Basset Fauve De Bretagne  

           

 

 

 

The Basset Fauve de Bretagne, also known as the Tawny Brittany Basset, was developed in france in the 1800's  to hunt small game. Both by scent and by flushing the game. It descended from the larger Griffon Fauve de Bretagne, the Basset Vendeen, and other Basset breeds, and has retained the basset shape, long and low to the ground with crooked legs, and the elongated houndy face. Originally found mainly in France only, it now can be found in Great Britain as well, but is rare in most other countries.

 
General  Appearance  Short - legged, wirecoated hound of moderate length.

Characteristics Courage, resistance to the elements, possessing good nose. Very nimble in movement.

Temperament Lively, friendly and amenable.

Head and Skull Foreface of medium length, slightly aquiline. Occipital point well defined

Nose  Black or very dark. Nostrils wide open.

Eyes  Dark, hazel, no haw apparent.

 

Ears Set on level with eye. Just reaching to nose when drawn forward. Ending in a point and pleated at root. Covered with finer, darker and softer hiar than body

Mouth  Jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Level bite tolerated but undesirable.

Neck  Rather short, muscular.

ForeQuarters  Forelegs straght or slightly crooked. Strongly boned with slightly sloping pasterns. Shoulders sloping.

Body  Chest wide and deep. Sternum prominent.Ribs slightly barrelled, carried well back. Level topline.

HindQuarters  Loins wide and well supported. Strong quarters. Hocks strong, metatarsals slightly bent.

Feet  Tight, pads firm and hard. Turning neither in nor out. 

 

 

 

 

 
Tail  Set on high, thick at the base, tapering to a point. Carried like a sickle when moving.

Gait/Movement   Quick, striding out well. Hocks turning neither in nor out.

Coat   Very harsh, dense and flat. Never long or woolly.

Colour   Red - wheaten or flawn. White markings on chest or neck discouraged.

Size  Ideal height at withers: 32 - 38 cms (12.8-15.2 ins).

Faults   Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

Note  Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

 

 

 

 

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