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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need your expertise on Basset behaviour since
mine just go so far. I received this email forwarded to us, Canadian Basset
Rescue Network from the Basset Rescue of Ontario and I really don't
know what to say or do. I never had to deal with a case of an agressive Basset.
The incidents seem to have been going on for some years now, since
2006.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Floppy is a 4 years old neutered
Basset boy who has become agressive specially towards the children. He has
bitten one of the kids to the point she needed to go to the emergency room.
The owner has contacted Calgary Humane Society and they won't take him and even
suggested euthanasia. (They suggested it to my Xaxa 5 years ago and here he is
so that does not mean much to me).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am forwarding here the owner e-mail of the
agressive episodes so you guys can have a better idea of what is going on. It
seems that Mindy from Ontario Basset Rescue has been trying to help with
guidance but apparently their house has lots of kids and Floppy seems a little
lost. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Any help or suggestion would be appreciated.
He might still have a chance of being someone good dog so I'd like to find how
and if anything can be done.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you so much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Virginia (PART OF JUAN'S EMAIL
FOLLOWS----->)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma color=#808000
size=2><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi Mindy, thanks
for your promptly reply, I will try to cover the whole story</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>Floppy is a 2 year old basset located in Calgary , we got him when
he was 10 weeks old and he is the only walking pet in the house surrounded by
4 kids and 3 adults, kids are 9 to 12 years old and floppy sleeps in moms and
dads bed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>He stays at home by himself all morning while the kids go to school, he
spend must of the time sleeping and staring at the window.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>he is a very good greeter gets so happy when kids get home and he like
to play a lot but he nibbles, he grew up around stuffed animals as
toys now he thinks all of them are his, he goes for walks (weather
permitting)almost every night after supper, and he knows his
routine</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=2>he is always by our side no matter what are we doing, he loves to go for a car ride<SPAN
class=796463120-29112006> this was the nice part, I will number the attacks
(if the can be called that way) as they occurred in the past
year.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>Attack # 1
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>He was
asleep on the coach and a kid accidentally landed his elbow on floppy's tail
he turn around and bit the kid's head (we considered it as
normal)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>Attack # 2</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>kids were teasing him with the hat passing it around,
time to put the hat on and floppy jumped on the kid's head to get it, (kid's
fault)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>Attack #
3</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>F<SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>loppy was going after my daughter (12) backpack
and she stole it from him, he jumped and bit her
arm.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>Attack #
4</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>Floppy
started growling at the kids and he corner them inside the
pantry.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>Attack #
5</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>at that point we weren't home we had a
family emergency and my oldest daughter was on charge. </SPAN>P<SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>antry door was left open and floppy got in to it
helping himself with a tray of pastries, he got caught, my 18 year old
daughter tried to take the stuff away, she started talking to the dog about
been bad and he suddenly jumped viciously on her, she got hurt on one arm
and leg at that point they manage to get out of the house, and the neighbors
came to help looking floppy in the garage to let the kids in, we blamed that
on the sugar he had y we tough the kids couldn't handle the
dog.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>Attack
#6</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>we had the
in-laws for a visit , first time for floppy to meet them, after a week he was
asleep in the living room, mother in-law came running down stairs and there we
go again, he jumped again and bit her in the stomach leaving big bruises and
some ripped skin.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>After this
event we decide to neuter him as the vet suggested he mentioned he would
calm down, so we did, everything went ok for a couple of
months.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><BR><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Attack # 7
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>floppy got brave,
he decide to chew on dad's mock, I asked him to drop it, he turn and look at
me, starting to growl and hair spiked on his back.................I thought
the kids were exaggerating things, so I confronted him and say don't you dare,
and he did... he viciously rammed at me trying to get my legs, I couldn't get
him off me so I had to kick him twice to keep him away from me , I pushed him
to the stairs and closed the baby gate to keep him away from me. he learned he
was messing around with the wrong one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Attack #8 today,
2 months after attack 7</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=796463120-29112006>He cornered
the kids again stopping them going to school , growling and barking my oldest
daughter called me not knowing what to do, I told her to show him the leash to
distract him, so she did and he took him out for a short walk putting him back
behind the gate upstairs he was calm and sleeping. no one</SPAN> <SPAN
class=796463120-29112006>got hurt</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=796463120-29112006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>From 1 to 6 the
attacks I mentioned we weren't home.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>attack 7 my wife
was away for a week</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>attack # 8 my
wife was away for a few days and floppy hasn't had his walk for 3 days
due to the weather.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>As you can see is
getting scary</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>If you need more
details let me know, I appreciate your time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=796463120-29112006><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>Juan</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>