Happy Tails

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

We absolutely love Paige! She is the most wonderful dog! We feel so blessed after having lost our beloved basset rescue Patton in February. We also loved our basset pork chop, our very first basset hound. Paige is an absolute joy, funny, happy and very affectionate. We are so very grateful to all of you. I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Amy Allen while she was fostering Paige. Amy is absolutely wonderful as is Lisa Packer. Lisa certainly made the perfect match. Cathy Larsen transported Paige to us and we met her daughter as well.they are the loveliest people! You are a wonderful organization and you should be so proud of what you do. Thank you for everything! Paige did go for her checkup. We have a wonderful veterinarian we have known for over twenty years. He absolutely loved Paige and said she is doing very well. We hope to take her to the howl-a-week event so we can meet all of you! We will also send you a picture for your website. We love to keep in touch and send pictures and messages to amy often. Keep up the wonderful things you do. You are all very special people.

Sincerely, Pam and john

We love how Elwood (formerly Uggs) sleeps with the tip of his tongue sticking out. His favorite sleeping position is on his back with his legs in the air, he’s not a beggar and he is totally mellow and loves toys with squeakers in them. He is a real Momma’s boy but he took some time to warm up to his new Dad. We think he just wasn’t exposed to men, because he isn’t afraid of them, but he doesn’t warm up to them as fast as he does women. Now his best buds with his Dad. Everyone just loves Elwood. They are all surprised at calm he is. All the little kids love to pet him and he is more than happy to oblige. He makes friends with other dogs so long as they aren’t over exuberant with the sniffing. We like to go for walks. Elwood had just learned to walk on a leash a few weeks before he came to live with us. He has taken to going for walks, especially if he gets to chase some bunnies or squirrels. We just got back from vacation. We spent a week camping in Cape May. He was a little unsure about camping but he got the hang of it. He probably also went for his first ever walk on the beach, he did not like the water, but eventually he did get his feet wet. We are just so happy he is our boy. We can not believe how lucky we are to have him in our life. Thank you to TSBHR and Paula Joyner from East Mississippi Animal Rescue for saving this wonderful boy so he could be a part of our family.

We adopted Louie about 2 years ago, and we immediately fell in love with his “basset-tude.” We knew he wanted a brother because he would stalk any hounds he found to try to get them to play. And when we added Ben to our family this summer, it was a perfect fit! Ben is a senior boy, but he acts far from it. He is constantly running and jumping around! He is also such a sweet boy who loves belly rubs and treats. He’s just what our family needed.The pictures are from Louie’s annual birthday celebration. We welcomed Ben to our home with his own “Welcome Home Ben” cake from a local dog bakery.