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23. I read about a woman that had her Bassett trained and competing in obedience trials.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #8)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 07:50 AM

Oct 2012

Her Bassett was doing real well until one day when performing a retrieve exercise one of the dog's large, floppy ears got caught in her mouth along with the object she was retrieving. The crowd roared with laughter and delight.

The writer said from that day on her dog was ruined for obedience trials. Every time she did the retrieve exercise her Bassett's ear would "accidentally" get caught in it's mouth and the dog would look to the audience and wait for the laughs!

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