Fred Basset by Alex Graham for March 10, 2022

it is no shame to run Fred, but why put yourself in these positions in the first place…

It seems that wherever you and the lads go to stroll, the Grosvenor gang shows up. Pests! Mean pests, but still. Nothing wrong in a strategic retreat.

The Grosvenor gang loves to pick on anything smaller than they are. Wonder what would happen if they ran into dogs bigger and meaner than they are.

Strategic retreat……

So what was behind the fence?

Advance to the rear !

When I was a kid, we had a basset hound — she was half English and half American basset — so larger than an American and longer-legged than an English. Bettsie would have never run from a fight like that. She wasn’t a bully, she would mother any smaller dog she came across and was friendly to dogs her own size. On the other hand, she would eagerly take on dogs larger than her — a German Shepherd attacked her when she was a puppy and she took that to mean that your best defense was a solid offense. I can’t say that I ever saw her actually get into a fight — longer-legged Bassett, or not, she couldn’t catch them when they got out of Dodge.

discretion is the better part of valor, Fred!

That’s it. Cut right to the, er…chase!

Follow me, I’m right behind ya!