Best Stallion (Hound)

Karen Myers, the official Basset Ring photographer, captured the first moment of me and Alec’s courtship. As the shutter of her camera flashed open then closed, I had been standing on the outer edge of the ring, showing my basset Rowboat in the stallion hound class, when Alec approached. Pleased at each other’s company, we stared down at my hound, smiling to ourselves to avoid blatant flirting. This second of happiness, upon its publication on the photographer’s website, was captioned “Competing for Best Stallion.” We all know she was not referring to Rowboat, but, rather, to Alec, my handsome stallion.