4/12/2002: Whitey skates

[CharlieG]

Originally posted by Joe
...snip...I've also seen the same dogs (my neighbors dogs actually) running at full gallop actually trip over their own ears and fall over with a yelp. Hey, they're bassets. You want speed and agility? Get something with legs longer than it's head.

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Actually, they way Bassets are trained to hunt rabbits is a bit different. Rabbits are sprinters - they are VERY fast, but can only keep in up for a short distance. What they do is run away, stop, pause, rest, and then if chased again, run

The thing is, if you chase them again before they are fully rested, they only go about half as far before they have to stop. Keep repeating this, and eventually, you can walk up to the rabbit and pick it up, because it's so tired get CAN'T run

The basset was breed to chase a rabbit slowly, but for a long time, till the point where the human walked up and picked up the rabbit