<html><body><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">The local rescue boards some of the dogs at way discounted rates. On holidays, the places fill up with full paying customers</div><div aria-label="Compose body">and bassets must leave the buildings. My Fred came to stay as an over-the -Easter-weekend house guest. I dropped a gel pac </div><div aria-label="Compose body">for my dishwasher--he took off with it, in his mouth, into my family room with carpet less than a month old (worst room to choose.)</div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Panicked, I imagined ruined carpet plus horrific holiday vet visit event, plus having to tell the rescue how it happened. </div><div aria-label="Compose body">Grabbed a turkey dog out the fridge and waved it around some--<span style="font-size: 12pt;">he dropped the gel pac and took the turkey dog. I was so relieved he got several more as a Thank you. </span></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Needless to say, he stayed and never went back to boarding. </div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Marilyn Briggs</div><div aria-label="Compose body">marbriggs@comcast.net</div></div></body></html>