[Dailydrool] getting big bassets up on stuff

[Dale Rutz]

Hi all, clueless momPerson here,

As Anita pointed out recently I've learned a lot since being charmed by my 
Snoopy at the dog pound last January and coming home with an adorable 5 year old 
basset.  Never having had one before and having done NO research on the breed I 
was, literally, clueless.  And Snoopy couldn't get up on stuff.

We spent a fortune on ramps for the car and the house (huge waste of money like 
Anita said).  Want one?  Or several?  You pay shipping ... they take up too much 
room and the dog needs clearance around it and they won't use it to go down.  
And jumping down is where they'll get hurt.

Finally Snoopy showed us he can use the ottoman to get up on the sofa and he 
DOES use it to get back down.  And the reading chair is the same story.  I 
bought my daughter one for her room as a stool to put shoes on and she put it 
beside her bed and next thing we knew Snoopy was up there.  Now my other 
daughter has one and I have one too in my bedroom.  Be sure to get a square or 
rectangular one.  We found them at target for $20 ... just fill it up with books 
or shoes so it doesn't tip over and Snoopy takes it from there.

Also search the archives for the "basset lift" which Bev went to a lot of time 
and trouble to describe.  It saved Snoopy one night when he slipped his lead and 
got lost and some neighbors found him and were literally laying on him on the 
sidewalk to keep him safe and hoping I'd show up.  I was able to "basset lift" 
him to secure him and put him in the car (thank D-g and thank Bev for saving my 
baby).

Good luck,
Dale
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