theirnames,givingaunifiedlook.Thenameswere
displayedinlargecharacterssothatallwehadtodowas
pointtothenamesinsteadofsayingthem400timeseach
day.Asusual,itwasreallyhelpfultohavePBGVsand
GBGVsnexttoeachothersothatitwaseasytoexplainthe
differencesbetweenthesetwobreeds,andthenexplainthat
theyhadnothingincommonwiththebetter-knownbasset
houndexcepttheword“basset”asallthreebreedsarelow
totheground.
Thecrowdsattimescouldbeoverwhelming,andIgave
Susieseveralrestperiodsinhercrate.Butshewasatrooper,
quitewillingtoacceptalotofhugs,petsandlaughs,aswell
astheoccasionalmis-aimedpokeorprod,usuallyfroma
child.Thepatienceofthesedogsisamazing.AndSusie
neverranoutofkisses,whichshedispensedliberally.
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