Most people for some reason believe that basset hounds shouldn’t swim. When in fact its quite the contrary. The weather is amazing and instead of lying around the house and doing nothing, take your basset hound out for a swim or a nice game of fetch at the lake. Basset Hounds absolutely love the water. So don’t think for a moment that you should leave your basset at home. Are you going fishing? Take them along. Who knows, they may catch a bigger one than you.