I have a foster who is listed as a long-haired basset. He is tri-color with a white tip on his tail, his tail is just very fluffy. He has all the basset characteristics, just longer hair and feathers at the feet, ears, tails, and haunches. I have been told that there is a recessive gene that will occasionally produce a long-haired basset, but they are disqualified for shows. My own basset is a red and white with a white-tip.<br /><br />Jeanine Botkin<br /><br /><p>On Dec 26, 2009, <strong>Karen</strong> <sparks_red@yahoo.com> wrote: </p><div class="replyBody"><blockquote style="border-left: #267fdb 2px solid; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1.8ex; padding-left: 1ex">The DAILY DROOL<br />An internet mail list designed to<br />entertain and inform basset hounds<br />and their people.<br /><br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><br />----<br />/ \__<br />|\ / @ \<br />\ \_______| \ .: O<br />\ ##| | \__/<br />| ####\__/ \<br />/ / ## \|<br />/ /__________\ \<br />L_JJ \__JJ<br />-----------------------------<br /><br />Daily Drool Website:<br />http://www.dailydrool.com<br /><br />***2010 Daily Drool Calendar***<br />http://www.cecilgraphics.com/DD2010/calendar.php<br /><br />Fundraising Information:<br />http://www.esthermstrom.com/A55B3D/ddFunds.nsf/byGroup?Open<br /><br />Dictionary of Common Drool Terminology:<br />http://mysite.verizon.net/msrandolph/<br /><br />Daily Drool Archives:<br />http://lists.dailydrool.org/pipermail/dailydrool-dailydrool.org/<br /><br />Old Daily Drool Archives:<br />http://oldarchives.dailydrool.org/dailydrool/<br />I was always told that the white tip tail was desirable and that they were <br />bred this way so hunters could see them in the fields. All 6 houndies in my <br />gang have white tip tails. Chloe my (niece basset who is visting over the <br />holidays) tail is the same two tone color from base to tip. Maybe it is a <br />trait in the bassets that are brown and black? She has white on her paws <br />and two white stripes on her nose. I will never tell her that she is <br />"different" as it could hurt her feelings or make her a diva.<br /><br />We send drool to all in need,<br />Karen and The Dog House Gang <br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Dailydrool mailing list<br />Dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br />http://lists.dailydrool.org/listinfo.cgi/dailydrool-dailydrool.org<br /></blockquote></div>