Aside from their independent, stubborn and ignorant streaks, bassets are totally devoted loyal and loving creatures. Especially when you have food in your hand. They spend most of the week when I’m working from home lolling on the sofa in my office waiting for... 
Despite spoiling the bassets rotten they are suffering the winter blues. Can’t blame them really since we’ve had a succession of icy blasts cold enough for me to don gloves and my possum fur lined deerhunter hat that keeps my ears warm.  Our resident... 
I was itching to bake today but with a delicious apple fruit cake in the cupboard it would have been too gluttonous to have made yet another cake. So instead I decided to indulge my bassets with some baking of their own. Inspired by long time reader and basset... The only rushing around a basset hound is normally related to food. Otherwise you’ll find them making themselves comfy and taking in the view. That is of course if they are not stretched out and snoring loudly. With all the toing and froing in the garden... In the dog world Basset Hounds are at the top of the brains league. For example, Mason knows exactly where his Lordship’s work bag is that contains the sometimes not quite empty sandwich pack. Fortnum knows the perfect opportunity to have his revenge on... 
