Either you get him or I'll come for a visit and get him. I really do love bassets. They really are great dogs. What an idiot for an owner. I do feel your pain. Try living in the middle of the good ole boy redneck Bible thumping south! Of course they do no wrong...Makes me want to choke the spit out of them.
Fundemental - I didn't realize you were new here. Welcome! And please do post some pics. We would love to see them. And yes, a livestock killing dog is not the same as a housepet gone for a few seconds. The dog harrassing us is a hunting breed and is only doing what he's bred to do. Same reason my danes aren't allowed into the goat pens or in with the chickens. And under the law, a livestock killing dog dies. Period. It's the reason I haven't called the animal control people. Personally, I think the owner should be the one who gets beaten....or starved...or something equally as heinous. And if her dog tears up one more pen, I'm going to be the one to do it to her. This is Alabama after all...there LOTS of places to hide a body.