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<DIV><STRONG>Hi, Droolers! Here’s another new member of our Drool family –
we’ve welcomed Zoey to our household, and it looks like she’s agreed to adopt
us. If you want to see a picture of her, I can email you one – let me know
your email address and I’ll send it out to you. Thanks to Chris Bly at
Western Missouri Basset Rescue, we once again are sharing our lives with our own
basset hound. She’s beautiful and sweet-natured, 3 yrs old, in the 50 lb
range. White collar, paws, tail tip and tummy – otherwise chocolate
colored coat. We’re having fun with her, and the 2 visiting beagles and
the cat (they’ve been here 3 yrs) aren’t thru glaring at her yet. She
seems to be oblivious to their displeasure, and just wags her tail and barks at
them. She seems prone to running away, so we must be careful about opening
our front door. She also eats kleenex, paper towels, napkins and the like
– she’s quite the counter surfer. So far (we’ve had her 2 wks) she’s
grabbed my lunch sandwich off the table twice when I just reached for my cup of
coffee. She got a good report at the vet, so we’re really settling
in. She caught a ground squirrel yesterday and refused to give it up, and
when the beagles wanted to inspect what she had, there was a lot of
growling. Because Raymond had been fairly easy about everything, I’d
forgotten what a really active, strong dog was like. I hope to teach her
to sit and stay. Anyway I wanted you to know about our new “baby.”
Congrats to Carla on her new baby Taffy. And Jackie, I hope JP is
continuing to do OK. Robin, I was so sorry to learn your friend Gigore has
such a terrible illness. To our friends who have lost their houndies, our
hearts go out to you. We know only too well what you’re going thru.
And we hope all the ailing houndies get better
soon.
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Beryl & Richard &
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