Wow, I think you have all covered the good the bad and the smelly. Tatsi is now 14 weeks, and the housebreaking is worse then my broken leg!
I have the one basset that loves water. She jumps into the shower with anyone, which means usually she has 3 showers in any given day. Now everyone will tell you that is one nutty dog, 99% hate water, rain and baths.
Yes they have the hearing traits of a 3 yr old. Call their name, and they never hear you unless you have food or are taking them on a walk. Tatsi is in the chewing on everything stage. Her toys, my purse, my daughters shoes and yes she is an underwear sniffer too. Good thing she doesn't live with Brittany Spears, no thongs to sniff there, lol. Sorry couldn't stop myself on that cheap shot.
Did anyone mention the howling if someone leaves the house. She has free range of the kitch if we are all out at the same time. Even if one of us leave, she hgowls, wimpers and makes these "Ima gunna die" like my old Italian Grandmama didAnd that's when 2 of us are still home.
The neighborhood is theres, period end of sentence. She already knows everyone, from the babies to the grannies, and we've had her since Oct.14..almost 8 weeks. To do it over, I wish my daughter and boyfriend had waited at least till ten weks.
Oh well nothing is easy in life, but even when they are bad, when you turn away you end up smiling.
Oh and I bought a thrw away camera, to take pics of my leg as it is healing from the 2nd surgery,(3rd next month, it is in bad shape) but I saved half of them for Tatsi, there are only a few more to go, then you finally get a view of her .
OH Yeah, and you never really know what color you dog will be. As Dorthy in the Wizard of Oz said, "Now that's a horse of a differant color"..or was it a munchkin