Happy Tails

We adopted Lucy from tri-state bassets 6 months ago. She is a bundle of energy with a big heart. We love to watch her play with her sister (a beagle-basset mix we adopted a few years prior) and snuggle her and receive her many kisses. Everyone as tri-state basset we had contact was lovely and we’re grateful she was in such good care before finding her fur-ever home. Her foster family was sad to see her go, but happy knowing she’d be in a good home. We love our Lucy Goosey!

Jessica Ondrof

My daughter Theresa and I adopted our first Basset Tucker from Tri-State about 3 years ago. Tucker was 9 years old and so perfect and sweet. We only had him a year and lost him to cancer. I felt like we had Tucker forever and missed him so much. Then we saw Leon. He looked a lot like Tucker but a little younger and was positive for heart worm. I was uneducated at the time about heart worm. I spoke with my vet and became more educated in heart worm. We now have had Leon for 2 years. He is heart worm free and I wouldn’t give anything in the world for him!

Karen Rineer

Favorite things about your Basset (i.e., goofy grin, silly bark/howl, counter-surfer):
Bella is the most lovable pup on the planet. She is the first to greet you at the door with a wagging tail. She treats her toys as if they are her own pups, very gentle and kind. Bella loves to snuggle and have her belly rubbed. When you start to scratch her, she sometimes falls right to the ground! Bella has big feet, which seem to get into her way sometimes. She is quite clumsy! We feel so lucky to have adopted her and she is the perfect piece to our family.

Challenges you faced and overcame:
One of the great things about Bella that has also been a challenge is her fierce protectiveness. Although she is incredibly loving to those living in our home, she has a hard time warming up to new people. Bella frequently growls and barks at new guests in our home, especially men. Despite the fact that she does calm down, she has a tendency to growl very close to new guests when they stand up or make sudden movements. To work on that, we have been bringing Bella outside to meet our guests. It eases the transition and makes her a little less territorial. We are also use positive praise when she is being nice to ensure she knows how much we like it when she is welcoming! With continued practice and a new enrollment to dog school, we anticipate a wonderful host!

How do other people and animals react to your Basset?
Everyone who meets Bella immediately thinks she is adorable! Once she warms up to them, they fall in love with her. Bella has not had too many interactions with other animals thus far. We want to allow her to get comfortable in her new environment first!

What do you like to do with your Basset?
Bella loves to go on walks. We go frequently throughout the neighborhood. She also LOVES the car. Whether it’s an hour ride or five minutes, she is trying to leave the house with us to get into the car

Favorite things about your Basset (i.e., goofy grin, silly bark/howl, counter-surfer): Likes to climb, snuggle and give lots of snooter kisses!!!

Challenges you faced and overcame: We still like to pee pee in mommy’s car every time we go for rides

What do you like to do with your Basset? Snuggle in bed and go on walks.

We adopted Dudley a cold weekend in January of this year. His foster Liz was kind enough to bring him to our home since he only lived about 45 minutes from us. It was definitely love at first sight for my six year old son, husband and myself. Having already had two basset hounds before Dudley we were very familiar with the breed. The first 3 1/2 weeks were exhausting because poor Dudley had anxiety pretty bad and he had just lost his owner who had fallen ill suddenly then was in foster then with us so the poor guy was so scared, but remained so loving and affectionate with us. A month in, things just clicked! Between our vets helping us Tri-State checking in with us things just feel in to place. He is hysterical! already a hit in the neighborhood with everyone, he LOVES kids, people, animals etc. He is great with commands, loves his walks and absolutely LOVES our son to pieces and our son LOVES him to pieces. He reminds us of our other bassets a lot. We look forward to spoiling him the same way we did our Otis and Sadie and want to thank Tri-State for their help in finding Dudley and for keeping in touch with us through the beginning stages of our adoption.

Putter is such a great dog! I can’t believe someone gave him up. He quickly picked up on our house rules and routines. Putter and Jackson (our pit mix) are best buds. They love playing together and going on walks. We are so happy that you all helped to bring Putter into our lives!

Dolly is doing great! She’s been living in Albany for almost two years now and has adapted perfectly to apartment life. She loves hiking around the Capital Region during the weekends and enjoys visiting the dog park during lunch time. She’s become quite the model (@DollyANTM) on Instagram) and frequently can be found getting her picture taken by customers at various patio eateries. Last Halloween, she placed second in a local costume contest as Georgie from IT and continues to be thankful for Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue’s continued work!

Junior is a great hound. He is a senior but you would never it. He loves to do whatever we do. And if he wants to do something he lets you know. We love him. Thanks Tri State!

Bertie has a cute whine/bark combo, she LOVES to chase the rabbits off of our
property(aka “Sheriff Bertie”),and bunny hops when she plays with her toys. She loves to cuddle and is so appreciative of everything. She listens very well, never tries to steal food and has wonderful manners.
Bertie loves to take long walks in the neighborhood and see all her new friends. She celebrated her 6th birthday with us and had a doggie peanut butter cake that she shared with her sister Sadie and doggie friends in the neighborhood.
We are all so happy to have her in our family. She is wonderful company for our older basset, Sadie.
~Diane Ziegler

Jackson is the sweetest, most well behaved dog we’ve ever had. He has adjusted to our home amazingly well. We love his affection, and hos tail is always wagging! Our whole family loves him!
People love Jackson! He is so friendly and gentle and gets excited to gree new people. He is great with other dogs, very curious and friendly@
We are so please with our decision to adopt Jackson, and everyone from Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue had been so helpful. Communication was prompt when we had questions and very helpful, so thank you, and keep up the great work!
~Tim & Monette Schaeffer