Basset Exercise

Hi guys , I am a first time basset owner . My honey just turned 1 year old and I live in the city so we take multiple short walks a day for potty purposes . i keep track of our steps and we average between 2000 ( if the pavement is hot and we have to stick on our grass only route ) and 5000 a day on our walks specifically . with some rough math that equals out to 1-2 miles a day . she’s about 40 pounds and doesn’t have any health issues that i know of , she’s super energetic but my concern is if she’s getting sufficient exercise or if she’s getting ā€œtoo muchā€ . I know that bassets are prone to diabetes so i’ve been trying to be diligent about making sure she gets time to run around and stuff but i’m also worried about her joints getting worn out over time . I just want her to live a long , happy , healthy and comfortable life ā¤ļø TYIAA

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Rugger and his cushions

Rugger likes laying on his stacked up cushions, they used to be in various places, but he drug them all in the living room, so we stacked em up, and he now uses them as hiding places for his toys, or he just flops down on them a sinks almost out of sight after a few minutes.

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Think Fur Will Grow Back?

My basset was bitten on the ear by another dog on 07/28/24, a little less than a month ago. She was 12 weeks at the time. The other dog bit a hole through her ear leaving a small scar. It’s very obvious because the hair hasn’t grown back yet… Do you guys think this will be a permanent bald spot on her ear? Is it too late to put any kind of salve or cream on it since it’s pretty much healed? I just kept antibiotic cream on it while it was fresh. Didn’t think about hair growing back being an issue. Maybe I haven’t given enough time. Advice appreciated!

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This is Arnold

From my last post, this was my pupper. I want to share the good moments. Thank you to everyone who commented on my ‘He’s gone’ post.

He loved attention and scratches. Big fan of food and snuggles. He was so loving. I have so many happy memories with him. He was stubborn like me lol. He was very good at tricks. He despised the rain, if we were on a walk and it started to rain (as it does frequently in Ireland) He would just abruptly turn around the second a drop landed on him and I still remember having to run with him back home cause evidently it was an emergency to him not to get wet.

When he was a puppy he used to sleep in my room with me until the faithful day where he thought I must have looked very comfy and lay across me in my sleep. Waking up gasping and having to roll a basset off you who is knocked out from his own sleep is a difficult task.

He was a silly little goober. I have a spaniel who is long haired and I started to clip him to keep him clean and to deal with the summer heat better. One day after I clipped my Spaniel, the had all the hair on the floor ready to pick up and bin. Arnold comes in and goes for the hair, picked it up in his mouth and threw it in the air like it was confetti. It was funny but also there hair everywhere lol.

Arnold was my first basset hound. My first dog was a spaniel and when it came to getting another dog, I wanted a different breed as I thought another spaniel would be too painful at the time and that I didn’t want my last dog to feel replaced with the same breed. Arnold was so special to me as I’m sure every dog is to their owner.

Thank you for reading ā¤ļø

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