lilly vanilly

Hi iv'e recently bought a basset but im a little concerned as she is just six weeks old and one of her eyes is still blue can you help??

bubbad

First of all, six weeks is quite young to be taken from it's mother.If you are concerned about the eye take her to be seen by your vet . It could be blind in that eye,maybe genitics are involved ,hard to tell.

Mikey T

It is unlikely the eye color will change. Blue is actual from a lack of pigment in the iris. rarely do the genetic invovled effect other eye development. but in any case it is not a desired trait in basset an generally genetic in nature vs congenital ie occuring at birth but not genetically caused.

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1606&aid=295][/B]Heterochromia: Eyes of Different Colors in Dogs

Heterochromia Irides

Two Different Colored Eyes Condition

Esther

was wondering about folks selling a six week old pup. that is young young young.

eight weeks... iffy
ten weeks...better
twelve...preferred

Princess Buttercup

That's funny, not knowing any better we brought Princess Buttercup home at six weeks. I kept telling people she seemed too young to be away from her mama. Kind of confirms my suspicions about the breeder we got her from.

Gracie's Mama

We brought Gracie home at 6 weeks.(that was just a couple weeks ago, she's 9 weeks now)
I think she was a little young to be away from her mama too. I'm really glad that I'm at home with her. When we first brought her home she wanted to be near me ALL the time. would cry if she was away from me. She's getting better now. She has started to roam. She will play in another room now. Either by herself or with the kids.

I've read that it's better to keep them for longer. But the breeders in my area all let them go at 6 weeks. I remember getting my lab at 6 weeks and she seemed fine. Gracie though, I could tell she wasnt ready.

charady2

Speaking of eye color-Flash is 7 weeks old (I know! too young!)-two of his littermates were a pretty, light colored tan I guess you would say? Anyway, I noticed yesterday that the female light puppy had green eyes-is that normal? I guess I just assumed all bassets had brown eyes. We almost picked the light colored male originally but flash was the right combo of playful and calm for me at the time

Wworm

16... was pretty good, too....

i learned about Worm when he was 10 weeks, and put a deposit soon after, but did not pick him up until 16 weeks. Partly because i couldn't spend a lot of time w/him until then, but also because i wanted him to be able to hold his bladder better, since we are in apartment. so he stayed w/puppies left from his litter and 3 other litters and mamas (~12-16 doggies together 24/7), which did seem to help. we have not had major housebreaking issues (seems like his "pack" had already trained him to go potty away from sleeping place down the driveway). also, he is super social. well, that is one reason we have kept him around other doggies a lot, since he has been used to being around lots of other dogs and seems to like it...

downside is we did miss the super cute puppy phase, which y'all have now! he was already 20 lbs by the time we got him.

Mikey T

It not that cut and dry the major organization involved in service dogs removes them from the litter at 6 weeks because they have the best result in future success at that age. IF comes done to who will do a better job of socializing and habituating the dog the breeder or owner If I were a reputable breeder and taking on responsibility for every dog in the litter for life I would agree with the statement. But as a purchase of a dog with a specifice purpose in mind earlier in the 7- 8 week range is better as the dog tend to bond more strongly with humans at that age an I can but in the socialization and habituation in place to deal with what the dog will be facing as an adult living with me which a breeder simply can't do.

see Puppy Socialisation and Habituation (Part 1) Why is it Necessary?
Lemon is the term generally used but where red end and lemon begins in the eye of the beholder.

Not sure what you mean by normal, it is likely the eye functions normally dark brown eyes are desired in the breed but lighter brown eye are acceptable if in keeping with the lightness of the dog. So light brown eye on a mostly black dog would be a fault but not on alemon and white., THis is similar to nose color. Green or blue eyes would be a serious fault.