Our Bassets Hounds are the Best in Washington and Canada. We raise our bassets as our own family members. This is our passion and hobby, not a money making venture!
Each pup comes with Full or Limited AKC registraton. They are wormed at 4, 5 and 6 weeks and have their 1st set of shots at 6 weeks. We send you home with puppy food and care suggestions, and our Health Guarantee!
Bellingham Basset Hounds of Washington and
Orange County Basset Hounds of California
Family Raised AKC Quality European Basset Hounds
OTHER FACTS
Visiting Our Home:
We take infection control very seriously!
Home visitations cannot happen prior to pups being 7 weeks old . Due to infection control, we wait until pups are 7 weeks of age to allow viewing of pups. Prior to that time, pups spend most of their time sleeping and nursing, thus personalities are not evident. At 4 weeks is when those that have placed deposits can pick their pups based on what picking order they are in. We do this through email pictures or special on sight arrangements may be possible.
Our Feed: We feed our Adult Dogs and Puppies foods that have been preserved naturally, without chemical additives. We currently feed Diamond Naturals Lamb and Rice as a maintenance feed.Diamond Naturals large Breed Puppy Food is fed to our Mothers and Puppies. Diamond Brand is not sold in regular stores in our area, but in Farm/Feed stores. Basset Moms require mass quantities of food while nursing.They are always on Probiotics. In addition to High Quality Puppy Food, our moms are supplemented with fish, chicken and egg yolks to boost their protein levels while nursing, and to get weight back on them after whelping.
Whelping Time: It is not unusual for Bassets to deliver their pups by C-Section, as was the case with our first litter. Our present litter had two extra surprise pups! X-ray showed 9 but our girl popped out two more stow away's! Daisy delivered at home this time without complications!
Basset Hound Moms require round the clock attention during the first week after whelping, as they tend to lay down on their pups. As a family, we sleep in shifts, staying up all night to watch over the newborns. The second week our family rotates waking to alarm clocks at 2 hour intervals. Our Basset Moms tend to have large litters. We divide the litter into 2 groups, leaving half with Mom, and half snuggling together in a crate with a heating pad. This ensures all pups are getting equal chance for milk, and allows Mom to get used to managing her large litter. At around week 4 we move Mom and pups into the kennel building were their puppy condo awaits. Here they still sleep with Mom but are under heating lamps. Between 5 and 6 weeks they can go out for their maiden voyage of being wagoned to the yard where they can meet Dad and play each day outside, weather permitting.
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