Look at Ruby's lower eyelids.

Rubydoo · 06-15-2007, 09:47 PM

Don't look at the eye goo on her face.....but please look at how the lower eyelids seem to be not round any more. They almost have a point in the middle. Do you see what I'm describing? Or do you think it's always been there but not noticed because that area used to be completely black and now it's getting white with age?

Also note her wet ears...they were in the water bowl.

Janice and little Ruby ("Age?? Who are YOU calling old?!")

Kaira · 06-16-2007, 01:29 AM

It's just because she has so much loose skin. Perhaps bassets, like human,
gets (even more) sagging skin as they grow old :P

Anyway it is a perfectly normal eye shape for bassets with a lot of loose
skin. If you study the pictures of Mr. Runcible you will notice that he too has
eyes like that.

2hounds · 06-16-2007, 11:08 AM

My Gibbs eyes are very similar and he's only 4.

~Heather

faysie · 06-16-2007, 08:47 PM

Dixie's are like Ruby's. I'll try to get a good photo to show you. She's 8+- years old. Belly's are still round. He has less saggy skin, I assume because he's half her age.

Betsy Iole · 06-16-2007, 09:19 PM

The skin moves around, depending on how they hold their heads. Caper's are like that when her head is lowered. When she looks up, her lower lids are less diamond-shaped.

06-15-2007, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rubydoo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,681	Don't look at the eye goo on her face.....but please look at how the lower eyelids seem to be not round any more. They almost have a point in the middle. Do you see what I'm describing? Or do you think it's always been there but not noticed because that area used to be completely black and now it's getting white with age? Also note her wet ears...they were in the water bowl. Janice and little Ruby ("Age?? Who are YOU calling old?!") __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...w/IMG_1340.jpg Take a basset hound to lunch today! --Bassets rule....and drool!

06-16-2007, 11:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
2hounds Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 1,152	My Gibbs eyes are very similar and he's only 4. ~Heather __________________ Mommy to Gibbs and kitty kitty Eva Dear sweet *Lily (ATB )* you will never be forgotten.

06-16-2007, 09:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Betsy Iole Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 4,901	The skin moves around, depending on how they hold their heads. Caper's are like that when her head is lowered. When she looks up, her lower lids are less diamond-shaped. __________________ Betsy, Mom to CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Caper UD RE TD BHCA-VC CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Cuppa Joe TD CH Bugle Bay's AllUCanEat Buffet CDX RN TDX NA CGC BHCA-VCX, 1996-2008 "Bugsie" UDX NA NAJ CGC, 1991-2006

06-16-2007, 01:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kaira Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 225	It's just because she has so much loose skin. Perhaps bassets, like human, gets (even more) sagging skin as they grow old :P Anyway it is a perfectly normal eye shape for bassets with a lot of loose skin. If you study the pictures of Mr. Runcible you will notice that he too has eyes like that.

06-16-2007, 08:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
faysie Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 360	Dixie's are like Ruby's. I'll try to get a good photo to show you. She's 8+- years old. Belly's are still round. He has less saggy skin, I assume because he's half her age.

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