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<DIV>(1) Mary Lee mentioned her experience with a Dyson. I'm no expert,
but my house cleaner swears by them. On his weekly visits he invariably
fills up the cannister (I have two bassets). Plus it's easy to
operate. (Note: I have no affiliations with the company).</DIV>
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<DIV>(2) Eating things: Please be on the lookout at dog parks for the
relatively new "small" tennis balls. An over- eager basset puppy can
swallow these products whole, as I recently discovered. They have all
kinds of smells associated with them, and can go down the throat all too
easily.</DIV>
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<DIV>In my experience, Buster stopped eating and was sick and barfing for a
couple of days (time for a vet trip?) before he finally coughed up the remains
of one of these things. Be on the lookout! You could save a dog
from being sick, or, worst case a vet trip, and surgery.</DIV>
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<DIV>(3) Finally, congratulations to the limerick people. You've added a
whole new degree of interest and culture to Daily Drool. Go for it!</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil Ryan</DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>