[Dailydrool] Dailydrool Digest, Vol 13, Issue 8

[Alan Folsom]

> Does
> anyone else have a basset that very rarely or never does the AROOOOO??
> Is that normal?  Ah, well, it's normal for them!  

When we got Ginger I was looking forward to the baying - my beagle does it 
readily enough, and I thought it would be fun to have her tenor with his 
alto. 

Up until two days ago I never heard her bay, and not for lack of trying.  I, 
my two sons, and Alfie the beagle would howl, and she would just look at us 
like we were nuts (who says bassets aren't smart?). 

Two days ago I was out in the front yard with Ginger loose, so she could 
have a quick potty break, which is usually not a problem.  Then it happened. 
There is an elderly woman in our neighborhood, nearly bent over, who walks 
down the street sometimes.  There Ginger was, following slowly about 10 
steps behind, with the first howl I ever heard her make.  That was 
embarrassing. 

 -Al F.