- Name: Bertie and Daisy
- Age: Bertie 8 years and Daisy 5 years
- Sex: Male and Female
- Location: Somerset
5th May 2025
We are so very pleased to announce that Bertie and Daisy have been in their forever home for the last week.
We have had early reports that they have settled in really well, are being total love bugs and are enjoying exploring their new surroundings.
They spent their first evening happily up on the sofa demanding a share of the human’s celebratory curry!
Huge thank you to their foster family for waiting so patiently for them to arrive in the UK as arranged by their surrendering family and loving them so very much for the months they spent with them.
Thank you also to everyone who supported and donated to Bertie and Daisy, they are a wonderful pair and we are sure they are going to have the most amazing life
Congratulations!
6th April 2024
Daisy and Bertie are looking for their forever home.
You may remember that they joined the BRNGB family after being re-patriated to the UK just before Christmas 2024.
Bertie has the whiter face and is 8 years old, Daisy is just nearing 6 years old.
This pair are quite bonded and in the early days of being in foster they relied on each other for comfort. Although they do have their sibling spats every now and then and are chalk and cheese in their personalities.
They are currently in foster with 2 beagles and 2 cats and get on well with all.
Their current diet consists of 2 meals a day which are raw meat with fruit and vegetables. Daisy does not have chicken or grain as this has caused her to suffer with a skin rash. As soon as chicken and grain was removed from her diet the rash disappeared and hasn’t returned. Bertie will eat everything and anything!
Both eat very well, although Daisy is a piglet and will try to bully Bertie away from his food so she gets seconds. It is highly recommended that they are fed separately.
Daisy can be bulshy and will growl if she thinks another hound has something and she’s missing out, although she has not done this to any human. We recommend that any long lasting chew or meals are given separately to ensure there is no reason for Daisy to be worried or barge in to try to steal.
Daisy’s favourite treat is doggy peanut butter off a spoon!
On a night-time you will find these two cuddled up together, during the day Daisy is quite happy to be the queen of the sofa and snooze away, Bertie will also squeeze himself on the sofa for a day time nap. Bertie would probably rather sleep with his humans than the hounds, but he settles nicely with Daisy and we don’t think he would do very well being separated at night from her.
Both are quite happy to go up and down stairs and will happily get themselves up and down from the sofa as well as in and out of the car, although will use a ramp.
Daisy has been left for up to 4 hours and isn’t destructive and will just plonk herself on the sofa and await your return. Bertie will bark initially when you go out but he settles down and waits for you to come back.
Daisy walks well on lead but can be strong, she will happily pull you along so she can say hello to other dogs and has always been friendly to all she meets. Daisy does not like being walked in a harness, but happily walks in her collar and lead with a halti head collar attached. Daisy can be wary of dark haired men and men with facial hair, once she gets to know them she’s happy to be around them. Bertie also isn’t a fan of his harness so is walked with his collar and lead. He doesn’t pull and isn’t interested or bothered by other dogs. Bertie adores every human he meets who will give him a fuss.
Bertie sometimes needs to be reminded to go outside to toilet especially if the weather is bad. After a few accidents inside in the early days there’s been nothing more.
Daisy is very confident although doesn’t understand hound play too much, she’s more than happy to chew on toys rather than run after them! Bertie is less confident and likes to sit back and watch before deciding if he’s going to join in with the other dogs playing. He seems to prefer human company.
Both have been around children under 14 years old, although Daisy isn’t a fan of loud child noises, shouting, screaming etc. She is also very nervous of loud bangs such as fireworks and will hide away from them. She is also quite wary of anything new coming into the house. Bertie will bark if someone knocks on the door.
Daisy is definitely the lazier and more laid back of the two, once she’s engaged with you she’s happy to interact. Daisy is more independent that Bertie who needs her more than she needs him.
Bertie does worry if he thinks you are going out without him and will happily have a conversation with you. If you talk back to him he’ll carry on “talking” to you.
Bertie has suffered with infections in his ears which have been treated whilst in foster. This will need to be monitored with regular cleaning. He’s a superstar at the vets.
Both have been given a clean bill of health at the vets and no further treatment is required for them.
Both Daisy and Bertie will have their collar, lead, beds, blankets, bowls, treats, food and toys when they are adopted.
Daisy although loves going out and going everywhere with humans, she is definitely more of a Netflix and chill, sofa bum kinda hound!
