Dixie

Dixie is a spayed female "lemon" (white with tan patches) basset hound. She came to live with us, along with her roommates Annie and Grace, courtesy of the Washington Basset Rescue http://www.wabr.net     .  We do not know much about here except that she is in excess of 7 years old by vet estimates. She came into rescue found roaming the roads, heavy with pup, which she happily delivered the same night she was rescued. Giving birth to cross, basset-retriever or lab, puppies. They apparently had the physical characteristics of the retriever-lab and the legs of the basset. She had been identified as an escape artist and has proven to this day that she is not just an escape artist, she instigates and gets followers and no small escape possibility passes without her knowledge. She has adapted well to Thailand and has earned the nickname Bpoo (pronounced Boo), the Thai word for Crab. She loves nothing more than excavating palai beach sand in search of crabs. She is very efficient, and requires human intervention, lest she actually catch the poor crab who has just had their hiding space torn open to the bright sunshine. She has managed one incident of the crab deciding to latch onto that great basset jowl for dear life. She simply flips her head, tossing it to the water and she plunges back in scuba style to try and catch it again. Her favorite things are crab hunting, sleeping and being petted or touched.  She is the guard dog, noticing things and barking at people, whether she knows them or not. Information and photo's about Dixie's adoption can be found by following this link, http://www.wabr.net/rescue/happyhomes2009/dixie/dixie.htm

Dixie searching for crabs on Palai beach, in Phuket