Palo, I had to laugh when you were describing your early morning walk with Lulu, and how Lulu did not really want to walk, but prefered to lay down and observe her street...I remember reading once, this little story that a man told about his basset...
He said, that every day, when he took his basset for a walk, about 1/2 through the walk, his dog got tired, and lay down on the sidewalk, refused to move, and went to sleep for about 15 minutes, before he woke up again, and finished off his walk....
Now the neighbors all got a kick out of this scene, being played out every day...the man did not have the heart to wake his basset up, so he just let him sleep until he woke up...the neighbors would come out and chat with the man, while he was waiting on his dog...eventually the dog woke up, everyone pet him, and he and his man continued on their way
Personally, I think that basset was very clever...he got his walk, got a nap, got extra attention from the neighbors, and was actually the hit of the neighborhood...pretty smart dog...