<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6052">Hello all;</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6051"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6059">A few weeks back I wrote what must have appeared as a fairly stupid question. I asked </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6065" dir="ltr">if anyone else's basset ever stopped smelling so strong, or something like that. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6066" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6074" dir="ltr">My boy Biscuit had stopped smelling almost entirely; or so I thought. Turns out, my sense of </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6213" dir="ltr">smell is compromised right now by my thyroid, which is almost non functional. I am now on </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6228" dir="ltr">medication. One of the things that I told my Dr. was that I could barely smell my basset hound. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6238" dir="ltr">She said she thought they had a strong scent and thought that was quite odd. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6222" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6239" dir="ltr">I spent over four hours going over previous medical records. I was at one teaching hospital </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6136" dir="ltr">in Oregon for five years and no thyroid panel was ever run. I am furious this could not </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6137" dir="ltr">have been caught sooner. There is no telling what this is responsible for, as I have several </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6138" dir="ltr">serious medical issues. I will have a better idea after six weeks of being on medication. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6139" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6140" dir="ltr">I think having a basset hound may have just made a significant difference in this issue being </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6141" dir="ltr">discovered. I mean when a basset hound has no scent......I guess there really is something </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6148" dir="ltr">wrong!!!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6163" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6164" dir="ltr">My Biscuit has been very considerate when we go for his walks. He does not pull me down </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6165" dir="ltr">the stairs, I have come to believe that he knows I am not at my best. This amazes me and I </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6180" dir="ltr">compliment him over and over. My roommate is shocked that he doesn't pull me. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6181" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6254" dir="ltr">I am grateful for Biscuit's assistance in helping to solve some of my medical issues!!!! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6255" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6256" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6257" dir="ltr">Drool to all in need, </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6179" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6263" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6178" dir="ltr">Jaime & Biscuit </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6177" dir="ltr">Pueblo, Colorado </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6258" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453530261043_6259" dir="ltr">brigancehappy@yahoo.com<br></div><font color="#ff007f" size="1" style='font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'></font></div></body></html>