I'll take the low road and I'll be in Scotland before ya

November 6, 2016 5:35 AM

Take a lovely hike with your new Scottish basset hound friends through: Belwade Farm Estate, Burghead Bay, Cullen Bay, Hazlehead Park, Tentsmuir Forest, Crathes Castle, Balkello Wood, Loch Kinord, Gartmorn Dam, Glen Tanar, the Hermitage, and Forfar Loch.
posted by ChuraChura (17 comments total)

Note: skip ahead about 20 seconds to avoid the music.
posted by ChuraChura at 5:36 AM on November 6, 2016

It's amazing to see bassets that aren't totally inert--they're delightfully lazy dogs.
posted by orrnyereg at 6:10 AM on November 6, 2016 [2 favorites]

all those TAILS

my god
posted by dismas at 6:54 AM on November 6, 2016

This is so restorative.

This needs its own channel.
posted by fatbird at 7:10 AM on November 6, 2016 [4 favorites]

For some reason I thought this might be a video log of one solitary owner and basset ambling their way through scotland. This is much more active.
posted by benzenedream at 7:36 AM on November 6, 2016

4 THE LOLLOPZ!
posted by Devonian at 7:43 AM on November 6, 2016

Thank you for this! They are a charming set of waddlers!
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 7:57 AM on November 6, 2016

Bassets also do agility sometimes, though they tend to be an almost immeasurably tiny bit slower than the border collies. For fun, hit youtube for 'basset agility.' Bonus: we know Diesel and his people.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:05 AM on November 6, 2016 [4 favorites]

imagine having a dozen basset hounds and one lab who have all been to a pond and need a bath
posted by Countess Elena at 8:06 AM on November 6, 2016 [6 favorites]

*canned ham placement
posted by clavdivs at 9:26 AM on November 6, 2016

Diesel sure gets a surprising amount of elevation over those jumps. I'm impressed.

When they were dating, my parents ran into someone whose assistance dog was a German Shepherd/basset cross (GS head, tail, and coloring on a basset body and legs). My parents had certain questions about the, ah, logistics of this that remained sadly unanswered. The owner told them that the dog was an excellent conversation starter...
posted by thomas j wise at 9:38 AM on November 6, 2016 [2 favorites]

thomas, I once met a female Rottweiler and a male Westie that had puppies. I only saw pictures of the pups, who found good homes -- "like little bears," as they said. I was given to understand that the rottie had been laying on her stomach outside relaxing, and when the Westie arrived and began to press his suit, she just didn't bother to get up.
posted by Countess Elena at 9:55 AM on November 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

> I once met a female Rottweiler and a male Westie that had puppies

I had to google for examples (Daily Mail warning).
posted by svenx at 12:05 PM on November 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

I adore bassets! Our family had one when I was a little kid, and my brother kept them for years. Sweet, sweet dogs and a strong contender for most delightfully comical. But I have to agree with orrnyereg: it's like they're born old and lazy. But that's all part of the funny fun!
posted by trip and a half at 12:25 PM on November 6, 2016

floppa wobble wobble SNORF floppa floppa
posted by ostro at 1:17 PM on November 6, 2016 [5 favorites]

We have a 13+ year old Basset/Cavalier Spaniel mix. She's looked like a 6 month old Basset puppy (but with slightly shorter, curlier ears) since we rescued her in 2004, and she's a remarkably sweet, cute, lazy dog.

But when she was younger, she could jump. She could jump five feet in the air. Baby gate? No problem. Backyard fence, piece of cake. She was the most agile Basset you would ever meet. On the bed, on a chair, she could make it. No leaving food on the table! But if there wasn't food, belly rubs or a sunbeam involved? Naah, not worth it. Sleep takes priority.

We've also often wondered about the curious logistics that brought our wonderful, weird pup to us.
posted by eschatfische at 3:42 PM on November 6, 2016 [3 favorites]

This needs its own channel

For realzies. I would pay up to $30 per month for a subscription to a 24-hour, narration-free, slow tv stream of groups of amiable people chatting unintelligibly while walking their joyful, waggly doggies through attractive locales. It wouldn't always have to be bassets and Scotland. It could be Chihuahuas in Cappadocia, Irish setters in Quintana Roo, long-haired dachshunds in Nara-- in fact, actually, if it were international, I'd probably be willing to pay $50 a month, and I'd cancel Hulu.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 9:44 PM on November 6, 2016 [1 favorite]