Bev wrote: "I personally do not think this is the way to learn about a new breed. I
would rather talk to and meet people with happy, well-adjusted dogs so
that I can see what my dog SHOULD be like, and so that I understand
what the breed IS like, before I commit to it."<br><br>Or......... you could do what WE did. Buy a basset puppy out of the paper, because "bassets are so cute". Then, in spite of having owned dogs for 10 years as that point (including other puppies!), spend the next 16 months in complete despair, leavened only by rage, at how the adorable little baby basset girl you brought home:<br>
destroys everything, <br>has non-stop energy (but, they're couch ptoatoes!), <br>takes over a year to house train, even though we have a dog door and a fenced yard<br>annoys our two adult dachshunds constantly, to the point that they attack her<br>
ignores all attempts at training her or correcting her, <br>escapes the fence numerous times, <br>destroys all the bottom screens on our screened porch, <br>chews repeatedly through the gas line on the gas grill, <br>eats multiple remotes, expensive prescription glasses, electric wires, christmas ornaments<br>
eats THE STAIR RAISERS, in spite of us rubbing Tabasco sauce on them.....<br>and THEN: gets glaucoma at the age of 18 months, necessitating over $5000 in vet bills over the next six months as she slowly and painfully loses first her sight, then her eyes themselves.<br>
---Voila - our introduction to bassets, via Pw. Annabelle (ATB).<br><br>So.. whichever way you prefer; Bev's, or ours. Hah!<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Menzie Campbell<br>Save a Life - Don't Shop, ADOPT!<br><a href="http://www.ombr.org">www.ombr.org</a><br>
Owned by Pw. Annabelle, Hector TVL, Barney TPP, and Bozlee TOS<br><br>