Rockfan4 - Hounds are “special”. Either you like them or you don’t.
We’ve had 2 bassetts, and then there’s hank. Hank is Bassett / Beagle.
Best advice I can give is that they always are on lead (unless you’re o.k. With their nose getting the better of them...)
Hank tends to eat rabbit poop - which generally causes a bowel infection.
Hank also had a slipped disk in January. He recovered pretty well over the course of 2+ months. Pretty close to air cooled overhaul territory. Difference is that I couldn’t bring myself to spend that kind of $$$ on a car....
Hank is a pretty special boy. And a really great friend to have around.