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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
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland
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:
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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
This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.
2. Kennel Club Registration Statistics: Population analysis of the Basset Hound breed
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents:
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
Breed Health Surveys:
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
The Kennel Club list of DNA tests available for each breed along with an indication as to whether the test is part of the Assured Breeder Scheme (recommended or required) and whether it is recorded on the Kennel Club registration database.
Other Breed-Specific Webpages:
Breed-Specific Research:
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
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