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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>Dear Drool family,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>What a special issue the drool was this morning..! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>Tears of joy and sadness, but a togetherness, as we
share with one another along this long, hard journey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>called life. You are right, it is NOT easy but
knowing others are also experiencing the same struggles, draws us closer and
gives us strength to go on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>Thank you Lea for the touching story about Linus and
Sadie ATB. I agree, our hounds know and understand so much about life.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>As for me, with any isolated bacteria on culture, I
give the antibiotic suggested to get rid of infection. Then follow
through with the blue ear solution periodically. If not problems or
drainage or fungus, I use a milder ear wash weekly, saving the blue for problem
ears not for infections.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>Thank you also for the tribute to Mier!! Every
hound has a story and they mean the world to us!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Arial Black"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>To Richie about the collapsed trachea, I have a full
black lab who has this problem of an elongated soft palate that tends to go
into spasm. She gets so excited sometimes that she cannot bark, only very
hoarse. The only time we were very worried was when she was sick with
Kennel cough. It caused her to not only have trouble on expiration but
also inspiration. She could not breathe. We took her to emergency
vet in the middle of night thinking we might loose her. He gave her strong
cough suppressant along with a strong antibiotic (in addition to the ampcillin
the local vet had given). It still took a week to get over. Local
vet had given her a shot of prednisone also.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black"'>The triplets are well at the moment. Thank you,
Lord! Sue to Tilly, Phoebe and Harvey ( Who is still marking inside!!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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