When Ector was young (# 250 269 602 807 595, now just turned 7 yr old), he lived with a proper family with small children. Apparently, he had a tendency to jump up on these kids, and the mother decided to adopt out the dog rather than train him. He went to a hunter, who promptly stuck him in a cage for 5 years. He was let out once a day for about five minutes, to do his daily pee & poop session. Incredibly, he is a very clean-minded dog (more so than the French hunter, who has a perfectly good fenced-in garden) and he tried his very best not to soil his cage. When I first saw him (and let him out), he shot over to the nearest tree to pee and then to the farthest corner of the garden in order to poop. Despite these intervening years, he still is 'housetrained'. He is now up for adoption to a GOOD family, who would give him the love and care that he so richly deserves. This Artesian Basset is affectionate, kind, and adores people, ready to be happy once again. He gets along with other male hunting dogs (I won't vouch for, say, male German Shepherds, mainly because of them). He is healthy and has his doggie French passport. An Artesian Basset (see Wikipedia) is a so-called rare breed. They look like bassets (see photo), but have straight legs and are higher from the ground than the turned-out footed, very heavy Bassets.
