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- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
- The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 2)
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- US: OFA: CHIC Health Tests: https://www.ofa.org/recommended-tests?breed=BH
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Finland: FKC Database: Basset Hound: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=163
- Breeding Rules: http://suomenbassetkerho.com/?page_id=174
Brief Description:
Depicted by cartoonists the world over as a kindly but worried canine buffoon, the Basset deserves his popularity as a family dog. Happy by the fireside or on the moors, he is a dog capable of hunting his natural prey, the hare, persistently at a relatively slow pace over prodigious distances.
Source: The Kennel Club
Links to Breed Descriptions:
View more videos on AKC's YouTube Channel
Basset Hound Club of America: Judges Education: Judges Education Seminar & Illustrated Standard
http://www.bassethounduniversity.com/Judges Page Judges Education CD.htm
Illustrated Standard: http://www.bassethounduniversity.com/J Illustrated Standard/mobile/index.html#p=1
View more videos on SCC's YouTube Channel
Other Names for Breed:
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club:
Health and Well-Being:
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles:
Breed Standards:
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics:
1. Swedish Insurance Data
| Basset Hound: | 2006-2011 | 2011-2016 |
2: OFA: Basset Hound Breed Summary Report: https://secure.ofa.org/regSums/BASSET HOUND.pdf
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents:
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
Breed Health Information & Surveys:
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages:
Breed-Specific Research:
Basset Hound Coat Color DNA Study: This page was mounted January 25, 2011 and was last updated January 5, 2013 by Dayna Dreger, PhD. The linked pages in this series by Sheila Schmutz (sheila.schmutz@usask.ca)
(Internal) Basset Hound Coat Color DNA Study-2013-archived.docx
Breed Clubs:
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Canada: Basset Hound Club of Canada
UK: The Basset Hound Club
USA: Basset Hound Club of America
France: SCC: https://www.centrale-canine.fr/le-chien-de-race/basset-hound
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