We have personal experience here in our area of a breeder who was intentionally breeding her bassets smaller and smaller. You may remember our intake of 61 basset hounds in one day from South Fork Ranch in Red Bluff. The owner, Wanda Rogers, was intentionally trying to breed what she called 'apartment bassets'. Some of the dogs that came out of there were only 25lbs... fully grown and not going to get much bigger. As she was breeding well over 100 pups a year, and shipping them all over, we know that her breeding has affected the size of bassets (especially the ones we see in rescue). <br>
<br>We still get bigger dogs of course. Classic, heavy boned, close to the breed standard dogs that are usually a minimum of 60lbs, but I think what Kelly meant was that it is now not as common to see well bred, close to the standard, bassets in rescue. Snoopy was at our Bunnies and Bonnets parade and got to see first hand how one breeder can influence so many bassets in Northern California.<br>
<br>We're actually going to do a DNA test on one of our 'small' specimens to see if Wanda was throwing some other breed (strongly suspect beagle or even cavalier king charles, who she also bred and may have been the origin of some of the long hair bassets that came out of there). Even if she didn't cross breed, she definitely bred the smaller dogs on purpose in the hope that the pups would be smaller.<br>
<br>It seems like she may not be the only puppy mill breeder doing this. Sad.<br><br>OH!! Check out our Woofle... top prize is an iPad2!! <br><a href="http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/info/display?PageID=10477">http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/info/display?PageID=10477</a><br clear="all">
<br>Thank you!!<br><br>-- <br>Addy Dawes<br>Secretary<br>Golden Gate Basset Rescue<br><a href="http://ggbassetrescue.org">http://ggbassetrescue.org</a><br>650 924 0144<br><br>Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 15:28:12 -0700 (PDT)<br>
From: Dale Rutz <<a href="mailto:dalerutz@sbcglobal.net">dalerutz@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>
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Subject: [Dailydrool] How big is a basset?<br>
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I'm confused.? When we brought Snoopy home he was skin and bones with the ribs<br>
sticking out of him ... at 64 lbs.? This morning when I took him in about his<br>
itchy spot he weighed 73 and looks just right to me, and to the vet too.?? I<br>
noticed at the Bonnets and Bunnies parade that most of the bassets were smaller,<br>
a lot smaller.? And built different too.? Snoopy has some real definition with<br>
broad shoulders, narrowing waist, gigantic feet?and so on.? There was one other<br>
male basset that looked like Snoopy, at little bigger, around 82 lbs.? The rest<br>
were maybe half the size of these two ... or a little more than half, not<br>
much.?? Some of them had ankles turned what looked like 90 degrees.?I guess<br>
bassets come in all shapes and sizes and builds as well as colors.? Is that<br>
right???<br>
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Does Snoopy have more size and definition because he was neutered late (at age<br>
5)?? I know that is the case with other breeds.<br>
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clueless momPerson with Snoopy (she's just hopeless) and Cyrus (she knows about<br>
Labs)<br>