Basset hounds will be all over the neighborhood, following scent trails, and they are too strong to stop with a lead. A friend of mine had a pair of them years ago, and they RAN all over the place, with no regard for property lines. (Of course!) And dug up LOTS of yards and gardens, searching for...what? Basset hound prey, whatever that is.
Well, at least we don’t have to worry about the basset’s attacking a child.
Speaking of pets, as we were getting ready to go to the library, we saw a cat hustling across the street (away from us) with a dead animal in its mouth. It could be that this is the guest predator who left us three dead rabbits. (Only Jake knows for sure, and he said Mao.)