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Thank you all for all of the warm welcomes.

Robert,
Actually my hounds were not that destructive....At least not as bad as some 
other pups that I have heard about.
Let's see they did chew a 16 x 20 hole through the dry wall of their kennel 
area (what used to be my dining room), but this was when they were less than 
a year old. We put up a make shift panel board around their room after that.
Since my dining room sits in the back of the house with a sliding door to 
the large fenced in back yard it seem natural to make that their room. We 
have a gate up in the archway between the kitchen and "their room". They 
also have 2 travel kennels for private time, and 2 large memory foam beds. 
They have their own room in order to keep them out of trouble/injury while I 
am at work.
My garden pond has fell victim to their playful destruction. Colt would get 
into the raised flower/pond bed and pull the plants out of the pond...drag 
them under the oak tree, then he and his brother Ruger would pull the plant 
out, eat it, then destroy the plastic pots.  Even after putting a garden 
fence up (for fear that they would drown in the pond since they were still 
small) Colt would put his paws up on the fence add a little weight to get 
the fence to bend down enough for him to climb into the pond area. They also 
pulled the fountain head out of the pump and chewed it into oblivion. But at 
least they haven't went after my fish like Wolfgang did when he was a 
puppy...he caught and I assume ate every one of my fish in the pond.

Yeah they have had their moments but for the most part they have been really 
good boys.  Especially since I got them both from the same litter...It was 
like having twins!  I expected a lot worse from them.  Everyone thought that 
I was crazy to get 2 basset pups at the same time. But all in all it has 
been wonderful to have them.

They do like to rough house...They will chase each other around the yard and 
it is so funny...nothing but ears and tails zipping through the yard and 
sometimes inside the house.

We must be close to the same age I was born in 68 also. But as an only child 
in a small town; mainly farming community.   My dogs where my brothers or 
sisters and best pals.  I was kind of a loner since most of my friends lived 
a good distance from me.  I have always had a dog in my life (vast majority 
bassets) and I have been an overall animal lover my entire life.  It must 
have been wonderful to grow up with so many hounds. So many hounds and not 
enough hands to pet them all..hehehe. The few times in my life that I was 
without a dog I felt so alone, and to me life just kind of sucked!  Needless 
to say that didn't happen to many times or for too long of a period of time 
until a new hound would grace me with its presence and all was right in the 
world once again.


Opps I am rambling...I do love to yap about my hounds.  Life is better with 
a basset or two or three or more.  :)

Michele

Ms. Beasley Ann ,  We like girls... Older or younger it's all good for us!!
Colt & Ruger
"Well Behaved Hounds Rarely Make History"