OK we have three Bassets we have worked very hard to train them for feild trial because most people are breeding for comformation now and not what they were breed to do not to many people breed for hunts any more when it comes to bassets and i love seeing these dogs do what they were breed to do they are seen as clumbsy and slow but the truth is when they are doing their job in a field they are very graceful and can move with more speed than you think . Any way last year we had a litter and we had a blue , white and tan basset and NO HE DOES NOT HAVE BLUE EYES and we had herd many bad things about this color that it was a defect and they were going to have any health problem you could think of and
Quote:[ is not an accepted hound color for bassets and is not desirable. This color has been linked with hair loss and a poor, thin coat. Similarly, a blue-eyed basset is not considered desirable by the Basset Hound Club of America.] End Quote
But hear is a Quote from AKC [ Any recognized hound color is acceptable and the distribution of color and markings is of no importance .
Disqualifications are
Height of more than 15 inches at the highest point of the shoulder blade.
Knuckled over front legs.
Distinctly long coat.
Approved January 14, 1964] End Quote
These are just some of the things we have herd also we have been told that it is a genetic defect. well we have had our dogs checked for a number of things before we ever bred them well here is the list of the tests we did and nothing showed up to say my dogs have defective genetics.
Gonioscopy
Von Willebrands factor testing
Thyroid testing
Thrombopathia Platelet aggregation study
Radiographs - (OFA)
these are the things I was told that they needed to be testing for so I did and then when I have a color that was not expected they tell me there is something wrong with my dogs well don't get me wrong I love the look of a basset but would much rather see them in a field doing what they were breed to do they are not couch potatoes they love the CHASE any way I am still being told that there must be something wrong with my baby and I just don't see it we had him checked for intestinal disorders and found nothing his hair and coat is wonderful it feels just like his mom and dad who are both from very good bloodlines but not comformation the BHCA told me that it was an old bloodline and it was feild trial and that was were the blue came from but yet no one has an answer as to why he is considered to be inferior quality he looks and acts just like any other basset we have. To tell you the truth we kept him because he was the one showing the most promise at a very good age and he has turned out to be a wonderful tracker. and if they are such bad examples of the breed why can you still find them in the stud books and there has been several champions that are BLUE and are still on the stud books
Quote[ In American studbooks we can still find numerous "blue bassets." Although these "blue bassets" were bred out of the breed, there are many bassets today who are predominantly black and white with heavy ticking and tan markings above the eyes] End quote
okay so the way I see it is old bloodline more likely to have a blue one I may be wrong here but I am so confused on this subject that I needed to vent a little . My vet says he is in great health and can find none of this wrong with him that they say should be wrong with him so can anyone tell me other than color why a blue basset is considered INFERIOR? And also why I can not do the things with him that I am aloud to do with my others when it comes to breed clubs Or excuse me I can bring him but
QUOTE[ HE will not place in anything because he is not of proper color ] WELL AKC does not have a problem with it so how can these clubs ? sorry for venting about it for so long but if you can help me figure this out I couldn't thank you enough :yikes:
Quote:[ is not an accepted hound color for bassets and is not desirable. This color has been linked with hair loss and a poor, thin coat. Similarly, a blue-eyed basset is not considered desirable by the Basset Hound Club of America.] End Quote
But hear is a Quote from AKC [ Any recognized hound color is acceptable and the distribution of color and markings is of no importance .
Disqualifications are
Height of more than 15 inches at the highest point of the shoulder blade.
Knuckled over front legs.
Distinctly long coat.
Approved January 14, 1964] End Quote
These are just some of the things we have herd also we have been told that it is a genetic defect. well we have had our dogs checked for a number of things before we ever bred them well here is the list of the tests we did and nothing showed up to say my dogs have defective genetics.
Gonioscopy
Von Willebrands factor testing
Thyroid testing
Thrombopathia Platelet aggregation study
Radiographs - (OFA)
these are the things I was told that they needed to be testing for so I did and then when I have a color that was not expected they tell me there is something wrong with my dogs well don't get me wrong I love the look of a basset but would much rather see them in a field doing what they were breed to do they are not couch potatoes they love the CHASE any way I am still being told that there must be something wrong with my baby and I just don't see it we had him checked for intestinal disorders and found nothing his hair and coat is wonderful it feels just like his mom and dad who are both from very good bloodlines but not comformation the BHCA told me that it was an old bloodline and it was feild trial and that was were the blue came from but yet no one has an answer as to why he is considered to be inferior quality he looks and acts just like any other basset we have. To tell you the truth we kept him because he was the one showing the most promise at a very good age and he has turned out to be a wonderful tracker. and if they are such bad examples of the breed why can you still find them in the stud books and there has been several champions that are BLUE and are still on the stud books
Quote[ In American studbooks we can still find numerous "blue bassets." Although these "blue bassets" were bred out of the breed, there are many bassets today who are predominantly black and white with heavy ticking and tan markings above the eyes] End quote
okay so the way I see it is old bloodline more likely to have a blue one I may be wrong here but I am so confused on this subject that I needed to vent a little . My vet says he is in great health and can find none of this wrong with him that they say should be wrong with him so can anyone tell me other than color why a blue basset is considered INFERIOR? And also why I can not do the things with him that I am aloud to do with my others when it comes to breed clubs Or excuse me I can bring him but
QUOTE[ HE will not place in anything because he is not of proper color ] WELL AKC does not have a problem with it so how can these clubs ? sorry for venting about it for so long but if you can help me figure this out I couldn't thank you enough :yikes: