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15 Interesting Facts About Basset Hounds

While Basset Hounds are indeed gentle, affectionate family dogs, they also have the perfect anatomy and innate skill to do what no other breed can when it comes to nose work. The following 15 facts prove just how remarkable this breed truly is.

  1. 1 The word ‘Bas’ is French for low, befitting the dog’s stature.

    Judy Powell

  2. 2 Bassets probably descended from the St. Hubert Hound, an ancestor of the present-day Bloodhound.

    Judy Powell

  3. 3 The Basset Hounds come from as far back as the 1500s when the pre-revolutionary French used low slung and heavy-bodied hounds to trail and hunt rabbits.

    Judy Powell

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