
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:
Sue Bailey
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So beautiful!!!
Aurora DePaul
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This makes me miss Fannie so much!!!
Takaia Meissner
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Sabrina Cappis-Meissner
Marc Scortino
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Katie Simlick Scortino
Rachel Blake
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He looks like my boy Harrison
Rachel Schnitzerling
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They do look alike. and obviously both couch hounds 🙂
Grace Elizabeth Rogers
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Phillip Rogers
Lisa Skinner
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Nicko Eshuys
Betsy Archer
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Kelley Ann
Erika Alexandre
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Patti Alexandre
Paul Weems
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Tyler Weems Kyle Weems Kameron Weems
Karyn Sawyer
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I have spent my life with basset hounds -this is such a touching commentary on their sensitive souls ….we should all keep this in our minds…
Janette Widhalm
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My girls -Scully is 7 and Lexie is the 10. Coming soon is dear Juneau who is now only about 4 weeks old:) he Love my Bassets:)
Rowie Daskalakis
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Rob Campbell
Michael Goodwin
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Debby Luna Goodwin
Ciera Staten
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Holden Staten
Patricia Gutman DiGirolamo
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Tom Gutman, a must to show Annette.
Heidi Corbin
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Hunter Corbin
Carol Vander Maar Paul
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Aw. Even all these years later I still miss my basset.
Clara Fulks
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Will always have one or two hounds. Love then.
Lynne Sullivan Sharp
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I stayed till the very end with two of my boys. Had to put them down within 3 months of each other. I lasted 3 weeks and adopted two more. Best thing I did to get rid of the sadness. Bassets are the best dogs one could ever have.
ליעד בר-אל
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After 17 years and two months, Aliza (happiness in Hebrew) had trouble seeing, hearing, couldn’t walk, and howeled with pain when passing$#%&!@*matter. I made her a two steak dinner which I knew she couldn’t pass it through, invited the vet to give her a shot and I kept stroking her which she liked from day one and she groaned with love at each stroke until she stopped breathing. This was five years ago, it’s like it was yesterday and I still miss her.
Tracy Martoccia
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I so love my bassett hound Riley. He is 3. I take him places and love him every day
Laurie Patterson
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Kirk Patterson
Jenny Guyer
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My basset hound babies Denver & his sister Molly-Mae
Traci Matthews Jurgensen
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I miss Mine every single day. I <3 u Bentley RIP <3
Jarrod Molnar
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Marisela Molnar
Matty Illusive Wilson
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Rachel Salt
Elsa Tran
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Jeff Chang
Sherry Dillon
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Jill Bailey Wendy J Patterson
Chris McElroy
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Number #14 April Behnke McElroy
April Behnke McElroy
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So true! He ❤️s rides in the car!!!!
Debbie Kellaway
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Love them.
Suzanne Gostic
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Kimberley Garner. Awh! X x
Melissa Mccrary
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Love my baby..
Daniel Reoch
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RIP mr Beaumont jones x
Karon Boyd
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Our Taz traveled the USA in our motorhome for years. He loved meeting new people and other pets. He really loved it when we would spend time in the wilderness, desert, mountains, prairies, and the beaches, it was a world of new smells every time we stopped. Our adult children said we treated him better than them. He was a joy. I will miss him forever.
Debbie Hudson Shelton
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#20 got me….darn tears. Lost mine last November. Would’ve been 9 this month. #cancersucks
Nick Howard
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Jackie
Justin Geiser
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Christina Schwartz-Ganados
Nathan Barnhart
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MattPierno Rick Bassett
Jamie Berglund
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Torey Yost This did make me cry a little… ♡♡
Rick Bassett
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Read them all, seems pretty generic for all dogs not impressed
Charlie Paddick
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Andrea Paddick
Patty Ann Mulholland Bishop
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Sammy dog is our basset hound’s name. Love him very much:)
Stephanie Jeanne
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Wow! I just cried!
Christine Roy
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brought tears to my eyes too… snif
George Lister
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Roxana Tara Lister
Craig Baker
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I have no problem crying when I help my hounds cross the rainbow bridge….I want them know how much I live and will miss them
Debbie Larsen Baar
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Love this #20 sad