- Name – Beryl
- Age – 8 months
- Sex – Female
- Location – Kent
25th June 2026
So many applications for Beryl, and we mean so, so, many. We are working through them all and will contact everyone in due course, sadly there’s only one Beryl so we are considering every application carefully.
13th June 2026
Hold tight, grab a basset, Beryl is looking for her forever home and we just know she’s going to be popular.
Before we deep dive into Beryl’s needs and requirements for her forever, please note Beryl has not been spayed and she will be adopted under a neuter agreement. BRNGB will be financially responsible for the spaying. BRNGB will also be involved, with Beryl’s forever family and vet as to when this should be completed. Please consider this when completing your Application.
So Beryl, who will be a year old in August has been such a wonderful star in foster, so don’t just look at her adorable face, have a read of her full page and consider if you are a match to her needs.
Beryl is currently in foster with two resident dogs and gets on well with both.
She is currently fed raw mince dog food which has seemed to settle her very windy bum when she arrived and she has really thrived on the food. Salmon and chicken are avoided for Beryl. She loves a rabbit ear or similar natural dog treat, although she’s not picky! She will try to share other dogs food so is fed separately.
She’s happy to snooze on a dog bed, but the sofa is the bestest spot to snooze and cuddle! She can get up on the sofa but slides herself off once she’s done. Getting up and down stairs is a challenge, she’s just not too sure about them.
Sleeping at night can also be a challenge. Beryl likes to be near her humans and she can be quite unsettled at night unless a human is with her (note comment above about stairs) so sleeping arrangements need to be considered and/or a family who are prepared to put in the time to continue helping Beryl overcome this.
Beryl can be left for short periods of time when her foster family go out, however she does suffer from “fear of missing out” and likes to be near you and involved when you are home. You go upstairs she will cry until you come back down to her, yet she’s happy to blank you and go off into the garden on her own to sunbathe!
Out walking is a typical basset mooch, everything, and we mean everything needs to be sniffed, processed and considered before she moves on. You’ve got to remember she’s still a young pup and a lot of things are new and need good consideration.
She loves meeting everyone and everything and has not come across any living thing that she didn’t like! She’s happy in the car and travels well. Any children she meets when out and about she will lay on her back waiting for a belly rub.
She is clean in the house, unless something upsets her and she may do a little sad wee. She will indicate when she needs to go out by going to the door and looking. She has not been destructive at all while in foster.
Beryl is a confident, playful girl, she’s not submissive and if another dog goes near her food, well it’s an “all noise punch-up”, the way only bassets can. She loves a game of tug of war or chasing a ball; give her an empty plastic bottle and she’ll love you forever!
Here’s what her foster family have to say:
What to say about Beryl, we feel extremely privileged to have been a part of her journey, she is the sweetest calmest (90% of the time) little potato we have met. She has never met a person or dog she doesn’t like or who doesn’t like her back!
She is confident and calm considering her age, not destructive and nothing really fazes her. She loves people and likes to be with you although doesn’t need to be on top of you (unlike Olive!) she likes to sniff and explore, isn’t a fan of having her lead put on will hide and look sad but lets you do it if you roll her around (hence we call her sweet little potato!!) and loves it when she is out. We have taken her out on her own to see how she was and she travelled well in the car and wasn’t at all worried about being on her own and took it all in her stride.
She is now 23 kg (weighed today at home, she is heavy to hold!!) and she is in good shape so think the food is the right amount, she is a big girl and she would eat the other dogs food, so needs watching and fed separately from any resident dog! It’s really the only behaviour that needs managing as she does like to steal food but does not want hers taken hence it can cause arguments.
She is curious and will sit back and watch and decide if she wants to do something, typical basset!
She would be great with another dog, either one that’s confident and can keep her in her place, although she may argue for dominance (girls!!) so would need to be carefully thought about; or one that will just let her be boss which may be beneficial. Alternatively, we actually think she would be happy on her own as well, as long as she has constant human company, but would love her to be able to spend time with others dogs regularly as she loves to play, she loves basset tough and tumble. She loves humans, is great on days out and also great with kids.
We think if on her own it may be more of a challenge to get her to sleep on her own as she can be inconsolable when she wants to be with you, but only at bed time. She is fine being left the rest of the time. So perhaps somebody that will either work hard with that or let her sleep in their room.
She is smart so needs stimulation and could easily become lazy if not walked or just enough. Suspect before coming to us she wasn’t waking a lot as she isn’t the most keen, but she has improved her fitness and loves charging round the field.
She is magical and if we didn’t already have 2 and want to foster again she would be staying, although we also laughed about the fact she is probably too normal for our house!!
Beryl’s vaccinations and kennel cough are not due until September 2026, and she has been fully signed off by the vet.
So are you a match for Beryl?
Beryl’s needs
- A resident friendly, happy dog OR a family who will be around to entertain Beryl most of the time
- We believe Beryl can live with dog savvy small animals with careful introductions
- Dog savvy Children over the age of 5 (if you’re brave enough to have a young family and a puppy!)
