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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
I’m curious to know if you asked Taits if they’ve seen this before (i.e., the seizures; crazy-ass bed-dragging is not necessarily outside the norm for bassets).
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
Mrs. Dr. Schmoo, a vet, says bassets aren’t among the usual suspects of breeds that get epilepsy. (And none of the five in my lifetime ever had it.) Let’s hope Wembley’s just been huffing of something.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
I asked Mrs. Dr. Schmoo, who’s a vet, about this “occurrence,” and she was bewildered. Must be a San Diego thing.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
I’ve had five bassets, one with a package so robust it made Ron Jeremy blush, and not a one ever had an “incapacitating boner.” I must consult with Dr. Mrs. Schmoo, a vet.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
Nobody does a money shot like an intact male basset.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Life’s Will Gone Shallow
When Mrs. Schmoo, a veterinarian, neutered our big dog — not a basset, alas — she left a touching gift draped over the rear-view mirror in my car. http://bit.ly/oMExqH
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
This is the first shot I’ve seen of Wembley that doesn’t look like he thinks it’s time somebody needs to die. I believe it’s a trick of perspective.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
I believe Wembley is morphing into an elephant seal. A very handsome one at that.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
That Wembley, he’s a porn star who’s entering his late-Ron Jeremy stage.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Thursday Night Basset Blogging
That is one handsome basset. Also, you’ve done an impressive job of keeping those nails, which I know are made of titanium, trimmed.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Feeling Egypted
Most obliging of you to put a ramp up for the boys.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Sunday Night Basset Puppy Blogging – The Finale
I’m a multiple basset owner, so I’ll weigh in: Yes, they can be difficult to housebreak, if that’s what you mean. Pure stubbornness, from my experience. It may be true the Tait’s dogs train easier; T, what say you?
There’s no more pooping than usual — unless you overfeed them, which they will encourage. Remember: food in, poop out. Also, they’re big dogs on short legs, and have big-dog poops.
Any puppy will wake you up at an ungodly hour.
Yes, they’re difficult to train, mostly because they don’t feel like it. I’ve heard tell of an agility basset, but I won’t believe it till I see video. If you want a dog that will fetch your slippers or do much of anything you say, a basset will drive you crazy.
What else you need to know: All bassets stink. It’s a hound thing. And they shed, drool and will be happy to spend their lives on your couch. They all wander and will go deaf when you try to call them back. They’re pack hounds, which means you need two. If that’s too much another generic dog will do.
But here’s the real deal about bassets: Best dogs ever. Sweet-tempered and natural clowns, they will always make you smile. Oh, and THEY LOVE CHILDREN. God, how they do. I could go on, but you get the idea.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Sunday Night Basset Puppy Blogging
Er, No. 6. Journalist math.
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lordschmoo commented on the blog post Sunday Night Basset Puppy Blogging
I’d be on a flight tomorrow but for 1) Our four dogs would not be amused; 2) That’s a lot of money for a drooling, pooping stink machine; and 3) Mrs. Schmoo is a veterinarian and, like most of her profession, has an unreasonable aversion to the breed. I’ve had five bassets in my life and no amount of teary-eyed pleading on my part is going to get me No. 7.
