--- title: Video: Basset Hound Plays, Dances With Toddler description: Actress Amy Bruni shares a video of her daughter, Charlotte, romping around with her basset hound canonical: https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-10T20:27:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:06.591Z og:title: Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party og:description: Special shout-out to the toddler for pulling off pink Crocs og:url: https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4568f3d093bf69a0/6986a2af3bc999137f1a53b0/screen-shot-2014-09-10-at-4-05-01-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-10 at 4.05.01 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party twitter:description: Special shout-out to the toddler for pulling off pink Crocs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4568f3d093bf69a0/6986a2af3bc999137f1a53b0/screen-shot-2014-09-10-at-4-05-01-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 10, 2014 8:27 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 10, 2014 8:27 PM UTC Actress Amy Bruni, known for her role as an investigator on Syfy’s _Ghost Hunters_, has been kind enough to share a cute video of her daughter, Charlotte, romping around with her best canine pal. The pooch’s name is Zoe and she’s a rescue Basset Hound. She’s also — as you can clearly see — a pretty phenomenal dancer. **MORE:** [Little Dog in Giant Spider Costume Freaks People Out in the Perfect Prank](http://time.com/3310128/spider-dog-prank-video/) **MORE:** [Genius Dog Learns to Walk Upright After Breaking Her Front Legs](http://time.com/3311772/dog-learns-to-walk-upright-after-breaking-front-legs/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/"},"headline":"Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party","datePublished":"2014-09-10T20:27:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:06.591Z","description":"Special shout-out to the toddler for pulling off pink Crocs","url":"https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","viral","kids","Toddlers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4568f3d093bf69a0/6986a2af3bc999137f1a53b0/screen-shot-2014-09-10-at-4-05-01-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4568f3d093bf69a0/6986a2af3bc999137f1a53b0/screen-shot-2014-09-10-at-4-05-01-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-10 at 4.05.01 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3319160/toddler-basset-hound-dancing-video/","name":"Just a Toddler and a Basset Hound Having a Spirited Outdoor Dance Party"}}]}] ```