A few years ago, I enrolled my charming but naughty Penelope in an obedience puppy class. The instructor said “oh, gosh. I usually don’t take Basset Hounds in the group classes, Bassets and Beagles notoriously don’t listen and it takes an act of God to train them”. This is true. Bassets are very difficult to train, socializing your puppy should be no problem at all. If you have gotten you basset hound puppy from a reputable breeder the puppy should already be well socializ