BASSET HOUND

SIZE Male and Female: 33-38 cms (13-15 ins)

COAT Smooth, short and close without being fine.

COLOUR Black, white and tan (tricolour) or lemon and white but any hound colour acceptable.

TEMPERAMENT Placid and affectionate. Neither timid nor aggressive.

SUITABILITY AS A FAMILY PET Very popular family dog. Loves the countryside. Has a deep sonorous bark which might suggest that he is unfriendly which is not true.

GROOMING Regular brushing is all that is required.

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SHORT BOOK LIST

1. Braun, Mercedes. The New Complete Basset Hound. 4th ed. N.Y: Howell, 1985, ISBN 0876050216

2. Fitch Daglish, E. The Basset Hound. London: Foyles, 1964,

3. Foy, Marcia A and Nicholas, Anna Katherine. The Basset Hound. N.J: T.F.H, ISBN 0866220445

4. Johnston, George. The Basset Hound. London: Popular, 1968, ISBN 090884000

5. McCarty, D. (ed) Basset Hounds. N.J: T.F.H, 1979, ISBN 0876666799

6. Rowett Johns, Jeanne. All about the Basset Hound. Rev ed. London: Pelham, 1977, ISBN 070288905

7. Wells-Meacham, Joan. The Basset Hound. Edinburgh, Bartholomew, 1980, ISBN 0702883905

8. Nixon, Marianne R. The Basset Hound. t.f.h. kingdom, ISBN 185279094-6

(Picture - CH Bassbarr O'Sullivan (Gilbert) © W. O’Loughlin)