Having the last word!!

nuttypigs · 12-13-2012, 09:05 AM

Bella is getting quite vocal and what always astounds me is her ability to finish every arguement by having the last word.

For example: She will bark to tell me something, If I ignore her she barks louder, when I then tell no, or "enough" there is always an answering "ruff", so I'll finish with a "go away" or "out" and she'll have to finish on a muted "ruff".

It happens every time, mostly happens when she wants something out of the drawer she knows I keep her treats in.

Does anybody else argue with their hounds and who has the last word?

momofedee · 12-13-2012, 10:54 AM

How cute. Edee doesn't argue with words but with her body, she is always in the way and when I tell her to move she manages to bump me one last time before moving on. But in 5 minutes, guess who's back. A constant struggle!

Benson · 12-13-2012, 11:15 AM

Benson and I have whole conversations. He likes to have the last word, its usually one of disappointment.

Jnfr · 12-13-2012, 09:40 PM

Pathetically, I never win the arguments... they do!

FranksMum · 12-14-2012, 08:47 AM

This isn't an exclusively Basset trait - my Whippet will do this big time. Perhaps it's a hound thing

shakespeare · 12-14-2012, 03:58 PM

Lula really puts up a fuss - we keep toys and treats in the utility room. The older she gets the more demanding and she shouts at the door. She'll sit up and beg and shout. We try to ignore her but it is hard... after shouting and sitting up on her backside she comes over and paws us with an "ohh pleeasseee" wining. We melt and she always gets her way.

miss.abbey.road · 12-16-2012, 02:10 PM

Lmao! Omg! Yes abbey always gets the last word,

Jnfr · 12-16-2012, 05:29 PM

I have accepted the fact that I am merely "staff" to the hounds.

Life is much easier once you accept your position.

Herzo · 12-17-2012, 10:48 AM

Turtle is very vocal, she talks all the time. Not necessarily the last word type of talking just talking. But if she is not happy she will do a uh oh type of sound it is to funny.

Now at feeding time it is deafening at our house. Both her and Maddie will bark and bark at me till they get fed. I should do a video of it but I wouldn't know how to post it.

The 2 big dogs are nice and quiet so maybe it is a hound thing. There not hounds.

12-13-2012, 09:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
nuttypigs Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Yorkshire UK Posts: 375	Having the last word!! Bella is getting quite vocal and what always astounds me is her ability to finish every arguement by having the last word. For example: She will bark to tell me something, If I ignore her she barks louder, when I then tell no, or "enough" there is always an answering "ruff", so I'll finish with a "go away" or "out" and she'll have to finish on a muted "ruff". It happens every time, mostly happens when she wants something out of the drawer she knows I keep her treats in. Does anybody else argue with their hounds and who has the last word?

12-13-2012, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
momofedee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Southern CA Posts: 268	How cute. Edee doesn't argue with words but with her body, she is always in the way and when I tell her to move she manages to bump me one last time before moving on. But in 5 minutes, guess who's back. A constant struggle! __________________ Edee--basset hound--age 5 *rescue* Domino--jack russell--age 3

12-13-2012, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jnfr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 1,786	Pathetically, I never win the arguments... they do! __________________ Jnfr Sophie (ATB (1996-2010) Abby (ATB 2010 - 2012) Jake (2001 - ) Ellie (2012 - )

12-14-2012, 03:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
shakespeare Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: London UK Posts: 706	Lula really puts up a fuss - we keep toys and treats in the utility room. The older she gets the more demanding and she shouts at the door. She'll sit up and beg and shout. We try to ignore her but it is hard... after shouting and sitting up on her backside she comes over and paws us with an "ohh pleeasseee" wining. We melt and she always gets her way. __________________ The Highbury Hounds Tallulah, Isabel and Margot

12-16-2012, 02:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
miss.abbey.road Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: centralia washington Posts: 275	Lmao! Omg! Yes abbey always gets the last word, __________________ Fetch? Sit? Stay? Those are some weird names for a treat... Can I just have it already?

12-13-2012, 11:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Benson Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: WSM, UK Posts: 377	Benson and I have whole conversations. He likes to have the last word, its usually one of disappointment.

12-14-2012, 08:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
FranksMum Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: S.West UK Posts: 429	This isn't an exclusively Basset trait - my Whippet will do this big time. Perhaps it's a hound thing

12-16-2012, 05:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jnfr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 1,786	I have accepted the fact that I am merely "staff" to the hounds. Life is much easier once you accept your position. __________________ Jnfr Sophie (ATB (1996-2010) Abby (ATB 2010 - 2012) Jake (2001 - ) Ellie (2012 - )

12-17-2012, 10:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
Herzo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,159	Turtle is very vocal, she talks all the time. Not necessarily the last word type of talking just talking. But if she is not happy she will do a uh oh type of sound it is to funny. Now at feeding time it is deafening at our house. Both her and Maddie will bark and bark at me till they get fed. I should do a video of it but I wouldn't know how to post it. The 2 big dogs are nice and quiet so maybe it is a hound thing. There not hounds.

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