Heh heh. Maybe your Bassett Hound has a direct feed to the Other Side? Is the scrying ball at eye level for the first time?

My cats go completely nuts when I take out a pendulum. I could understand it if they swatted at it as it swung, but they have to lie down under it and chew on it! And, of course, tarot cards' meanings must be absorbed through the side of a cat's body . . .