Bertie is more of a worrier. He’s had bouts of illness during foster caused by his ear infections, but he’s always remained a very loving hound to his humans. He definitely looks to Daisy for comfort and reassurance and adores being around people.
Bertie and Daisy’s needs
- Someone who is home most of the time and is willing to continue reassuring Bertie that he’s not being left
- Someone who will be home most of the time in the early weeks to help them settle in
- No children under the age of 12 due to Daisy’s fear of loud noises. Any children need to bedog savvy
- Can live with small furries with careful introductions.
- Can live with other resident dogs
- Someone who will continue with Daisy’s training whilst walking
- Someone who has the space to feed Daisy away from other dogs
- Someone who is willing to bow down to the demands of cuddles and belly rubs
Bertie and Daisy’s blog closes at 8pm on Sunday 13th April.
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:
Bertie and Daisy are subject to an adoption fees and a successful home check. If your home check is successful, your family including dogs will need to be able to travel to their foster home to meet them and their foster family.
You will also have a telephone call with a member of the team, plus Bertie and Daisy’s foster family, so that all of their history can be shared with you in person, and that we can be assured that you can fill all of their needs, demands and requirements.
Both come with 5 weeks free insurance via our rehoming partner, Agria.
Bertie and Daisy, as with all of our hounds will have full rescue back up for life.
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**photos and videos can be seen here ** Bertie and Daisy looking for their forever home – Basset Rescue Network of Great Britain
9th February 2025
Sorry for our lack of updates on Bertie and Daisy.
They both had their vet check just before Christmas.
Bertie was suffering badly from a very nasty ear infection. He was initially started off with some drops and also steroids. It was very painful for him and he wasn’t a fan of his ears being touched.
Bertie also has some teeth that needs to be looked at.
Shortly after Bertie started his medication he became very poorly with suspected bloat .A phone call with the vet and they were on standby to get Bertie into the vets. His wonderful foster family got him into the vets to be checked over. Thankfully the vet deemed there was no bloat, his stomach and heart were fine and all they could pin point was the medication Bertie was taking for his ears made him incredibly poorly. That and the fact that his ear infection was probably effecting his balance and making him very discombobulated and sick.
Bertie continued to suffer badly with his ears so early in the new year he was back at the vets to be knocked out so they could take a swab and flush his ears out. They were so painful no one could get near him even with sedation so we decided this was the best plan of action for him. Once the bacteria was pinpointed further drops, steroids and pain medication was prescribed.
His ears are no well on the way to recovery.
Daisy, apart from needing to lose a couple of KG’s and having cherry eye as we suspected was deemed to be in good health.
Daisy loves her walks although is a bit of a steam train but is learnings some commands. She loves meeting people and their dogs. Her absolute favourite however is a sofa snuggle with any human going.
Daisy is NOT a fan of fireworks and spent New Years Even snuggled under the table on the nearest human’s feet.
They are both in foster together with a pair of Beagles, who they love playing and walking with.
All in all they are both doing really well and continue to be assessed.
If you would like to donate to Bertie and Daisy’s care the link to do so is below, please do include Gift Aid as this allows us to collect more money from your donation
Further photos of Bertie and Daisy can be found here Update on Bertie and Daisy – Basset Rescue Network of Great Britain
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15th December 2024
Bertie and Daisy joined the BRNGB family yesterday. Bertie has the whiter face and is 8 years old, Daisy is 5 years old.
Both are under assessment and are not ready to be adopted, any enquiries regarding them will go unanswered.
Their lives have been an adventure. They are UK born and bred bassets who moved overseas to live out the rest of their lives with their owners a few years back; sadly the dream had to come to an abrupt end and they were repatriated to the UK with their owners recently.
Since being back in the UK they were surrendered to BRNGB and they made their journey to foster yesterday.
Daisy believes she is a lap dog whilst Bertie is a bit of a shadow at the moment, but they have settled in really well.
They have Beagle foster siblings and have already enjoyed making a lovely choir singing the song of their breed!
Daisy does have cherry eye which we will be looking into and they will of course get their full vet check up shortly.
We knew a few months back that Bertie and Daisy would be coming back to the UK with their owners and then into our care, so please give them a big BRNGB welcome, probably the last one of this year; hounds 675 and 676 to finish off 2024.
Due to their travels they didn’t have anything so we have made a wish list for them which is below. If you would rather donate to their care the link for that is also below.
Thank you as always to their transport team and all of you welcoming them to their new life
Further photos can be found here Please welcome Bertie and Daisy – Basset Rescue Network of Great Britain