Andrea, yes that would be Scotty&#39;s daddy.  Darcey is so good to the little guy and really does love him and he calls her his step mom so I hope it happens.  We had lots of dogs when I was a kid.  We also had a bassett hound.  His name was Julius Caesar and he was the funniest dog.  He would constantly step on his ears and he would just stand there and howl until we came and lifted his foot up and pulled his ear out.  We eventually had to have him put to sleep.  He started developing tumors and way back then they did not have the treatments that they do now.  The dr. removed a couple of them but as they kept returning and were multiplying, the vet thought it best for Julius, to end it.