- Name: Cassie
- Age: 10
- Sex: Female
- Location: Surrey
8th November 2025
Lovely lady is looking for her forever home.
Cassie is in foster with 2 other bassets, and she’s happy to be around them and have a play.
Cassie has met children of all ages and is happy to be around them, as long as they are not pulling her around, no one likes that right?
Cassie has always lived with other dogs, so a resident, calm, but happy to have a little play dog would be perfect for her. With another dog around, Cassie is happy to be left for a few hous.
Cassie enjoys her walks and walks well on the lead, she can be a little shy around new people and dogs, but soon gets over this in her own time.
Cassis is fully house trained and will scratch at the door when it’s time to go outside, and needs to be reminded to go out on a night-time. She has a bladder of an elephant and needs to be reminded to go and have a wee.
She loves toys and will guard them a little, however when she gets really excited about you returning she will grab a toy and bring it to you.
Cassie will try and chase cats when outside and certainly doesn’t like squirrels, so no small furies in her new home.
Cassie is happy to visit the vet, and travels really well in the boot of the car.
Cassie is not on any medication except for Yumove and salmon oil. It should be noted that Cassis cannot take metacam or loxicom.
Cassie has suffered with a urine infection when in foster, however she has been signed off by the vet now.
To assist Cassie and to keep on top of her urine issue she has been fed Royal Canine Urinary S/O Dry Kibble. We would recommend this is continued and this is also soaked. A low protein diet assists dogs with a history of urine infections, Royal Canine also does a wet food which Cassie could also have.
Cassie had 16 teeth removed during her dental when in foster, and recovered really quickly.
Here’s what her foster dad has to say:-
Cassie came to us very withdrawn and confused by the sudden change. While she settled well and with no issues it’s taken a while for her true nature to start coming through. But what is starting to emerge is a grand dame of a Basset.
She can be playful, but also aloof, a little shy meeting anyone, but enthusiastic and joyful when she’s gotten to know you.
She’s happily stolen my chair (because she’s clearly in charge), attempted to be a lap basset, chased cats and squirrels, and generally been truly Basset-like.
She’s a joy at home, happily barks at the doorbell, or grumbles at the cheeky squirrel on the fence. She loves a snuffle around the garden and will soon find a favourite spot for summer sunbathing.
When she’s out she loves a sniff as much as the next hound, and occasionally struggles with recall. Or she’ll be running off to see her favoured hoomans and hounds.
She’s a little stiff in the back legs but otherswise barely showing her 11 years. She’s good on the lead and generally good around roads (squirrels or favoured hoomans aside).
She does suffer from separation anxiety, but has been fine as long as one of my other hounds are also home. She came to us after losing her companion dog and struggling being left alone for work. She can be left for several hours and seems fine. If you’re lucky you’ll get the happy dance when you get home.
Feeding is fine, she eats with my other two and happily ‘does the rounds’ after, waiting her turn politely. She’s also fine waiting for treats with no grabbing.
All in all she reminds me of a cross between Dolly Parton, a blond bombshell who knows her own mind, has a distinctive voice and the hugest heart, mix that with a touch of Maggie Smith, a little stern if you steal her chair or she’s not getting enough love but underneath a softie.
She bonded quickly with my female dogsitter, and having had a mum before I think she’d prefer a mum now, she definitely needs a companion dog, someone with a little play in them but not too much, she is a lady after all.
She’s never shown any fear meeting anyone and seems quite comfortable with kids but she does like to take things at her own pace.
Cassie’s needs
- No small furries
- Dog savvy children over the age of 5
- Someone who is home a lot of the time to help Cassie settle in
- Preferably a female in the home
- A resident hound who will be happy to cuddle and have a little play
- Not to be left for more than 4 hours at a time, and in the early days to build up to this gently
- Someone who will continue with Cassie’s dietary needs
- Cassie’s adoption fee is £230.00
- Applications close at 8pm on Saturday 15th November 2025
- You must be available to have a home check and a meet and greet before 3rd December 2025
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:
- Cassie is subject to an adoption fee of £230.00 and a successful home check. If your home check is successful, your family including all dogs will need to be able to travel to their foster home to meet Cassie and her foster family.
- You will also have a telephone call with a member of the team, plus Cassie’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.
- Cassie comes with 5 weeks free insurance via our rehoming partner, Agria.
- Cassie as with all of our hounds will have full rescue back up for life
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22nd June 2025
Cassie has been back to the vets to see how she is doing battling the urine infections. This is what the vet has said
Her, urine, pulled straight from the bladder: pH was good, still some blood and reactive cells but no sign of bacteria. Concentration was fine but he would expect it to be slightly better given her urinary diet. On the good side no lumps, no stones but vet said the bladder was quite thick walled though, and ‘ragged’. He also said it looked small but when she first arrived I think she didn’t know she could go out in the evening and her morning pees where biblical. He suspects it’s a deep seated bacterial infection, both bacteria they found on the tests respond to this antibiotic, so we’re upping the dose and giving it another week. The urine in the bladder itself did light up a bit under the scan.
So another week of antibiotics for the little lady.
All in all she’s doing well, although she is now off the pain killer for her mobility as this was causing issues with her stomach. We have ordered her some YouMove and some Salmon Oil to see if that will help her. As both of these are fairly pricey we didn’t feel it was fair asking for these ona wishlist. However if you would like to donate towards the cost of these, please do. Cassie didn’t have a wishlist when she arrived.
Thank you as always for your support, hopefully this last round of antibiotics will do what they need to do.
15th June 2025
Cassie is proving to be a very good foster sister. Her BRNGB resident sister was a the vets for a while this week and she happily kept her BRNGB resident brother company when her foster dad was out.
She is getting on well with the resident hounds, although she acts like they are in her house not the otherway around!
Cassie is battling a UTI at the moment and is on a second round of antibiotcs.
Cassie even had her own press release the other day! Such a clever girl.
“I would like to thank all my adoring fans for their support and gifts over the last week. It’s been a confusing and sad week without my mum for the first time in over a decade and I miss her terribly. But this place isn’t too bad and I’m starting to look forward to each day and the smells it contains.
The hounds here are fine, the old boy is very respectful, but so slow! honestly! and they had the audacity to call me slow! I have a graceful trot and a beautiful run I’ll have you know! The young girl is just madly in love with the hooman. A bit jealous frankly, but it’s been fine as I needed a little alone time this week to process everything.
The temporary hooman is acceptable. He doesn’t seem all that bright but you can see his heart is in the right place. I do feel sorry for the two that live with him though, he is pretty slow on the uptake. He does have an acceptable range of treats but he could be a bit more generous. Anyone would think I was on a diet! Ridiculous of course as I’m perfect in every way. Beside which, I’ve already lost weight! all the stress of the move, you know how it is, you just don’t have the time to eat sometimes, all that organising. But I’ll get him fully trained before I leave. He does provide an acceptable manicure which I graciously accepted without too much protest.
The local gang have accepted me as one of their own, they were a little star struck at first but they soon came round, everyone has been very kind and some have done a really impressive job of training their hoomans, treats on command! Just my luck to get stuck with this lump.
Thanks again to my lovely fans, hound and hooman,
It’s been a trying week but rest assured your Cassie Basset, and my new duckie, will be on top of the world soon enough
xxx