Basset hound

He is without doubt one of the dogs more comedians and more likeable of all and its success must, surely more to its particular aspect that to its qualities venatorias of bloodhound. Nevertheless, it is equipped with a very fine sense of smell and is used with optimal results in the hunting of the hare, the wild boar and corzo, demonstrating itself very resistant but little quick. Of affectionate character, it nevertheless knows to be specially obstinate and stubborn, surprising the proprietor with an unsuspected spirit of independence.
Still being recognized like American race, there are no doubts that their origin must more specifically look for between the French bloodhounds and in the Basset d'Artois crossed in more remote times others, between which is the Dog of San Huberto.
This new type of dog, as much achieved a remarkable success in France as in England where it extended with relative rapidity.
The own Shakespeare speaks of the Basset in ?Dream of one night of summer? and, successively (around 1860 - 70), Lord Onslow formed a very numerous pack. It seems to be that the first Basset which they arrived at America was those that the Fayette gave George Washington.

While in Europe it was discussed between French and English already of the origins like of the characteristics and aptitudes of the dog that first exclusively wanted for the hunting while the seconds tended to select their aesthetic qualities, in America, the obtaining of a dog powerful and massive, able worked much to as much cause admiration by its morphologic characters as by its natural dowries of hunter.
It was so the race was recognized like American and is precise to say that, the most beautiful units, come from the new continent. At the present time the Basset Hound is extended by all the countries and finds a number every greater time of enthusiastic and following.

The Basset Hound, is a dog of particularly robust and imposing bones equipped with good sense of smell and that it knows to move with soltura and vivacity. Particularly imposing it is the head (that shows clearly its descendants of the Blood Hound) that must great and be well provided with the rest of the body. The length of the skull must be most equal possible to the one of the snout and of the ears, very long, of low birth that exceed in much, the end of trufa and which the dog takes with you fold loose. The skin is abundant mainly the body and forms on the head a drawing of you fold, that is marked specially when that one is low.
The neck is very strong, with papada evident good. The expression is sweet and something sad, with brown eyes and slightly sunk.
The trunk is extended but very solid, with the affluent thorax developed and the ribs bent enough.
The dog takes the tail gladly as much when he is quiet as when it moves.

Raised to the cross. Of 33 to 38 cm.

Head. Great and well proportionate, of medium width, with the skull of the same length of the snout. Salient flat sidewalls of the skull. Black and dark Trufa, with nasal graves very opened. Pointed snout. Dark, hanging lips of way so that they form a right angle with the end of the nose. Stop moderately marked.

Eyes. Of brown, preferably dark color. The inferior eyelids let see the membrane of dark red color.

Ears. Very long and of low birth. If they are thrown forwards, exceed much in the end of trufa. Of aterciopelada texture, they hang in you fold loose.

Neck. Wide and been nauseated well, with papada very marked.

Previous extremities. Massive and very heavy. Stuck shoulders and elbows affluent to the thorax. Short, strong forearms, with massive bones.

Body. Deep and massive thorax, with prominent breastbone. Its minimum range of the ground is equivalent to a third of the raised one to the cross. And extended extended, smooth ribs with depth. Made level dorsal line.

Later extremities. Parallel bars if they are watched of back. Corvejones straight, is turned neither outwards nor inwards. Metatarsos fallen. Possible spur presence.

Feet. Cleared well. The previous ones are slightly off the track outwards, however the later ones are straight. Neither pointed nor separated fingers.

Tail. It releases, on the same line of the spine, forms one slight curve.

Coat. Hard, adherent and quite dense. It can be of all the colors, and colors, the accepted ones for the bloodhounds, mixed.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities, calculated as ration of maintenance Kcal is of 1,250 - 1,400 daily.

DISEASES. For being a dog spread enough, has been able to study better than in others, some diseases that affect it particularly. Between these, most frequent it is certainly the otitis because the hanging edge of the pavilion, favors the wax deposit and remainders, allowing this way an inflammation of the auditory meato.
Some units by their constitution, tend to that of the return the inferior eyelid with the consequent exhibition of the conjuntiva, that thus can become inflamed with greater facility. In the most serious cases one resorts to the surgical treatment.
In the Basset hound has described a hereditary injury that affects to the females of inferior age the six months, that are characterized by a deformation of the cervical vertebrae and that has like consequence the incapacity to maintain the balance.
Also in this dog a disease characteristic of the development has been determined and that tolerates the cojera of the previous extremity due to a misalignment of the osificación processes (displasia of the elbow). The therapy is surgical.

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