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Bassets can be easy to love.
They are affectionate, gentle, easy going, comical. Bassets can be hard to live with. Young children can unintentionally injure a dog by trying to ride the pet, innocently poking it in the eye with a stick or other similar accident. The dog may react to this by protecting itself and injuring the child in response. Also the uncoordinated movements of young children can simulate prey and the dog's hunting instincts may come into action.