Bailey--ADOPTED!!!!

Bailey, Beagle/Basset Hound Cross, Adult, Female

 

10. It always makes me laugh when I hear people say hounds don't bond to people since Bailey is absolutely the proof of how wrong that is.  She has bonded hard to many of us here and us to her.

9. She loves kids, just absolutely LOVES them. 

8. She is hilarious, a total goofball who can put a smile on anyone's face.  She spends a good 20 minutes a day rolling on her back on a dog bed, grunting, tail wagging, and snorting.  Then she looks at you upside down like "why don't you crazy humans do this when you lay down in bed, you know you want to!"

7. She's smart.  Not your typical smart dog in terms of learning tricks but people smart.  Bailey seems to know who needs a laugh, who needs a snuggle and will seek them out to cheer them up.  She is smart to learn things to, especially with food involved.

6. When she chases squirrels around the backyard like a tough dog.  She stalks them, slinks through the grass, and then flies out after them baying.  Once they are gone, she prances around like she just chased off the most evil thing ever and she is so proud of herself.

5. I love her stub tail.  It makes me laugh to see a stub tail on a beagle mix and when she wags she wags her entire butt as fast as she possibly can, throwing her completely off balance most of the time.

4. Bailey is terrific with other dogs.  She loves them all.  I love that her best friends are Chauncey and Jenner.  Bailey has been such a huge part of helping to teach them to become normal dogs.  She loves them and they love her.  Those 3 look like the odd couple running around the yard together but she has brought out the best in Chauncey and Jenner and helped them to shed quite a bit of that shyness. 

3.  Bailey is super friendly.  She thinks it is her job to meet everyone on walks and who doesn't want to meet her?  She is great with every person she meets and they are instantly her friend.  In
about 2 seconds she is on her back looking for a belly rub.  Never in her life has Bailey met a stranger.

2.  She is always, always happy.  I have never seen Bailey have a bad day or even a bad minute. 

1. I love how to her, being deaf is not at all a disability.  She doesn't care one bit that she can't hear and is no different than any other dog.  I can't believe that people pass her over simply because she is deaf.