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UPDATE: The Wagon Crew is ready for their forever homes 🐾

These 5 basset hound pups were surrendered at 8 weeks old. All have been vet-checked, received first shots, and are microchipped.

Temperament: Typical basset babies. Equal parts sleepy, silly, and stubborn. Good with kids, cats, and other dogs.

Adoption fee applies to cover medical.

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When I took her out to go potty she promptly laid down in the grass for a nap instead of doing her business.

Now what does YOUR basset hound do that’s super lazy?!

Hello everyone! Sorry in advance for this very long post 😂

My husband and I just got a 10 week old Basset (pictured here), and we’ve wanted one for a very long time. We did research about them before hand, I knew they were stubborn and hard to train, but DANG. I’ve potty trained puppies before, but we’re struggle bussing!

I think the main problem is that the breeder we got him from had them in concrete runs. I understand not potty training them as a breeder, but because he was on concrete, he learned that he never needed to hold it, and that going on hard floors is completely okay. We’ve had him for about a week now, and were slowly seeing some improvement, but still having accidents within 5 minutes of coming inside sometimes. Sometimes he can hold it for up to 15 minutes, but more often he is going withing 10 minutes of going outside. I wanted to explain what we’ve been doing and see if anyone had any suggestions.

I’m also curious, how long it should take for their bladder control to improve to be able to comfortably hold it for maybe an hour or so, because I read that a 2 month old puppy should be able to comfortably go for 2 hours, butttt that’s definitely not the case here 😂

We are crate training at the same time, and he’s doing really good. He obviously naps a lot, so I kinda have a routine down. He sleeps in his kennel for about 1.5-2 hours, and then when he wakes up, I take him outside immediately. Then he comes back inside, and he drinks some water, and plays for about 10 minutes, then I take him back out for 5-10 minutes. We repeat that about 2-3 times, coming inside, playing, and going outside, until he’s been awake about an hour. Then he goes back in the kennel, gets some treatos, and sleeps for another 1.5-2 hours. That’s what I’ve seen be recommended for training.

When he is not in the kennel, we have our dining room blocked off with baby gates, and he stays in there. I’ve been using LOTS of praise and treats when he potties outside, and he has actually only pooped inside one time, right after we brought him home, so he’s doing GREAT on #2s. BUT, he seems to not be getting the routine of waiting 10 minutes, and then peeing outside. I set timers for 10 minutes, and he is still sometimes not making it that long.

I was concerned at first, and there was one night where he went every 2 minutes in the house. We counted, and he went about 10 times in 15 minutes, so we took him to the vet because we were worried about a UTI, but they said he was fine! Quite a bit of money down the drain, but at least we have peace of mind 😅

I know he’s only a puppy, and for one week into potty training, I DO think he’s doing good. But I see so many different recommendations, and I just wanted to hear from people who have experience with Bassets specifically.

We are not using puppy pads because I read that it just reinforces going in the house. I also read that Bassets develop their bladder slower than other breeds, so maybe that’s normal for them! But I’ve hadpeople tell me it IS normal for them to need to pee every 10-15 minutes, and I’ve had people tell me it’s NOT normal, so I’m just hoping for people who have experience to let me know!

I would really appreciate any tips or recommendations!!

Also, his name is Stonewall, or Wally (my husband won the name debate) 😂