Basset Hound

If you need a laid back and even tempered dog, you might be looking for a Basset Hound! This pet is great for both experience and inexperienced do owners. The Basset Hound loves to be with children and likes to socialize a lot, especially with other household pets. This is naturally a cheerful peace loving dog.

This is a natural clown, and walks with calmness and dignity. It is also amiable, polite, and calm. It has a funny sense of humor and a wonderful companion for family and other pets. This dog is also affable and polite with new people around.

The Basset Hound is naturally responsive with people and is good at learning new things. This pet has the tendency to gain on weight and can be lazing around most times, so it needs exercising otherwise it will become overweight in due time! This pet has some stubborn streak, as it loves to eat a lot, and steals food during its travels. This dog even though it is difficult to house break can be taught about the right attitude.

Trainers usually find a Basset Hound easy to train, as it is naturally affable, and cheerful by nature. It loves to learn new things. The downside of a Basset Hound is it’s too much friendliness to strangers, making it more than pet rather than an effective watchdog. The good thing about the Basset Hound is its instinctive quality of being a hunter; it can hunt rodents out of the house.

The built of a Basset Hound is like th Dachshund and the head is like the Bloodhound. It carries a doleful relaxed expression on its face. This is naturally sturdy, compact, low bodied, with large feet and trailing ears! It wears its coat short, sleek, hard. It has colorings like white and tan, red and white and sometimes black, white and tan. This dog weighs as much as forty (40) and eighty (80) pounds, and it can grow as much as eleven (11) and fifteen (15) inches.

Sprucing Up A Basset Hound

You need to brush, comb, and wipe down its coat occasionally to have a well conditioned and glossy look. It is good to have its long drooping ears cleaned regularly to avoid undue infections. This dog may need bathing when necessary. It is also good to check its eyes and feet, and have it cleaned whenever necessary for hygienic purposes.

Health, Lifespan And Lineage

The lifespan of a Basset Hound is ten (10) to twelve (12) years. It has several issues of health like ear infections, thyroid problems, vWD, glaucoma, bleeding disorders, spinal problems, elbow dysplasia, epilepsy, entropion, PRA, ectropion, and luxating patella. The Basset Hound parents carry CERF and OFA certificates.

This breed comes from Great Britain and France. The Basset Hound known existence started in the 16th century. The French name means “low to the ground”; which is Bas, and it is a natural hunter, and trained to sharpen its skills, the hunting instinct remains to this day. In 1885, the breed was registered with the AKC.

Quick Facts

Alias:	Hush Puppy dog	Size:	Medium
Training:	Low	Grooming:	Low
Shedding:	Medium	Exercise:	Daily walk
Energy:	Medium	Protection:	Low, may or may not bark at strangers