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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Our Bona has been slowing down a lot in the last couple of weeks. She has gotten very picky about eating and this morning and last night, did not eat. We tried many different things but she was just not interested. Pills have been being forced down her since she will no longer take them in her regular cream cheese spread, or any other spread I try. I cannot fight her to live any longer and we will let her leave for the Bridge this evening to join up with the Kitchen Beagle Brigade. I know once there, her love of food will be in its glory, as will she. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Bona became the Bounder Book Club president after proving she loved to devour paperbacks. We would buy paperbacks at yard sales specifically to give to her. The last year, her desire for trash novels waned and we knew that was a sign of her aging. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Bona also had 2 bowel obstruction surgeries for eating foreign objects. One being a kitchen towel, and the second being a cloth bag with a drawstring. I told her after the 2<sup>nd</sup> one in 8 months, that was it. Next time she would not be so lucky. She must have listened as she never tried eating any more foreign objects. Only takes 12+ years to get a Beagle to listen to you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Bona was always the sweetest old gal, never once heard her growl or saw any aggression towards another dog. Pat and I will miss her terribly.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Many Bounders are waiting for her journey, I am grateful for this and for the chance to love this littlest of Beagles.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Drool to all,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Wen, Pat and the Bounders<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div></body></html>