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I am sure you’ll remember me as you read my message. I was interested in “Zeus” the hound mix that I actually adopted the weekend before Thanksgiving 2017. I instantly fell in love with him... he was calm yet playful. He never barked when I first walked to his crate, he just wanted me to chase him outside. You were right, he’s got a lot of puppylike energy but at the same time he’s very calm. He’s such a love bug.  As we took him home, I remembered rea... Nicole
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