<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Our first basset did a lot of stumbling and it always bothered me. I do not believe dogs should be stumbling. Make sure their nails are cut regularly. I think nails tripped up that first Basset since he had to be double-muzzled and held down and even then he tried to bite and he bellowed like a bull-calf. He could be heard all over the clinic, including up front. Thjis was before we had the nice nylon muzzles and had to tie snarky mouths shut. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Anyway it is my personal contention that dogs are naturally sure-footed and that stumbling is symptomatic of something, whether it is arthritis or neurological deficits or eyesight, I would certainly have a Vet take a peek.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div></div>
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