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<DIV>we had to hand feed our first Basset Lucy who has a liver disease ,
she just refused to eat, so for 4 long years we had to hand feed her
dinner, my husband Bill or myself would lay down on the floor with a
dinner plate and we would feed her with a fork or spoon, mostly boiled
rice & chicken or Boiled rice and boiled hamburger. sometimes she
would eat with the fork and then again she would turn her head away until we got
a spoon, let me tell you that she had all of us wrapped around her
finger. her all time favorite was deli tapioca pudding !!!! she also
like cottage cheese. at this point I would feed Barney whatever you can
get down him especially if it is low in fat try scrambled
eggs. also make the portions very small, better to eat 6 times a day than
to try and fill them up once or twice a day. If we set a big plate of food
down in front of Lucy, she would walk away, but if we set with her and
gave her spoon fulls , one at a time she would eat it, they are smart,
they get overwhelmed just l;ike little kids if you make them eat something they
don't like</DIV>
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<DIV>saw in our local paper where there are three Bassets in the dog Wardens
office here in Toledo they say they are beagle basset mix, but they
look Basset to me, beautiful looking dogs, they came in
together, hope they try & keep them together if anyone wants
more information, E Mail me and I will give you the contact number</DIV>
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<DIV>Marlene mommy to Maggie & Annie</DIV>
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<DIV>PS took another bad fall today Neurosurgeon said NO More
Falls, any ways I hurt my bad knee, can't hardly walk now, hurt my
right shoulder and hit my left cheek on entertainment
center </DIV>
<DIV>( not sure who I was trying to entertain ) and now have a black eye
bwahahahahahaah, Oh MY, I hurt every where !!!! having
neck surgery to fuse three disk on Jan 21. cant have my knee replacement until I
have my neck fixed because I have severe spinal cord compression. that's
why I am not suppose to fall. did I say I was taking tumbling lessons at
the local YMCA bwahahahahahahaha</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>