AARP Online Community: bassetmom - "Daddy" (my husband Jeff and his "boys" Kosmo

bassetmom says:

thanks for the web site. I hadn't heard of that one, i'll check it out today, thanks. Have you ever heard of The Daily Drool? It's an online newsletter specifically for Basset owners. I love it because the people on their are only basset people. It's a hoot to read about all the antics and daily shennanigans our atypical breed puts us through every day! I'd love to see pics of Trolley, he sounds adorable!

Posted: June 14, 2008 4:45PM EDT

OHBill says:

OMG do I ever relate to that. I walked Trolley on a bike trail mostly and he found every shade tree he could reach and once settled it was his call. I would just sit beside him and enjoy the shade. I never got around to finding a harness to fit him, he also was a 60# big boy. I'll have to post pics of him, he was red and white and he looked like the "Hushpuppy"s twin.
Have you ever heard of Clanimalzoo.com? This is a lady in Ohio that we met at a old time craft fair who does Basset charactures, also a Basset rescuer. It's a must site for Basset lovers. On the home page, click on dogs.

Posted: June 14, 2008 3:33PM EDT

bassetmom says:

you may be one of only a few people who could appreciate the way we discovered harnesses for our bassets! We raised Winston from a pup, so he was our teacher in everything Basetese. When Winston was a yr old, another basset named Elvis adopted us after he became lost after one of our infamous Oklahoma storms. Hard as we tried, we never found his family, so obviously he became part of ours. At that time we were going every July to Woodburn Oregon for the Basset Games. We loaded up the buv and off we went. We arrived in Woodburn, took our daily trek to the Wal-mart about 2 blocks up the street when suddenly, Elvis (who we figured was about 3 or 4) laid his big ole body on the ground and was not going to move ( this is how we discovered flat basset) Keeping in mind this guy weighed about about 60 lbs we were quite befuddled how in the world we were going to get this big guy up off the ground and back to the motel. Needless to say, about 30 min later, he was ready to continue on our walk. We headed into the pets dept and found the harnesses which all of our basssets now prodly wear. At least with the harnesses you can grab the back of them and try to hoist them up without risking injury to their necks! 5 years and much more education later, we are much more prepared for their antics.!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Cindy

Posted: June 14, 2008 9:35AM EDT

bassetmom says:

you may be one of only a few people who could appreciate the way we discovered harnesses for our bassets! We raised Winston from a pup, so he was our teacher in everything Basetese. When Winston was a yr old, another basset named Elvis adopted us after he became lost after one of our infamous Oklahoma storms. Hard as we tried, we never found his family, so obviously he became part of ours. At that time we were going every July to Woodburn Oregon for the Basset Games. We loaded up the buv and off we went. We arrived in Woodburn, took our daily trek to the Wal-mart about 2 blocks up the street when suddenly, Elvis (who we figured was about 3 or 4) laid his big ole body on the ground and was not going to move ( this is how we discovered flat basset) Keeping in mind this guy weighed about about 60 lbs we were quite befuddled how in the world we were going to get this big guy up off the ground and back to the motel. Needless to say, about 30 min later, he was ready to continue on our walk. We headed into the pets dept and found the harnesses which all of our basssets now prodly wear. At least with the harnesses you can grab the back of them and try to hoist them up without risking injury to their necks! 5 years and much more education later, we are much more prepared for their antics.!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Cindy

Posted: June 14, 2008 9:35AM EDT

OHBill says:

I see you've found that collars just don't work for Bassets. Trolley, our first always walked on a 26'retractable leash and a collar. I found out that he loved his collar the day he lagged way behind and I felt a tug and then a whiz as the leash retracted. When I looked back there was Trolley at a full trot chasing his collar. When he caught up, he sat patiently waiting for me to put his collar back on. I think he knew that that collar identified him so he would never get lost again.

Posted: June 14, 2008 1:00AM EDT