- Someone who is home a lot of the time to help Beryl settle in
- Not to be left for more than 4 hours at a time, and in the early days to build up to this gently
- A family who will involve Beryl in all their fun activities
- A family who are happy for Beryl to be on the sofa, the chair and possibly their bed
- A family who will continue to work with Beryl’s night-time sleeping arrangements
- A family who are happy for us to be in contact directly with their vet regarding Beryl’s spaying when the time is right for her
- Beryl’s adoption fee is £425.00
- Applications close at 8pm on Saturday 20th June 2026
Taking on a rescue dog is not the easy option. You need to be prepared to help a confused and troubled hound find their place in your family. They have been through a massive upheaval and will need time to settle into a new way of life, so please consider this BEFORE you fill in an application.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
- Beryl is subject to an adoption fee of £425.00 and a successful home check. If your home check is successful, your family including all dogs will need to be able to travel to her foster home to meet Beryl and her foster family.
- You will also have a telephone call with a member of the team, plus Beryl’s foster family, so that all of her history can be shared with you in person, and that we can be assured that you can fill all of her needs, demands and requirements.
- Beryl comes with 5 weeks free insurance via our rehoming partner, Agria.
- Beryl, as with all of our hounds will have full rescue back up for life
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29th May 2026
Coffee for Bassets isn’t just for Hounds gone by, it’s for our current Hounds too, so here’s a lovely update from Beryl’s foster family. But before that……………
Of course a rescue wouldn’t be a rescue without a Bank Holiday emergency vet visit, and of course it had to be baby Beryl last Sunday.
Beryl was acting off and really wasn’t herself. She wasn’t stuck to her foster mum, something on her back or bottom was annoying her, she kept flipping around, jumping, was really unsettled and had zero interest in food. This went on for a few hours, and we all thought it was in Beryl’s best interest to get checked over.
Off she went to an emergency vet, and there she sat watching another dog get reunited with it’s missing family; a family trying to get the vet to revive a bat which had already passed….oh and vomited all over the reception floor.
When it got to Beryl’s turn, she turned on the charm, everyone fell in love with her. A good check over was completed, an anti sickness injection was given and off she went home…..to get up the next day right as rain!
We are grateful to have the funds to be able to get whatever our hounds need when they need it. Funds are depleting, but if it’s needed we know we will all find a way to get what is needed.
So the update!
Beryl has done so well and is really starting to show her personality. She’s sleeping really well now and I think if Peanut didn’t get up at the crack of dawn she and olive would stay asleep! She absolutely loves everyone who comes into the house and greets visitors calmly but is always super pleased to see them, no barking, no jumping,
it’s really impacted my 2 and they are much calmer too which is great! She’s also doing amazingly being left alone, no accidents unless she gets really over excited and she does that girl puddle of wee thing! She still doesn’t always ask to go out we are making sure we let her out regularly, having said that when left no accidents and none at night. Still trying with the bells, but usually to many tails and excited dogs means they are getting rung anyway
Beryl loves to play and loves the freedom fields she can plod or have a good old charge or chase a ball. She’s also great in the car and travels with no issues at all, she is now also waiting to be helped out rather than trying to jump out as soon as the door opens.
Food, however, is a serious business!! She gets very over excited at meal times and needs reminding to sit and calm down before eating. She’s also convinced that every other dog’s food belongs to her too, so supervision is definitely needed unless someone wants their dinner stolen in what is usually a sneak attack with no sorry after!!! She literally does not care!! Not helped by Olive refusing to eat unless she can tell Beryl off first!!! So dinner time is a pantomime!
Walks are still not her favourite thing, the moment the lead comes out she mysteriously disappears or hides, and once outside she’s not overly enthusiastic about actually moving forward!! It all has to be at her speed or she just lays down!! But if you can get her going she is great not worried about traffic, other dogs or when she sees cats (unlike Peanut who thinks he is hunt master!!!)
Overall she is amazing, I think she would love a basset or other dog companion, one that she can either boss and feel content being top dog or one that will keep her in her place as she is confident and but I think without that distraction could be quite needy. She also loves to rough and tumble play, foster dad says he thinks ok in her own if family around to use her energy up and keep her brain occupied and give her cuddles.
3rd May 2026
Please welcome the delightful 8 month old Beryl into the BRNGB family.
Beryl arrived yesterday and is under assessment, please do not make enquiries regarding her adoption, she is not ready to be adopted and enquiries will go unanswered.
Now when we say she is delightful, we really mean she is. She’s was a dream on her transport run, settling down and loving all she met, and walked into her foster home as if she was supposed to be there. Very polite, very playful and overjoyed to have a basset to charge around with and play.
A true testament to her original family who have put in so much work, love and care, we know they are saddened to see Beryl leave, but sometimes things change and it’s for the best for all.
Beryl is a big girl, not fat, just big, which makes counter surfing all the easier! She’s been sharing chews with the resident dogs and slept well last night with foster mum camped out on the sofa.
Beryl is used to having a doggy door, so she’s a little confused about the lack of one and has a couple of teeny accidents over night, but that’s to be expected, it’s a new home and new environment so it’s no big deal.
We have added a wish list for Beryl and we’ve included some door “cow bells” so she gets used to indicating when she needs to go out.
A new harness, collar and lead has also been added, Beryl does have her own, but it won’t be long until she’s grown out of these so the next size up would be good to have ready for her.
Beryl will be having her vet check in the coming days, and will also need to be spayed before she’s ready to find her forever home.
If you would like to donate to Beryl’s care the link to do so is below; or you can buy a ticket for this months raffle to be in with the chance of winning £150.00 plus worth of fish treats donated by one of our adopters and fosters. The link is also below.
Welcome Beryl, you really are showing yourself to be a lovely girl.
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