Thanks for all the great info. We seem to have several active groups in our area and I have just been waiting for Lily to get the last of her shots so I can enroll her in a basic class to get her started. we work at home with sit, stay, come and heel. and she has the hang of sit and almost the knack of heel, the rest are still a mystery to her but whe is trying. She can be such a love and people really seem to respond in a positive way with bassets. Another thought I had is that my church does a lot of great outreach programs but they all seem to be during times when I am at work. I thought I might try to get something started with some of the organizations that our church deals with as well. Just would like to make some people smile and brighten their day somehow.