I am looking for a Basset Hound dog in Albuquerque and Santa Fe NM areas?

Answer 1

First, are you sure you WANT a basset? They can do a lot of digging and barking, and they have a strong body odor. They are dogs that were bred to hunt in packs and they HATE to be left alone - they may chew up your house if they are not crated.

Find a good breeder by going to www.akc.org or talking to people at dog shows.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/basset_hound/index.cfm

You can also find info about the breed clubs on the akc site - they probably have a rescue group where you can get an older dog for less money. The best breeders will be members of their breed club, promoting healthy dogs with great temperaments. They should ask you a bunch of questions to make sure their puppy will be getting a good home. If all a "breeder" seems to care about is whether your check will clear, you can be sure he won't care a week later when the pup is dying from distemper or parvo and you want your money back.

Whatever you do, DON'T go to a pet shop, a flea market or buy one sight-unseen off the Internet!!!! You'll pay top dollar for what is usually a poor quality puppy mill dog. And you'll be supporting one of the cruelest industries in the country. The breeding animals are often kept in deplorable conditions - spending their entire lives in small wire-bottomed cages. They probably haven't been vaccinated against contagious diseases or tested for any health or temperament problems or genetic diseases - that costs money and cuts into their profits. A female is often bred every time she comes into heat. When her poor little body can't take it any more, she is often clubbed in the head and tossed into a dumpster or an open ditch. Most puppy mills ship their pups to pet stores at wholesale prices and many pups die before they even get there.

These so-called "breeders" have now figured out that they can use the internet to ship a dog directly to the customer and thus make more money by cutting out the middleman. If you buy a dog from out of state, good luck getting your money back if there's something wrong with the pup. These people count on you becoming instantly attached to the poor little guy and being willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the vet to treat whatever is wrong with him.

Answer 2

I know a Basset Hound breeder in Georgia...want a vacation and a new dog?? LOL

Answer 3

here is some adoptable ones
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6502104

http://search.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?action=1&pet.Animal=Dog&pet.Breed=Basset+Hound&pet.Age=&pet.Size=&pet.Sex=&location=santa+fe%2Cnm&preview=1&scope=2&x=8&y=16

p.s. I love bassets they are sooo cute

e-mail me a pic of the dog you end up getting
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Answer 4

Beagles look very equivalent to basset hounds, yet they have longer legs and under no circumstances as unhappy a face. they actually have a shorter face and shorter ears. you should also evaluate the characteristics of in spite of canines you pick to get, like if it is aggressive or pleasant, no longer purely the seems. with somewhat of success you will get yet another canines! =)

Answer 5

Better get one now! With the nasty HEART (ya, SOUNDS warm and fuzzy doesn't it) law recently passed in Alb. it may get very hard and expensive to buy any purebred dog there.

Matter of fact, if you are a dog OWNER there, I would read the pages and pages of rules you have to comply with. They can now seize your dog for unbelievably stupid reasons. If you live there, sign the petition circulating against this nasty piece of work.