the house. Dexter hides around the corner</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> the hall</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">way</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and barks incessantly, like the world is coming to an end.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">He doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t do well with strangers either. I keep taking hi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m for walks, and to the dog-friendly stores with me, but it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s not getting better. It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s not getting worse, either,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s no aggression or other inappropriate behavior,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">so I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m not too worried. (Maggie was wary around some men too.)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Anyway, maybe my next furbaby will be a talker. Hopefully it will be a long time before I have to find out tho</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ugh. Leia Round and Dexter are quite healthy, and happy, and I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m not planning on expanding the family again.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Small place</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> two is enough. They</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">re already underfoot all the time <grin>!</FONT></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">n Puppies: Th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e Replacements</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Leia Round (I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m a princess in my own universe)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Dexter Dogstar (snuggle me more, daddy!)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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