Basset Hounds for You

my 5 month old basset is really rough with my cat (who is 1, been with me her whole life, and doesn’t know how to set firm boundaries). She climbs on top of and bites the cat. It’s playful but it’s too rough for my 10lbs cat. The cat isn’t scared, she actually instigates it, but cries out in pain a few minutes later and I have to come save her. They are never in the same space unless I am there to distract the dog. When she gets to the cat I yell at her loudly and she usually backs off but only for a second. It seems to be her favorite game. I wonder if im making the cat seem like something special by separating them so much. But I worry. My hope is that when puppy grows up a bit and is more lazy, she won’t feel like bothering kitty so much. Thoughts ? I grew up with a basset, we didn’t get her as a puppy but she really wasn’t interested in the cats.

Hi everyone!

I have a 3 year old standard daschund and I’m considering getting him a basset friend.

I have a few questions for the basset owners to make sure I’m well prepared before making this decision:

⭐️ Do Bassets shed massively? Even if groomed regularly?

⭐️ Any hacks for housetraining?

⭐️ Any tricks to make sure he forms a good relationship with my daxie?

⭐️ I live in a small 2 bedroom terraced house with a medium sized enclosed garden, is this a fair space for a basset (plus my current daxie)?

Thank you so much 🙏

Hello Bassett community, my Hank suffers from some bad skin allergies all year round it feels like. He’s been getting cyto injections from the vet. But I’d say about a month ago. His skin is just so dry everywhere, does anybody else’s basset hound get ultra dry red skin? If you do, what do you use to combat it?

I always joke around that he’s allergic to grass 😂. Leave me alone.