I recently moved away from my 12 year old Bassett hound and am missing him. I am use to walking him often due to his age and given the small leg strides, let's just say I have a ton of patience :) I love dogs but am not in a place to own one quite yet. I'm secretly hoping that having furry ones around with convince my fiancé that we should get one. Please help a girl out with this initiative :) I hope I get the opportunity to share the love and help out other dog owners. I live in a quiet neighborhood and am able to easily walk dogs to the park and let them mingle with other neighbor dogs if they wish.