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| Name: |
Fred
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Age: |
Six years old
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| Gender: |
Male |
Breed: |
Basset Hound
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| Home: |
Southern California, USA |
We've
been lucky enough to have Fred a.k.a. Mr. Big Sexy with us for the
last four and a half years. He was originally flown in to California from a breeder
in Vermont at the request of my cousin. Unfortunately, after a year and a
half, my cousin could no longer care for him and asked if we'd take him
in. We said yes immediately and he's been with us ever since!
Fred, like just about all other Basset Hounds, is the most low-key, easy
to manage, lovable dog any of us have ever had. He doesn't like to be left
outside for longer than fifteen to twenty minutes (when he goes out to lay in the warm
sun), so he's mostly an indoor dog. And what does he do indoors? Sleep! He
probably sleeps more than our two cats do! But when we're all together
watching TV or something, he's right there - literally - on your lap! His
greatest pleasure is to have someone pet him. That's all he wants. He's
not a barker, except when he wants to get you to play with him (which
lasts about ten minutes) and loves to go outside in our front yard in the
early morning and just smell the flowers.
There's lots of reasons Fred is such a great dog. He loves people - men,
women, kids - anyone coming into our house is a potential lap to sit on.
Even our mail carrier loves Fred! He always has a treat in-hand and Fred
knows he must sit and take the treat gently from the carrier's hand. He
loves mail time! He's never bothered our cats (although the cats sometimes
find Fred's tail an amusing toy), he doesn't beg for food while we're
eating, doesn't lick and has never, ever bitten anyone, never even so much
as a "play bite" when someone is roughhousing with him. He truly is the
best dog we've ever had.
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