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Those of you who offered suggestions regarding Douglas, who dribbled water
all over the floor when drinking, might care to know how it ended. Everyone's
experience or question ends up helping us all in one way or another. Quote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">Just
an email to let you know that Douglas passed away this morning at the age
of 12 years, six months and three weeks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">He
was whelped on Dec 12, 2001 as Sanchu-Topsfield Parcheesi. He came to live
with us in Sept 2002. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">His
parents were Calypso and Ginger, his brother was Yahtzee, who was a top male
basset in the nation for a period.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">Three
weeks ago he was diagnosed with Horner’s disease…largely because of a paralysis
in his face. We first noticed a problem when it took him a long time to drink
and he was spilling a lot.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">This
weekend he started to throw up and wouldn’t eat or drink. The senior vet at
the practice, (not the one that made the diagnosis) said that he thought it
was something beyond Horner’s based on the extent of paralysis in the face…he
estimated that 3 and perhaps 4 cranial nerves were involved as opposed to
just one usual with the disease. He said that kind of problem had three main
causes: a huge illness or trauma, a stroke or a tumor. Since the first two
weren’t there, his best guess is it was a brain tumor.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">Certainly,
the extent of the problem was severe and getting worse, as even we noticed
a decay in muscle tone around his right eye and face since the Horner’s diagnosis
about three weeks ago.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">He
was on pegnizone and was very spry in his final weeks. As late as Friday night
he enjoyed a walk…he looked jaunty, tail up high, coming home with Anne.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">We’ve
had bassets nonstop since the Spring of 1990 when we got Wilbur from Kitty
Steidel. He passed away shortly before Douglas was born…I always hoped there
was a bit of his spirit in Douglas. In 2000, we adopted Shirley from a rescue
group in Texas. She was 7-9 years old when we got her and she lived with us
until late 2005. Without a dog and their set patterns of feeding and let-out
times, it’s going to be strange and quiet here. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">Douglas
was a good dog, friendly and always great with kids when the neighbors came
over or my nephew and his girls came to visit.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">He
was a good ambassador for the breed being named King of the WABR Basset Blast,
as well as getting the Longest Ears award twice (most recently in May), and
the Best Howl award three years running. He didn’t win this year because he
couldn’t pucker up the way he used to…an earlysign of his nerve troubles.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">RIP
Douglas/Parcheesi. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">We’ll
miss you and always remember you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,73,125);">John
& Anne Boyle</span><br>
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