Basset Hound
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The Basset Hound is a short-legged breed of dog in the hound family. The Basset is a scent hound that was originally bred for the purpose of hunting hare. Their sense of smell and ability to ground-scent is second only to the Bloodhound.[1]
Basset Hounds are one of six recognized "
Description
Appearance
Bassets are large, short, solid and long, with curved sabre tails held high over their long backs. An adult dog weighs between 20 and 35 kilograms (44 and 77 lb). This breed, relative to its size, is heavier-boned than any other.[2]
This breed, like its ancestor the Bloodhound, has a hanging skin structure, which causes the face to tend to have a sad look; this, for many people, adds to the breed's charm. The loose elastic skin around the neck is known as the dewlap. The Bloodhound has the longest ears of any breed.[3][4]
Coat
The EM allele produces a black mask on the face that may extend up around the eyes and onto the ears. This pattern is most easily seen on mahogany dogs, although any Basset color pattern may express the EM allele, except for "red and white" or "lemon and white" due to e/e.[6]
Temperament
The Basset Hound is a friendly, outgoing, and playful dog, tolerant of children and other pets.[5]
Health
Osteochondrodysplasia
The Basset Hound's short stature is due to the genetic condition osteochondrodysplasia.[7] Osteochondrodysplasia causes stunted growth and impacts movement. Affected dogs develop splayed hind limbs, enlarged joints, flattened rib cages, shortened and bent long bones, and deformed paws.[8]
Life expectancy
Median longevity of Basset Hounds is about 10.3 years in France and 11.3 years in the UK.[9][10] Leading causes of death in the 2004 UK Kennel Club survey were cancer (31%), old age (13%), gastric dilatation volvulus (11%), and cardiac (8%).[9]
Other health issues
Basset Hounds are prone to yeast infections.[11]
Information from veterinary data found the prevalence of glaucoma to be 5.44%, second highest in the study.[12]
The Basset Hound is predisposed to gastric dilatation volvulus.[13] One study found the odds ratio to be 5.9.[14]
The Basset Hound is prone to several skin conditions: allergic skin disease; intertrigo; Malassezia dermatitis; and otitis, primary keratinization defects.[16]
History
St Hubert's Hound
The Basset type originated in France, and is descended from the 6th-century hounds belonging to
France
The first mention of a "Basset" dog appeared in La Venerie, an illustrated hunting text written by Jacques du Fouilloux in 1585.
Basset-type hounds became popular during the reign of Emperor
The controlled breeding of the short haired Basset began in France in 1870. From the existing Bassets, Count Le Couteulx of Canteleu fixed a utilitarian type with straight front legs known as the Chien d'Artois, whereas Mr. Louis Lane developed a more spectacular type, with crooked front legs, known as the Basset Normand. These were bred together to create the original Basset Artésien Normand.[23]
England
French Basset Hounds were being imported into England at least as early as the 1870s. While some of these dogs were certainly Basset Artésien Normands, by the 1880s
Hunting with Bassets
The Basset Hound was bred to hunt, with a keen nose and short stature suited to small-game hunting on foot. A variety of Basset Hound developed purely for hunting by Colonel Morrison was admitted to the Masters of Basset Hounds Association in 1959 via an appendix to the Stud Book. This breed differs in being straighter and longer in the leg and having shorter ears.[27]
In popular culture
- Basset Hounds have been featured in popular culture many times. Some artists, such as director Mamoru Oshii and webcomic artist Scott Kurtz, regularly feature their pet Bassets in their work.
- On February 27, 1928, Time magazine featured a Basset Hound on the front cover.[28] The accompanying story was about the 52nd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden as if observed by the Basset Hound puppy.
- Many cartoon dogs are based on the Basset, such as Disney films. Syndicated comic strip Fred Bassethas been a regular feature in newspapers since 1963.
- There is a Basset Hound in the Smokey and the Bandit movie series. The dog, Fred, was personally picked by lead actor Burt Reynolds because it refused to obey commands.[29]
- In the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, a Basset Hound called Flash served as a companion to Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.
