Not really grasping the fact that we’ve slipped into January caused me all sorts of confusion the other day. It was only when I had put the phone down did I realise that I needed to flip the page on the basset calendar. Hardly surprising since it was only a week or so that they [...]

I read somewhere that there is only one thing more annoying than people who parade photographs of their children are people who are self indulgent about their pets. I get that sentiment but it doesn’t stop me loving my bassets and wanting to share stories about them.  I try to be discerning about who I [...]

There was a most indignant look on the basset’s faces when they were woken from their slumbers this morning at an ungodly hour.  After much stretching, scratching and yawning they succumbed to the early rising, but purely on the grounds that breakfast was being served.  They soon crawled back into bed pulled their ears over [...]

New Zealand has been bathed in sunlight for Christmas allowing the perfect indoor:outdoor flow for the traditional festivities.  There is nothing better than being able to eat your Christmas dinner in the evening light with the surround mountains providing a breathtaking view.  The only downside of such glorious sunshine is that basset hounds and hot [...]

The Christchurch Earthquake has blown a massive hole into the insurance industry so renewing our house insurance this week meant paying double for our policy.  It was an eye watering amount but one which we consider critical to protect out property should the worst befall us at any point in time.  We rarely claim on [...]

Don’t be fooled by this cutesy paw.  It can do untold damage to your flower beds and then stencil your floors with muddy paw prints.  It’s my punishment for putting the bassets on a boot camp regime of long walks and restricted diet.  I like to think of it as canine spring cleaning even it [...]

Apparently there is only one thing worse than people constantly talking about their children, its people that talk about their pets. If that’s the case, then I have to plead guilty as charged.  There is no getting away from it this blog is littered with basset stories although I do admit that when reading through [...]

It’s more likely that we hear our neighbours rather than see them.  There’s usually a cacophony of chainsaws, brush cutters, lawnmowers competing with roosters, barking dogs, squawking chickens, mooing cows and bleating sheep or goats.  Not to mention the regular chirpy birds.  We may be in the country but the peace and quiet it most [...]