Bassets and Treats

As anyone who has a basset hound can tell you, bassets love their treats.  They also have been good at determining ways to get more treats than they should get.  One of the 3 bassets will sit in the garage after dinner until someone brings him a treat.  Only then will he come into the house.  He also will bark to come into the house, and then stand at the door until a treat is given.
I believe he thinks it is his right as a basset to be given treats!  
Perhaps he is right...

The Year of The Dog

The three basset hounds are very happy because this year is the year of the dog. Of course, basset hounds think that every year is the year of the dog, but that is besides the point.

It is said that people born in the Year of the Dog possess the best traits of human nature for they have a deep sense of loyalty, are honest, and inspire confidence because they know how to keep secrets.

Basset hounds also have these same traits. I have found that all three bassets are very loyal (to whomever has a treat for them), are very honest (they believe that what's theirs is theirs and what's yours is theirs -- can't get much more honest than that), and they always keep secrets. They have never told me where they hid my shoe.

It is also said that Dog People are very selfish, stubborn, and eccentric. This too is true of basset hounds. If they steal your sandwich, they will not share -- even if they have to gulp the whole thing down whole.

Basset hounds are also the most stubborn of all dogs. When on a walk, bassets will often decide to take a nap in the middle of the road, and there is no moving them until they want to move, and they are pretty eccentric as well. The interesting thing is that Dog People are very compatible with Tigar people, and the owner of the three bassets is a Tigar person. I guess this is why we all get along in this household.

So go out and celebrate The Year of the Dog!

Where Did The Squeak Gene Come From

Bassets are interesting dogs, and one of the most interesting things about them is their squeak. I don’t know where the squeak comes from, but every basset hound I have seen seems to have inherited this trait. When a basset hound wants you to feel sorry for him or her, the basset hound will squeak. This squeak is a high pitched squeak that is sure to get your attention. When the do this squeak, they also have the saddest look on their face, as if they are so sad and lonely. However, this whole squeak thing is just a ploy to get you to feel sorry for the basset. Usually after a basset hound squeaks for a few minutes, his or her owner will come over and pet him/her. Sometimes the bassets owner will even give the basset a treat! I am not sure how this squeak gene came to be, for I am sure the bassets ancestors did not have a need for a squeak gene.