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Before you View Our Hounds, please take a moment and look over the following information regarding bassets and our adoption policies. Are you prepared to make a commitment to a dog that can live to be 10-15 years old? Are you ready to set aside time every day to care for and enjoy your Basset? Check out the Ten Commandments for a Responsible Pet Owner. Bassets can be easy to love. They are affectionate, gentle, easy going and comical. Bassets can also be hard to live with. They are big dogs (although short), with big, loud voices; they drool; they prefer your furniture to theirs. They can be stubborn; they need daily exercise to help control their weight. While Basset Hounds are usually wonderful family pets, our adoption and placement policies must consider what is best for both the dog and the new family. Young children can unintentionally injure a dog by trying to ride the pet, or just giving an unsuspecting pet a hug. The dog may react to this by protecting itself and injuring the child. Also the uncoordinated movements of young children can simulate prey and the dog's hunting instincts may come into action. Because of this we not recommend dog ownership for families with children under age five. For more details on the adoption process click here. These wonderful dogs have been through alot. Some are given up by their owner or they have been taken to the animal shelter, or or they have been found on the street as a stray. Some will adjust to a new home in a very short time. Others need extra special care and patience. We want their next home to be a loving and caring home. We normally require
If you want to see the hound we currently have avaiable for potential adoption, get ready for your heart strings to be pulled and...
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