- In the series Foofur, a Basset Hound named Dolly, is the affection of Foofur and Burt's.
- In Disney's 1986 film The Great Mouse Detective, a Basset Hound named Toby is the dog of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the early days of television, Elvis Presley famously sang "Hound Dog" to an uninterested top hat-wearing Basset Hound named Sherlock on The Steve Allen Show on July 1, 1956.
- Lassie had a Basset friend named Pokey early in the Lassie television series.
- Other famous TV Bassets are the wisecracking Cleo from The People's Choice
- Another television Basset in the 1950s was Morgan. He appeared often on Captain Video and appeared in a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie. His last appearance was on the Hallmark Hall of Fame, playing against Tom Bosley in 1959.[30] He had a plush toy modeled on him.[31] and appeared in a Life magazine article.[32]Despite the article, he was never known as J J Morgan.
- In the television series Étude in Black".[33]
- In the young adult novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, the Basset Hound is the symbol of college society the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound.[34]
- Basset Hounds are often used as advertising logos. The advertisements. Tidewater Petroleum advertised its "Flying A" gasoline using a Basset Hound named Axelrod.
- In video game series Freedom Planet,[citation needed] one of characters is an anthropomorphic Basset Hound called Milla.
- In the TV animated series PAW Patrol, season 9 introduced a Basset Hound pup named Al who is a truck driver that speaks trucker and is a member of the Paw Patrol.
- In the manga Seraphim 266613336Wings, one of characters is a Basset Hound called Gaspar.
Related breeds
- Basset Artesien Normand
- Basset Bleu de Gascogne
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
- Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
- Bloodhound
See also
References
- ISBN 0-87666-241-6
- ^ "Basset Hound". American Kennel Club. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
- ^ "Why Do Scent Hounds Have Long Floppy Ears?". HowStuffWorks. March 29, 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "9 Floppy Facts About Basset Hounds". www.mentalfloss.com. November 30, 2015. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ a b Liebers, Arthur; Hardy, Dorothy. How to Raise and Train a Basset Hound, T.F.H. Publications, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1959.
- ^ Drega, Dana (January 25, 2011). "Basset Hound Coat Colours". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- PMID 17195339.
- ^ "Osteochondrodysplasia (OCD) in Miniature Poodles". University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medicine. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ a b "Report from the Kennel Club/British Small Animal Veterinary Association Scientific Committee – Summary results of the Purebred Dog Health Survey for Deerhounds" (PDF). thekennelclub.org.uk. The Kennel Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- S2CID 27631883.
- ^ "Yeast Dermatitis in Dogs". vca_corporate. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ISSN 1463-5216.
- ISSN 1938-9736.
- ISSN 0003-1488.
- ISSN 0049-3848.
- ISBN 978-0-323-37651-8.
- ^ ISBN 0764103423. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Dogs in Rome and Greece". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ "Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, Volume 106". American Kennel Club. 1989.
- OCLC 10965647.
- ^ Fusco, Peter and H. W. Janson, eds., The Romantics to Rodin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980, p. 272.
- ISBN 978-1-151-75332-8.
- ^ Breed standard, Basset Artésien Normand (DOC file) at FCI.be; Archived November 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Early History of the Basset Hound in England, 1874-1921". Basset.net. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ "Standard of the Breed Bassethound with Comments by Iva Černohubová". Bohemia-horrido.com. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ Breed standard, Basset Hound 2010 (DOC file) at FCI.be; Archived November 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-85613-033-8.
- ^ "Baby Basset Hound". Time. February 27, 1928.
- ^ "Smokey and the Bandit (1977)". IMDb.
- ^ "Mr. Morgan"
- ^ "Morgan the Basset Hound"
- ^ "The Basset Hound Lowdown"
- ^ "A Lieutenant's best friend: Columbo and Dog". The Columbophile. July 24, 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Summary". 2020.
- ^ "Jason's Hush Puppies Scrapbook". Archived from the original on 2006-02-19. Retrieved 2006-03-05.
External links
- Basset Hound at Curlie—An active listing of Basset Hound links