Basset Hounds for You

This boy is a sucker for cream, whipping cream specifically and I still have some leftover from thanksgiving so I put a little in my coffee.

He knocked over a box of cornbread and started scooting it around the floor so I would go check on him, and when I did he ran around me and lapped up some of my coffee triumphantly.

Too smart for his own good or mine!

Just want to boop that nose. After being off for 9 days, don’t want to go

Some of our Christmas photos ❤️

Or the little bit we got. 22 degrees Fahrenheit (-5.5 Celsius), so bundled up Daisy (she had her pink coat on under the sweater), and I threw on my old Carhart overalls and off we went. She didn’t slow down at all.

Almost everyday until now

My boyfriend and I fell in love with a sweet and silly 6yo female basset hound that is being fostered by a super nice couple with a basset specific rescue. We had so much fun getting to know her and our dogs got along too (we have an older female pyre mix). Sounds like she was used for breeding like our current dog and previous owners left her when they moved. She sounds almost good to be true, well socialized, sweet, kept making us laugh with her goofy personality, and good with cats (we have a cat as well), and apparently not much of a barker which is amazing! Our current dog is weirdly not a barker and we’ve been spoiled by that trait.

My concerns are that I’ve heard basset hounds can be difficult to walk due to being so scent driven and stubborn. I already have a 75 pound stubborn pyre mix who I had to train a good bit so that’s my main reservation about doubling the stubborn dog count in our household, otherwise we love bassets and have talked about rescuing one for a while. I know there’s probably a lot of variation but do bassets tend to be food motivated with training? How difficult is it to train basset hounds with loose leash training by?

TYIA!!!