Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!! I do love it here, and I'm learning lots. Especially about diet and and anal glands (what a combo!). I've been blessed enough to have 3 bassets in my life, but until Merlin - we never had issues with anal glands!
I'll post better pictures, as soon as I get my digital camera back - a friend borrowed it. Merlin is quite the ham!
Thank you again for the welcome!
I really like the pic in the water. Was Merlin the Basset looking for "The Lady of The Lake?"

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We searched all day, but alas, the Lady couldn't be found! :lol: Merlin is the first basset I've had that enjoys water - he LOVES it!