If you like walking your Basset Hound as well or instead of showing, then come along to our next group walk on Sunday December 7th from Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Provisional details posted here.
For photos of our last walk at Wellington monument, October 5th, please click here. |
Future walks (provisional):
December 7th Cerne Abbas (yes the rude Giant). Some details here.
February 8th Exmouth (the postponed walk from June). Details here.
April 9th
Barbary Castle, Marlborough Downs, N Wilts. Details here.
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Basset Hounds are different. They may look cute (6 stone, cute?) in slipper ads, but as every owner knows they are just as likely to be obstinate, stubborn, wilful and natural thieves. We call it intelligence.
Since 1954 the Basset Hound Club has looked after standards, run championships, institutes a Code of Ethics, in short everything to do with the well-being of The Breed. Disappointingly they have shown no interest in what we are doing and refuse to publicise our walks. Anyone know why?
It is our experience that most members are only interested in showing– fine–but some of us prefer to walk our hounds in company with others, for the sheer joy of watching a large group of bassets run together.
When we acquired our first hound, nearly forty years ago, there were six Basset packs, today there is just one or two. While we don't agree with hunting, it is still a fine sight to see such a large number in the countryside.
With this end in view the Basset Hound Walkers (want a T-shirt? hope that doesn't sound too pretentious) has been formed as a very loose group of friends who will meet several times a year to exercise their hounds. There is no fee, no constitution and certainly no officers. All are welcome (tell your Basset friends).
So which is the most peculiar animal here then?
Updated:
October 6, 2008
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After Wellington: for more pics click here.
"That was a long walk" (photo Tamara)
This walking lark is too much for me.
"Can I bury your socks first?"
"Not another walk. I'd much rather stay here and wreck the china."
If you've lost a favourite hound, click here to read Leslie Thomas' obit of Furlong, "the greatest dog in the world is dead". Warning: keep a tissue handy. |
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