Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Brittany's rough fawn hound was cut down in the leg to make the Basset Fauve de Bretagne, small enough to force its way through gorse and bramble after rabbit and hare. It is the…
About the Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Brittany's rough fawn hound was cut down in the leg to make the Basset Fauve de Bretagne, small enough to force its way through gorse and bramble after rabbit and hare. It is the liveliest of the French bassets by a distance, and the show ring has not yet smoothed off its working edge.
The coat should be harsh, flat and wiry in fawn or red-wheaten, never soft and never woolly, over a compact frame of roughly 32 to 38 cm. The head is plain and workmanlike, the ears set level with the eye and shorter than other bassets carry them. These are cheerful, self-directed dogs led entirely by the nose, and a stud wants to be robust and free-moving rather than exaggerated in length or heavy in bone.
Eyes lead the health conversation. Ask for a current eye certificate that includes gonioscopy, because glaucoma is a real concern here, and ask the owner what testing the breed club currently advises, since the recommendations have moved over the years. Request hip scores, and put a direct question about epilepsy, thyroid disease and chronic ear trouble in close relatives, none of which a certificate will show you.
Health & breeding
We check every hip, elbow, eye and DNA result you give us against the Royal Kennel Club’s public records by hand, and we record who checked it and when. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Breed Right’s summary — under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard
Health tests for the Basset Fauve de Bretagne
This panel is Breed Right’s summary of the testing that matters for the breed under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard. The Health Standard is the Royal Kennel Club’s guidance for breeders, not a registration rule. It describes tests to ask about — it is not a report on any individual dog. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Best Practice — further tests it recommends
Completing these as well as the Good Practice tests is what the Royal Kennel Club calls Best Practice.
| Test | Type | Scheme | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNA test — POAG (Primary Open Angle Glaucoma, breed-specific variant) | DNA test | Laboratory | The result printed on the laboratory certificate. |
Breed hip median
Too few dogs of this breed have been scored (BVA Hip Dysplasia Scheme breed statistics 2025 — 15 years: 4 dogs) to give a meaningful breed median. Source · How hip scores work
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Basset Fauve de Bretagne stud dogs
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Basset Fauve de Bretagne litters
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