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Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself. I recently adopted a 7 year old female basset hound from a Los Angeles City Animal Shelter. I have had her for only 2 weeks and things are moving along.
A while ago I saw a dog on a television show called Love Inc. and thought that dog was the cutiest thing. I did not know what kind of dog it was at the time and it took me about 6 months to figure it out, it was a basset hound. About 4 months ago I started feeling as if I wanted to get a dog and wanted it to be a basset. Well, I did my research for a good 3-4 months on bassets. I even went to an all basset hound dog show in Southern California so I could actually see one up close, ask questions to the owners, discover if a basset was truely the dog for me.
Now that I have my Trixie, I have found that some of the things I have read ring true for her and others do not. For example, she is a dry-mouth (can't say I am sad about it), she does not howl, and she does not think that she is a lap dog. On the other hand, she is EXTREMELY lazy, she stop and drops every time anyone reaches out to pet her (she wishes that she could be rubbed on the belly 24 hours a day) and after only 1 week she refuses to go for walks. I have been able to get the potty training taken care of right away, so I have no problems there and she seems to prefer meat (Natural Balance) over kibble (eventualy when she get hungry enough she will eat it).
Although things are going good, I did have a few challenges in the first week. I took her to the vet and on my second visit in 8 days I found out that she had Kennel Cough and a REALLY bad ear infection. The ear infection was so bad that the vet had to sedate her to clean them out. She is currently on two different pills and some ear jell. The pills will end tomorrow but the jell will continue until her vet visit next Saturday.
Trixie is an only dog and stays home alone during the day. However, that only tends to last for about 4 hours because at 12 noon her human grandmother takes her out for relief, sun, fresh air, belly rubs, and love. Usually, she has human contact for the remainder of the day until I get home. I keep her in a huge play pen in the kitchen where she lays on two blankets and a pillow, she seems to like it there and when she gets tired she goes to staight to the kitchen and into "her spot".
Forgive me for this being so long but I am glad to be able to talk and share with other basset owners. Although, there is a Basset Hound Club of Southern California, I just don't see many bassets here where I live in fact, Trixie is like a star everywhere that she goes including the pet store. People take pictures of her with their camera phones and stop to pet her for up to 10 minutes, others have been know to jump out of their cars just to pet her.
Trixie's Mom
P.S. Once I upload her photos to my computer I will try and post some pictures of my brat.
A while ago I saw a dog on a television show called Love Inc. and thought that dog was the cutiest thing. I did not know what kind of dog it was at the time and it took me about 6 months to figure it out, it was a basset hound. About 4 months ago I started feeling as if I wanted to get a dog and wanted it to be a basset. Well, I did my research for a good 3-4 months on bassets. I even went to an all basset hound dog show in Southern California so I could actually see one up close, ask questions to the owners, discover if a basset was truely the dog for me.
Now that I have my Trixie, I have found that some of the things I have read ring true for her and others do not. For example, she is a dry-mouth (can't say I am sad about it), she does not howl, and she does not think that she is a lap dog. On the other hand, she is EXTREMELY lazy, she stop and drops every time anyone reaches out to pet her (she wishes that she could be rubbed on the belly 24 hours a day) and after only 1 week she refuses to go for walks. I have been able to get the potty training taken care of right away, so I have no problems there and she seems to prefer meat (Natural Balance) over kibble (eventualy when she get hungry enough she will eat it).
Although things are going good, I did have a few challenges in the first week. I took her to the vet and on my second visit in 8 days I found out that she had Kennel Cough and a REALLY bad ear infection. The ear infection was so bad that the vet had to sedate her to clean them out. She is currently on two different pills and some ear jell. The pills will end tomorrow but the jell will continue until her vet visit next Saturday.
Trixie is an only dog and stays home alone during the day. However, that only tends to last for about 4 hours because at 12 noon her human grandmother takes her out for relief, sun, fresh air, belly rubs, and love. Usually, she has human contact for the remainder of the day until I get home. I keep her in a huge play pen in the kitchen where she lays on two blankets and a pillow, she seems to like it there and when she gets tired she goes to staight to the kitchen and into "her spot".
Forgive me for this being so long but I am glad to be able to talk and share with other basset owners. Although, there is a Basset Hound Club of Southern California, I just don't see many bassets here where I live in fact, Trixie is like a star everywhere that she goes including the pet store. People take pictures of her with their camera phones and stop to pet her for up to 10 minutes, others have been know to jump out of their cars just to pet her.
Trixie's Mom
P.S. Once I upload her photos to my computer I will try and post some pictures of my brat.
