Thank You SophieAs Sunnside said, early Bassets weren't like the Bassets we see nowadays as their legs were longer,
bodies shorter and their ears were shorter too and they did resemble the Springbatts!
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A majority of back and joint problems is caused simply by the animal being far too overweight and or exercised/ fed incorrectly when growing. We all like to see healthy chubby puppies, but producing massively overweight puppies is asking for trouble.A fat overweight puppy often grows to a fat overweight adult.It has alway been around but got a big boost with the "labrodoodle" which was purpose bred for some time to try and create a service breed (seeing eye, etc) fthe was more hypoalergenic for patients that had allergies. There are still some working on creating an actual breed that does breed true, but this is far from the majority of breeders. The problem so far include that many of the disired traits are only showing up in crosses not subsequent breedings so these traits may be the result of heterogenus gene pairs which will never breed true, and for breeder to come to some consencious of just what the breed should look like and its purpose.
There is quite a bit of difference between cross breeding for a specific purpose as the early labradoodles and just because it creates a cute name and dog . Dogs breed evloved to suit a purpose, without that overriding goal one can not sustain a breed.
i.e norfolk and norwich terriers.
This is a common misconception that back problems with dwarf breed ie corgis dachshund and bassets are a result of their relitively long back. Well if you do an actual comarasion you will find that Basset are not longer on average than the protypical dog of the same weight. It is not their backs are longer simply that their legs are shorter. However this type of dwarfism has a profound effect on the disks of the back making them more prone to rupture. A six-1 year old dwarf breed has disc that are the equivelent of a 10 year typical dog. It is not back length but the short legs that are a problem and as such any crosses will the typical darfism characteristics will have the same problems.
Canine Intervertebral Disk Disease
The first cross do have springer traits, though very subtle. Some have a slight wave down their coats and slightly fluffy ears and maybe taller. There are traits to be seen for someone that actually knows what they are talking about. The puppies are descendants of Show winning stock and field trial stock of a line that goes back over 65 years. NOT just any old dogs bought in and mated. Their ears are a differnet shape and not set as low as a basset. Like someone else said, a bad example of a basset may have smaller ears, but I wouldnt be able to comment on that as I have never seen one.Just now saw the website ,still think these people are full of it. Maybe there was an accidental breeding at some point and they decieded to cash in on it but to have a mixed breed that doesn't have some sort of trait of what it is mixed with is still weird to me. The first generation especially should have traits of both parents, there are none. There is only one dog on that site that resembles a Springer and thats cause it is. They could be buying unregistered bassets then selling the pups for a huge amount calling them whatever they want. I still don't see the Springer anywhere in any of their puppies.
a chubby puppy is a problem waiting to happen with any larger breed dog or breed because of bone mass and growth rate mimmicks large breed the standard nutrition feeding call for all pup to have a body condition on the thin side of normal chubby pup are going to have a lot more problems.We all like to see healthy chubby puppies,
We dont expect a welcome from either, but over 70 % of pups sold go to previous basset owners or people that would like a basset but dont like the stubborness or problems, the same with a springer, people loved them but didnt want the high energy levels. This is a happy medium for all of those people. They like a dog that resembles a basset, but has more "go " in it. I dont agree at all that is is damaging 2 breeds of dogs. I think you will find the problems of so called " perfecting the breed" lie with the basset breeders who have made the basset so PERFECT that the Kennel Club breed standard has now had to be changed for the future health of the dog and to stamp out the problems caused by PERFECT show dog breeders.Not to seem too unfriendly, but I still don't care for mutts ,and it doesn't matter if one side is champions(what a waste of , probably, a decent dog,) a mutt is still a mixture,how good ,how bad, makes no difference to me. I imagine you don't get a big welcome on the springer website either. I still think something is not right about this whole mixed breed operation in this case. All they are doing is damaging two breeds of dogs not perfecting them. Here is a photo of a poorly bred basset.
He looks like he is a larger type of hound cross of somesort. He looks a nice dog, shame he is in rescue.Where is he?![]()
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This boy is in a UK Rescue is he a SpringBatt![]()
I wholeheartedly disagree with you. If you adopt an adult mutt you will have a much better idea of what size, temperament, etc he is than you will with a puppy, purebred or not. Even better if the dog was in foster care as the foster family will be able to tell you every single detail about the dog. Not all traits are genetic.My priority for a dog is that it should have been bred by a genuinely caring and responsible breeder, that has its welfare and health as a priority. I considered a so-called mutt but with this type of dog there are no guarantees about what temperament, size etc you will end up with.
I cannot say at the moment as he is under assessment and not actually up for rehoming yetHe looks like he is a larger type of hound cross of somesort. He looks a nice dog, shame he is in rescue.Where is he?
Changing the standard had nothing to do with "health" and everything to do with appeasing the animal rights activists. The KC has bent over and the UK dog fancy should be embarrassed by that.I think you will find the problems of so called " perfecting the breed" lie with the basset breeders who have made the basset so PERFECT that the Kennel Club breed standard has now had to be changed for the future health of the dog and to stamp out the problems caused by PERFECT show dog breeders.
And breeders don't ever lie about their puppies?No-one is disputing the benefits of buying an adult or puppy " Mutt" .
Yes and as adults you obviously will now what size it will be and with most cross breed pups you wont....unless you know the parentage especially if you know further back than one generation as well as previous offspring. At least in those cases you know the temperament through several generations.
Unfortunately many dogs in rescue, even if they end up being put there by owners and not as strays, dont always go in with full "truthful" details about why they are there. So you dont always know what you are getting,which is why sadly so many people dont get dogs from rescues especially if they have children because they cant be sure of the background of the dog.