Have you ever spent one of those days saying to your dog, cat, child, husband, whoever – no, stop it, don’t do that, Agggh!
Well, it’s been a bit like that with the bassets so we thought it was time to refresh their training regime.So today it was boot camp for puppies and their erstwhile owner.
This time we chose a trainer with basset experience. There is no doubt hounds require a special tough love when it comes to obedience training.
As always it’s the owners that need the training and after an hour with Karen I felt like the dumbest owner in the class. Stand in the corner with your cone hat with a D on I was telling myself. Well, not really! Well, maybe a little.
It’s clear that our expectations that training our puppies when they were bundles of fluff and all ears was wildly ambitious. Not only do we need to keep training and training for months and probably years to come but our bassets need special effort boot camp training to really drill home the message.
You see these are smart, lazy dogs and find clever ways of avoiding doing stuff they don’t want to do. Anyway, after 3 hours of listening, watching and trying a few things out with the trainer, I reckoned we’d all had enough and it was time to get out for our daily stroll. Except today it was to be a bracing walk to blow away the tests of the morning.
It worked. We came back happier, quieter and more refreshed bassets. Also, we came back tired and in need of a real snooze.
I think I told you that Fortnum loves to run. I mean really run. Flat out Olympic style racing running. Not Mason though, he’s more of a trot when I fancy or being left behind kind of dog. Either way they do love their walks. Here’s a few pics to show my boys in action. Enjoy! We did…….
See the difference, Fortnum loves to run (however ridiculous he might look)
Mason’s more your stroller
See what I mean, Fortnum’s off running again, but not Mason!
Weyhey, come on slow coach!
OK, I can see you need a rest. Let’s walk.
Time for a drink anyway!
OK, time for some fast walking. Not running tough!
OK, maybe walking would be a good idea now! How far is it home?
I should make a list of things that’ll make you smile no matter what. A baby laughing, winning millions, and watching a basset run. Thanks Julie!
Claudious, I find bassets funny full stop. They make me laugh so many times in the day with their looks, their antics and when they trip over their ears. In terms of value for money the bassets rate highly for their entertainment value! Glad you could share the fun too.
JT
You are lucky that you can let them off the lead to go do what they want. We haven’t quite mastered that with Denny yet. He has absolutely no recall yet despite trying over and over at the numerous dog training places I have been to. Hopefully its another thing we can put down to him being a puppy and he will sort it out soon!
Your guys are so darn cute though, how could you ever get mad with them?? x