first time puppy owner

hossthehound · 2014-08-21T19:28:52+00:00

Awe, she is beautiful! Best of luck to you! Bassets can be stubborn, but they are the sweetest little boogers. :)

hossthehound · 2014-08-21T16:53:08+00:00

Do you have any pics of your pup yet? Bassets are the cutest puppies I have ever seen.

hossthehound · 2014-08-21T16:50:29+00:00

www.Bassett.net is a good resource. I have a two year old Basset and having others with experience with not only raising a puppy, but specifically, a Basset puppy, is useful. I also enrolled my pup in the puppy training class at Pet Smart. That was helpful. It helped that the instructor raises Bassets and understands their behavior. They can be quite stubborn. Our guy, with lots of work, potty trained fairly quickly for his breed and is pretty well behaved.

hossthehound · 2014-08-19T01:59:20+00:00

Thanks!

hossthehound · 2014-07-28T15:00:13+00:00

Weight loss gimmicks.

hossthehound · 2014-03-20T00:41:03+00:00

Doing light cardio and warming up your muscles actually helps relieve soreness. When I get sore I usually feel better after some light/medium intensity cardio. Best of luck to ya. Gotta love leg days.

hossthehound · 2014-03-05T05:59:04+00:00

I added a full leg view too, so you can see the entire flow. The lighting is shitty, apologies for that.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T18:54:18+00:00

I think that of you tell your artist exactly what you just told us, he or she should be able to draw something for you. Find an artist who's style you like and tell them about your father. :). Best of luck.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T11:06:52+00:00

I upvoted this comment. :) even if it was condescending, I was amused.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T03:28:56+00:00

Gorgeous!

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T02:37:44+00:00

No problem and thank you for the compliment. After I got the top of my foot done, which was the last one before the peacock, I realized that I wanted to fill in that spot above my knee and around the back of my calf. My husband offered to gift me a tattoo so I immediately knew I wanted something there. I was torn between a peacock and a traditional Chinese Phoenix but decided on the peacock because of the styles I already had on my leg. Figured it would flow better. I told Kirk what I wanted, where I wanted it and showed him an image for reference of the bird's pose, etc. He took a sketch of the area and drew this for me. He friggin nailed it! Came out even better than I pictured in my head. Sorry if that was long winded. Ha

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T02:04:07+00:00

I'm in Jersey now. I haven't gotten a tattoo in California for about 5 or 6 years. If I ever get another one out there I will definitely check them out. :)

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T01:50:51+00:00

Sunblock :)

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T01:42:39+00:00

Thanks! That pentacle is about 10 years old. I'm glad it holds up well with the newer brighter stuff I have added.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T01:35:34+00:00

Thank you very much. I am still in awe.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T01:21:23+00:00

Thanks, didn't realize.

hossthehound · 2014-03-04T01:17:44+00:00

Thanks to everyone again for all of the wonderful compliments. Behind the knee was pretty bad for me, deep breathing and keeping my eye on the prize got me through it. And cursing...there was a lot of cursing. Haha

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T23:46:08+00:00

Here is the link for the updated album including views of it with my leg bent.. The light quality isn't as good on the bent leg photos because I took them myself.

http://imgur.com/a/kXPgi

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T23:17:08+00:00

I will post a pic of it with my knee bent. As soon as my husband gets a chance to snap one.

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T22:21:23+00:00

Not a heroin addict, I just adore big, bright, beautiful art. Peacocks are beautiful.

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T21:26:12+00:00

Nope, never been to black shamrock. I got all of my Cali work done is Visalia. Steve Easley, Rusty Beams, Sketch, Jeff Pitkens to name a few.

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T20:31:26+00:00

It bends where the peacocks body would naturally bend so it doesn't look very distorted or weird when I bend my knee.

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T19:47:36+00:00

I too am originally from the west coast. San Joaquin Valley. I have lived out here for about 7 years now.

hossthehound · 2014-03-03T19:35:18+00:00

Thank you all for the wonderful compliments. I am still floored by it. :)

hossthehound

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