[Dailydrool] bassets

[rescue at wabr.net]

The following is from the AKC basset standards.  I rarely see a basset that meets standards in rescue (most look like Basset/Beagles).  These are a product of breeding for profit.  Some people call them field bassets, but if you have ever seem a properly breed basset move beautifully and effortlessly thru a field or forest (with their short legs, low chest, powerful shoulders) you would question why people are not breeding to standards.   Don't get me wrong I love the Bagels, but a basset that meets standards makes my heart flip.

"The height should not exceed 14 inches. Height over 15 inches at the highest point of the shoulder blade is a disqualification.

The chest is deep and full with prominent sternum showing clearly in front of the legs. The shoulders and elbows are set close against the sides of the chest. The distance from the deepest point of the chest to the ground, while it must be adequate to allow free movement when working in the field, is not to be more than one-third the total height at the withers of an adult Basset. The shoulders are well laid back and powerful. Steepness in shoulder, fiddle fronts, and elbows that are out, are serious faults. The forelegs are short, powerful, heavy in bone, with wrinkled skin. Knuckling over of the front legs is a disqualification. The paw is massive, very heavy with tough heavy pads, well rounded and with both feet inclined equally a trifle outward, balancing the width of the shoulders. Feet down at the pastern are a serious fault. The toes are neither pinched together nor splayed, with the weight of the forepart of the body borne evenly on each. The dewclaws may be removed."

Pat
Washington Basset Rescue
(509) 466-1538
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