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LuciaB · 08-24-2010, 02:48 PM

Ours, Cannoli, is 8 months old and our motto has become "A tired Basset is a well behaved Basset". If we get busy or the weather is bad and she doesn't get plently of outside time we definitely have a rambunctious dog on our hands.

Our house is long, and it's a straight shot from the back door to the front door. She'll run full tilt from the back of the house to the front, skid on the wood floors, throw herself into a big chair at the end of her skid and be baying at the top of her lungs the whole time. Then back the other way. The whole show is just so funny we can't intercept her for laughing so hard. If she keeps at it for a few circuits our other dogs get in the act and start chasing her. It's a circus!

08-24-2010, 02:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
LuciaB Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 535	Good question! Ours, Cannoli, is 8 months old and our motto has become "A tired Basset is a well behaved Basset". If we get busy or the weather is bad and she doesn't get plently of outside time we definitely have a rambunctious dog on our hands. Our house is long, and it's a straight shot from the back door to the front door. She'll run full tilt from the back of the house to the front, skid on the wood floors, throw herself into a big chair at the end of her skid and be baying at the top of her lungs the whole time. Then back the other way. The whole show is just so funny we can't intercept her for laughing so hard. If she keeps at it for a few circuits our other dogs get in the act and start chasing her. It's a circus! __________________ ~Lucia~