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<DIV>Drool and prayers being sent to Clara that all is well and that the biopsy
come back as being benign. Hope it is nothing but a cyst.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a lighter note, the vet said that Millie needs exercise, even though she
does limp a bit. That be her advice, I have been trying to make her walk
around the block a least once a day. Well, I am sure that many of you know
what fun it is to get a basset to do something it does not want to do. We
go a few steps and she turns around to head for home. I have to start
pulling her in the right direction. A few steps more and the same
thing. For variety, she will stop to sniff something and in the process
turn in the direction of home. Again I have to pull her into the
correct direction. A third tactic she uses is to walk very, very slow,
hoping I will give up and head for home. No, I just continue to pull her
until she walks a bit faster. This will continue for about half of
the required distance before she will decide to cooperate. By that time we
are heading home anyway. By that she also decides to pick up the pace
too. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Douglas Dropp
& Millie with<BR>Pw.'s Charlie & Bennett(ATB)
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