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Tricolor Basset Hound adult male
The Basset Hound has short legs and this is the characteristics that describe it. Also this kind of dog is from the hound family. They are scent hounds, bred to hunt rabbits by scent. Their sense of smell for tracking is good but is is on a second only to that of the Bloodhound. The name Basset is derived from the French word bas, meaning “low”, with the attenuating suffix -et, together meaning “rather low”. The colors of the coat of the Basset hounds are basicly in variation of brown and black and most often spotted, but also exist in a variety of colors.
Cute little Basset Hound
These medium to small-sized dogs are around 1-foot in height at the withers. Their weigh usually become from 35 to 70 lb (16 and 32 kg). They have smooth, short-haired coats but a rough haired hound is possible. Although any hound colour is considered acceptable by breed standards, Bassets are generally tricolor (black, tan, and white), open red and white (red spots on white fur), closed red and white (a solid red color with white feet and tails), Honey And White (honey coloured back, light brown spotty nose and legs, light brown tails with white tip) and lemon and white.
Basset Hounds adult cute dogs
Some Bassets may be met with the different colors from the usually – gray or blue; however, this color is considered rare and undesirable. Their ears are long, downward and the neck are powerful.
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