Ch. Buzz Lightyear at Dereheath failed the mandatory heath check following his BOB win at this year's Crufts.
The basset hound that won BOB at Crufts failed its health check.
Buzz looks like he’s got a lot of “chalk” in his eyes– which means he was likely DQ’d for having ectropion.
Strange as it may seem, having a penis that drags the ground isn’t a health disqualification.
http://crufts.fossedata.co.uk/Breed.asp?ShowYear=2012&GroupID=HOU&ScheduleID=171
BOB not awarded – looks like at all the other breeds who failed health check …
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I have waited for this all day. I think it would be more or less impossible to find a Basset hound without ectropion.
PL
Oh. I agree.
But they are keeping this on Low Down for some reason.
Probably the KC didnt expect this outfall. There has been too many top dogs DQed
They should have applied this program across the board, all breeds, so there would be more ‘passes.’ And done it at a few smaller shows to work out the kinks before doing it at Crufts.
This is a nice example of how not to do propaganda.
I wholly agree that this hasnt been done the right way.
But as it is the KC can hardly back down.
PL
Ground clearence doesnt seem to be an issue this year.
PL
I think it makes it hard to ignore
Would this old working basset hound have had that eye problem?
Except that isn’t an old working basset hound. That’s a modern Basset Bleu de Gascogne, which is a different breed.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=basset+bleu+de+gascogne&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XBJdT8XKGsHOhAeQ6OSoBA&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=485
I’m not familiar with that breed. It’s an entirely different breed from what we call a basset hound in the English speaking countries. Basset is a French word that means low set. There are several different breeds of basset in France, and the bleu basset de Gascogne is one of them.
I have never even seen one of these, so I can’t tell you what the eyes are like.
I do know that petit basset griffon vendeen usually don’t have this problem.
We should call this Crufts dog’s breed the English basset to avoid confusion.
Basset hound is the breed name. I would say that the hunting type is close to the Basset Bleu de Gascogne as opposed to the show misfits.
PL
The Basset Bleu de Gascogne, from France, is one of a set of three “Bleus de Gascogne” (blue Gascony hounds). There is the Grand Bleu de Gascogne (large), the Petit Bleu de Gascogne (small) and the Basset Bleu de Gascogne (dwarfed). All three are FCI breeds, in Group 6 – Scenthounds and related breeds. The Grand is also KC recognised.
Quote from the Basset Bleu standard regarding eyes:
“Eyes : Oval shaped, seem deep set; brown. Gentle expression, a little sad.”
No mention of haw. It does say that one or two folds can be present on the cheeks and that lips should be “quite drooping” but the corners are not to be loose. This is not a hound that is meant to have exaggerated looseness of skin by any means. If you google the other two breeds, you’ll see that they aren’t particularly “furnished” with loose skin either. They just have those drooping lips and long ears.
Apologies for the double-post. A fourth slipped my mind – the rough-coated Griffon Bleu de Gascogne.
There are of course packs of modern working Bassets in the UK, so they could easily be used in a breeding programme to modify the show type……but they won`t.
Elizabeth
Lasa got BIS
Newf RBIS
Found a great album of historical dog breed photos I thought some of you may apprecaite.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v485/Pietoro/Dog%20Breed%20Historical%20Pictures/
The person who comments under the name of Pai on this blog is the person who uploads and manages this photobucket.
She also runs this website on Chinese Crested dogs: http://www27.brinkster.com/taisetsu/Chinese_Crested/
She’s very well-informed about so many issues about dogs.
Well thank you Pai thats a great album & it’s rare to find all those photos in 1 spot.
Off have a look at your blog now!
It’s unusual to see a basset hound with out ectropion. It is a trait of the breed. Same as the low set long ears. It should not be extreme or exaggerated but evident.
Also I agree with the comment earlier regarding the fact that all breeds should have a health check. Why single out only a few.
The reason is expediency. Otherwise, dog shows would last at least a week, and the whole damn enterprise cease to exist.
There was a time (as late as the mid-1950s) that all dogs were required to pass a vet check before entering the show site. This was mainly to guard against dogs with contagious disease,but included checking eyes, ears, and mouth, a quick visual once-over, and taking temperature. Also, judges were to excuse any dogs showing lameness, or any evidence of illness when under judgement.
Back then, nearly all shows were benched, and dogs were required to stay on site all day. And yes, most had smaller entries than today. But I can well remember standing in line waiting to get through the vet check.