u/EldritchCupcakes

I’ve loved bassets ever since I first saw them, and I’m now trying to convince my parents to let me get a dog for emotional support (my therapist agrees that it could improve my life, I’m not just trying to get a dog) and I desperately want a floppy eared menace. I’m just not sure if I should because I haven’t owned a dog before. I’ve owned rats (8 in total stretched over multiple years, all dead by now) and that gives me some experience in caring for an animal but I’m still not confident enough about it. Are they a viable dog for me to get and raise properly?