I got a Ruf...

I have named him Alois after the Porsche tuner. Besides, I like names that people can't pronounce...

He is a 1 year old Bassett Hound, that we picked up from the great people at the Bassett Hound Rescue of GA.

Cool looking dog. Hope you have some money saved up. Bassets are know for having health problems.

Our mutt from the pound cost 1.5 challenge cars in the first year and a half but a good portion of that was from a broken leg and consumption of a fire ant hill. Our other pound dog hasn't really cost us much since we got her heartworms taken care of.

he is very healthy, luckily. He doesn't have the droopy eyes, so hopefully his eyes will keep from getting too infected. As long as we keep his ears clean, we should be okay.

Training him to tell me when he needs to go outside is the hard part...

We had Bassetts when I was a kid, and they never had any health problems.

I have two bassets. One 8 and one just over a year old. No real health issues but the older one is quite allergic to fleas so I cant let the frontline treatments lapse.

They are awesome dogs. As puppies they have a suprising amount of energy, but after a few years they mellow out into the image of lazy Bassets everyone is familiar with. I find that a walk a day of 1.5 to 2 miles keeps them fit and happy.

+1 for getting your pup from a rescue!!!

Cool dog. I love the fact that he doesn't need to be lowered from the factory ride height.

Just be sure to pronounce it "Louis".

If you get some paint or dye you could call him a Ruf Yellowdog.

Dang, he's a cutie! My British mum would call him "Ten-to-two feet".

Cool dog mate, but I was expecting a Porsche

I was just mainly thinking about the eye, ear, and joint problems that comes with a dog that has lots of extra skin, tendancy to be overweight and un naturally shaped bodies.

Bassetts are one of my favorite breeds. My most favorite is the English Bulldog which has its own set of health problems and is probably the most unhealthy breed around.

He looks very happy to have been rescued!

I want one. Just talked to my wife last week abiut finding one. How was the GA Basset rescue to deal with. My folks went thru hell with the Norwegian Elkhound rescue of GA. Thats why they have a Weimaraner from the pound.

P.S. The Weimaraner is about the dumbest dog I have ever dealt with.

Weimaraners come from Germany.

We had a couple Bassets when I was growing up. Absolutely great dogs! Congrats!

the rescue is very easy to work with. fill out the app forms, find a dog that you want to meet, write the check, and bring the doggers home.

obviously, you have to find one that fits your life, and that you can take care of without problems.

check out the site and give them a call. http://www.bhrg.org/index.html

Very cool you got a rescue dog - I swear they're forever greatful. Oh, and do them a favor and don't use a camera flash on them close-up!

yeah, I thought I had the flash off. It was on auto, and apparently he was blocking the light source....

Greg Voth wrote: Our mutt...consumption of a fire ant hill.

Sounds like there is a story here

Ha not really. I wish I could figure out how to post pics on this site.

We have a American Staff Terrier/Chow/Italian Greyhound mix (or so the DNA report says) who seems immune to pain. I was messing with my Jeep and when I was done I figured I would take it and him out in the woods. He wou ld run around when I get out to check how deep the mudd was. On the trip home I noticed his eye swelling shut and a huge lump on the side of his face. I figured it was a snake or spider bite so off to the emergency vet (this was a sunday afternoon). Get to the vet, they give him apparently $600 worth of benedryl and say all the bumps on his underside make it appear like fire ants. Next day he is crapping out pure dirt. The best I can figure it while I was working on the jeep he got himself bit by one and decided to eat their mound so they swarmed him. He wasn't more than 20 yards from me the whole time and I never heard a peep.

Also when he broke his leg he was happy as a clam just wouldnt put any weight on it. Spiral fracture on all three (or four) of the bones in his lower leg.

The other is a Shar pei/St. Bernard/Doberman mix that only weights 50lbs full grown. Again according to the DNA test which I am thinking might be a best guess scenario. She has been relatively easy aside from being diagnosed with ADHD. The vet didn't recommend medication and I likely would have walked out never to return if he had.

Do they handle better when lowered?

porksboy wrote: P.S. The Weimaraner is about the dumbest dog I have ever dealt with.

The two all-time stupidist dogs I've ever known were two bassett hounds. Fortuantely, neither were mine. But, my son's Weimaraner was pretty stupid. And my current pound hound Heinz 57 model is pretty dense.

cool hound.. I find myself wanting a dog again.

I grew up with my parents running an AKC registered Siberian Huskey Kennel. Sometimes you do NOT want smart dogs.

John Brown wrote: Do they handle better when lowered?

No but that ultra low center of gravity sure gives them a lot of strength. If one goes stubborn it takes an act of god to move it.

Bassets have the second most acute sense of smell of all dogs. I sometimes wonder what that must be like. My dogs will spend a long time sniffing something so vile and nasty that the average person would immediatley vomit yet they act like it is the best thing in the world. I suppose after a point everything is just different levels of interesting.

ditchdigger wrote: My dogs will spend a long time sniffing something so vile and nasty that the average person would immediatley vomit yet they act like it is the best thing in the world. I suppose after a point everything is just different levels of interesting.

This made me chuckle. I always think about my dad's dog, who immediately after being washed will run outside and roll in E36 M3. Awesome.

Anyway, congrats on the new pup!