Examples are families with very young children, no fenced yard, poor prior history with pets, wanting the Basset as a gift for others, etc. Usually we will visit your home. This is to ensure that everyone in the family agrees with the adoption desire. We'll also look over your fenced yard and sleeping accommodations planned for your new family member. In our collective experience, families who keep their Bassets outside all the time frequently do not allow their dogs to become a part of the family.
Most Bassets prefer to be family dogs.
If everyone is satisfied, then we start the search for what we hope will be the perfect Basset Hound for you. Most of our Bassets spend time in volunteer foster homes before final placement. These volunteers will evaluate the Basset's behavior and recommend proper placement. This may be a home with no cats, no other dogs or no children. It may be a home where someone is there all of the time or there are no men with beards.