<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Oh, my goodness, I somehow missed the sad news that Thelma Lou and William and Jelly Bean had all reported for bridge duty. Deep condolences to their people and other critters -- it does not matter how long they are with us, it is never long enough.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">About grain free food -- Bev, I don't think the grass eating is a search for grain, really, since they're grazing on the grass rather than getting the seeds. We make dogfood for ours, and they eat half that and half Arcana (which is made in Alberta, next province over to us). They do brilliantly and both graze like crazy. Paddi grazes more adeptly than Simba the Formosan Mountain Dog -- he does graze but rather awkwardly, while Paddi is moreĀ the happily-munching tri-colored cow type.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Paddi B is 12 now, and we are noticing that her sight is becoming quite limited. She has cataracts, quite visibly. Some work we're doing on the house required us to remove a board in the deck, and she really gave it a hard look before she'd step over the gap... she came really close to it, bent her head down and peered, etc. She mostly sees through her nose anyway, so we're not worried. I did of course cry because she is my puppy and I don't want to see any signs of aging. (She's the first pup I ever had, and will likely be the last -- not the last dog I'm sure, but they seem to keep arriving fully-grown and with Issues, and since I'm fine with that but not so thrilled with chewing, I'll leave the pups to others.)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Mary<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">with Paddi B Basset ("you're deaf and blind in your nose and you manage fine!)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and Simba, the bleke dog,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and Clio the cat<br></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mary Wilson, BA, MA, PhD<br>(250) 325-9020<br></div></div>
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