is 4 months old, she doesnt look fat at all and is not skinny

　
2 = Thin - Ribs easily palpated and may be visible with no palpable fat. Tops of lumbar vertebrae visible. Pelvic bones less prominent. Obvious waist and abdominal tuck.
3 = Moderate - Ribs palpable without excess fat covering. Abdomen tucked up when viewed from side. [/URL]


Depend on the dog food and the individual dogs matabilism you will need to make adjustment every week or two based on the dogs BCS see link above. As a starting point most large breed puppy food have recommendation for feed on the bag based on dogs weight and age. I would recomend starting of at 20% less than the minimium recoommend. That is because as a breed basset have the largest bone mass of any breed. That is bone comprises a higher precentage iof their total weight. Bone does not require much energy so as such basset compared to other breed of the same weigh need less food. For example my harrier and basset weigh nearly identical and if anything the basset is slightly more active. However the Harrier requires nearly twice as much food as the basset.

at least the huingry part is the nature of the breed I believe it is part of the selective breeding process for all scent hiound because everyone of them that is all the scent hound breed to not apear too have a "full button" Think of it this way to dogs of equal skill and abilitty. Ont that gets full after eating a meal one that doesn 't Which dog is going to be the more persitent hunter after breakfast , the dog that is full or the one that is still hungry? Scent hounds will eat till their belly is so big their feet don't touch the ground. They simply do not get full.
I have seen some certainly not all try and satisfy themselves with water when food is not available.

basset puppy are very active even adult dogs are however as they mature they tend to take one the activity level of the rest of the household.

Best article on the web on housetraining
House training Your Puppy

the other area housetraining ussuallt hit a snag is having the dog let you know when it need to go out. Rather than hope the dog figures out a signal that you will not ignore it is often easier to simply teach the dog a signal to use. One of the easiest to teach is to Ring a Bell

Originally Posted by Lady's mamma thankyou very much guys :-) you have all made me feel alot better!! i was starting to think i was going a bit loopy especially with the food and drink part. i shall post pictures- its getting her to sit still thats the problem haha!!