Tina called me from work yesterday to say that she'd be running a little late. She showed up 2 1/2 hours later than usual with company. The company was a 5 week old basset hound. She's gorgeous (Tina too)! Tan all over with a little white on the chest. As with every other animal we bring into the house that is Tina's or the kids I attempt to be a bit stand-offish and allow them time to bond before I take over as "alpha male". Didn't work with this one. Last night she slept in my room in a laundry basket lined with one of my sweat shirts. She didn't care for being in the basket at whined for a good while. I got up with her, played for a while, she's already paper trained so that was taken care of. I tried putting her back in the basket and she'd have none of that. This morning Tina awoke to find me wrapped in a blanket on the floor with the pup laying across my throat. I've been told that bassetts can be stubborn and require a firm hand to train them but those eyes are gonna make even my toughened old heart have a hard time with that. I'll post a pic as soon as I get my camera up and running again.
