
He may be best known as the Hush Puppy dog, but the Basset Hound is much more than an advertising icon.
With his placid personality and short-statured yet noble appearance, the Basset Hound is a popular family companion, as well as a slow-paced but keen hunting dog.
It’s been often said that dogs are the only creatures on earth that love you more than they love themselves. Well, Basset Hounds are no exception!
But sometimes, we take our furry friends and wonderful companions for granted. There are important life lessons that are sometimes easy to forget in our hectic lives, that all Basset Hound owners must never forget.
If we want to pay back the favor and give them the best life possible, these 20 important reminders should serve you well as awesome Basset Hound owners. The last one (#20) brought me to tears…
Check out the 20 Things All Basset Hound Owners Must Never Forget on the next page:
Ryan Overman
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Amy read this
Michelle Hall
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All of these are so true for Percy Girl! Don’t worry, we are loving her just as much now that she’s old as we did when she was young…right down to what I was just doing 5 minutes ago which was putting my foot behind her food bowl so her blind self doesn’t have to chase it around the room <3
Holly Erickson
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Sue Carlson Erickson
Tammy Weston
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My daisy Mae showing off
Sandi Smith
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My daughter has two Bassets and the female is Daisey May…..she is such a sweet girl, but very stubborn. Her brother is Harvey, I love them both….then they have a bigger brother…195 pound Dane, Riggs is a true gentlemen..all are adorable to me…..
Erika Lomeli
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Love bassets
Ben Jammin
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I wasn’t ready for #20..
Greg Wilkes
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I’ve made two of those #20 journeys already.
Nothing crushes your heart and soul more.
Kimi McShea
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Robert Jacobs
Tammy Weston
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i have a male also gunner he is 177lbs we looks like a newborn baby grandpa
Courtney Best
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Darryl Renyk
Tammy Maude
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My Rosco does this ! Lol .. Once his stabilizer is out (his tail) he can sit like that forever !
Darryl Renyk
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I love my rainbow.
Amanda Cate Trent
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He’s 1/2 beagle 1/2 basset. He’s the best dog ever.
Susan Brakell
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Liz Brakell
Susan Brakell
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Olivia Lourens
Cindy Steve Frazee
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Oh how I miss my Libby Lou, Frances and Brandy..
Derek Routh
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We got our Basset when he was 8 wks old.I didn’t get to see him near as much as I wanted.I was off working and he stayed with my mom and dad.But in the end I was with him when he took his last breath.I felt his heart stop.I love the dogs I have and wouldn’t take anything for them but if I live long enough I will have another Basset Hound!!!AMEN!!!
Belinda Tackett Amos
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I just love my daisy so much…
Margie Maggie Frank
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neat dogs so loving and loyal will bring joy to you and so loyal especially at treat time
Heidi Sherrer
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Just said good bye to my Riley one week ago. I held him to the end!
Erica Parker
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Danielle Parker Lori Stryker Parker, I dont think we can do number three lol
Erica Parker
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Danielle Parker
Ben Conroy
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Millie Davies
Paul Perry
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Gemma Perry
Ana Flores-Contreras
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It’s so hard to let go ,l love my Basset Hounds lost two but have one she’s my Daisy She’s fourteen and l don’t want to lose her but she’s getting old.
Candace Temme
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Scott Temme
Sam Sunderland
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Nakia Burcham
Gerrie Hoyt
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Roger Jensen
Melissa Pugh
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Meagan Morgan
Jacob Anthony
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Alyssa Hudik and now I’m crying
Kristy Glines
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Claire
Dana Jackson
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#20 is hard I have done that twice and wished they could live as long as humans do
Karen Montgomery
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I have gone through it once…was very hard to hold him and watch as the last breath of air passed…
Bridget McDanel
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This is beautiful 🙂
Carrie Long
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Abby Long…. Rosie is included in theses #20
Susan Walker
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I miss my Molly it’s been close to six and half since she passed. Maybe it’s time for another Basset
Annette Clark Rucker
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This is so true each of them 20 things I did I was with Dixie holding her head when she took her last breath of this world so I did the wish she wanted I miss that girl so much and think of her each day and I got some new flowers today put on her grave I have made for her basset hounds are the best loving pets to have I even had her to bark like roll tide I could say do roll tide and she do it and it make me so happy and so she was happy to know she got treat for doing it for me love my baby girl
Nancy Ana Gutierrez Hall
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Horace S. Jr. Hall
Leonard Palmer
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All true. #20-they deserve so much to have you there when they cross the rainbow bridge.
Jim Hogan
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I love my Basset!!
Joe Aschemeier
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Michelle Van Dam I thought of you!
Shirley Hall Jordan
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This is beautiful.
Matt Eady
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Carla Miller Eady Tony Eady Jonathan Eady and soon to be Daisy Elizabeth VandeMark <3
Michelle Van Dam
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Joe Aschemeier, thanks for thinking of me, your the best!
Paul Perry
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Gemma Perry
Douglas Thompson
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Amanda Krivi,
Alex Rolland
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so true
John Romanyak
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Kelsey Cooper
Suchuato Campbell
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Such beautiful faces, Bassets are the best