[Dailydrool] Red Zone dogs

[Chris Bly]

I have had some red zone dogs come through rescue and I agree with Dawn they 
can never be trusted. I have had three fingertips bitten off and chunks of 
skin taken fom my thighs by red zone bassets.
We did have one who was our first rescue that we rehabilitated and he never 
bit us again after seeing a dog Psychiatrist but I would not tempt him 
either.He was the best behaved dog I ever had after we took him to 
Psychotherapy he came when I said come he sat when I said sit I never saw 
such a good Basset boy but like I said I would not do anything to spark bad 
behavior in him. We had Rocky nine years and he died a year ago he never bit 
anyone after training.
A friend of mine took in a Basset that had been abused a very standoffish 
quiet little seven month old baby girl. I told her she might be a problem 
but since it was a puppy she thought she could save her and she had her six 
years and everything was fine then one day she dropped a piece of  food on 
the floor while preparing dinner bent over to get it and found herself face 
to face with a snarling Basset who took her lips off of her face.
My vet says some dogs are so overbred by puppymillers they have some wires 
crossed in their heads and something can set them off in an instant. Most 
Bassets are gentle and kind but I suppose we will see more and more problems 
with overbreeding in this bad economy. Rescues are barely surviving and the 
puppymillers just keep breeding and breeding those poor dogs!

On a lighter note

Vote for Belly Rubs Bassets from TN in the challenge here is the link.

 http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3