The Basset Hound "WonderWall (Part 1)

by Claudia Waller Orlandi, Ph.D.

Test Yourself on the Standard
 

Basset Hound breeders should know the Official Standard word for word.  A copy of the standard is presented below with important descriptive words left out.  One of the "million dollar" quiz shows features a "wonder wall" where contestants can pick their answers out of a list.  See how well you know the standard by finding the missing words from our own "Wonder Wall."  Each blank represents a missing word or words.  For advanced players, fill in the blanks without using the list.  For those of you who have 85 or more answers correct, congratulations!  You're a winner!!!  Answers follow. 

Adequate Deepest Haw Medium Powerful Skull
Admirably Deliberate Head Mild Powerful Skull
Adult Desirable Heavier Moderately Prominent Sternum Snipiness
Arched Devotion Heavy Muzzle Soft
Black Domed High Muzzle Pronounced Sound
Broad Dry Laid back Neck Proportioned Squarely
Brow Endurance Legs Nose Protruding Steepness
Brown Even Large Occipital protuberance Regular Stop
Cheek Farback Large Repose Straight
bumps Fiddle fronts Length Occiput Sad Sunken
Close Field Light One-third Snipiness Terrain
Clumsy Flat Light Out Soft Tight
Coloring Flat Liver Overshot Sound Timid
Curling Flat Long Parallel Scissors Trail
Dark brown Flews Loose Pendulous Sharp Undershot
Deep Full Low Pigmented Short Wide open
Deep Ground Marked Pigmented Size Withers
          Wrinkles

 

OFFICIAL STANDARD FOR THE BASSET HOUND (Part 1)
General Appearance-The Basset Hound possesses in (1) __________degree those characteristics which equip it with (2) _________________to follow a (3) _______ over and through difficult (4) _____________.  It is a (5) __________-legged dog, (6) ________ in bone, (7) ____________ considered, than any other breed of dog, and while its movement is (8) ______________, it is in no sense (9) ____________.  In temperament it is (10) ______________, never (11) ________ or (12) _____________.  It is capable of great (13) ______________in the field and is extreme in its (14) ________________. 

Head-The head is (15) _________________ and well (16) _________________.  Its length from (17) ____________________to (18) __________________is greater than the width at the (19) _____________.  In over-all appearance the head is of (20) ___________ width.  The skull is well (21) ___________, showing a pronounced (22) (2 words) ______ _________________.  Viewed in profile the top lines of the (29) ____________ and (30) ______________ are (31) ______________and lie in (32) ________________________ planes, with a (33) ___________ defined stop.  The skin over the whole of the head is (34) __________________, falling in distinct (35) ________________over the brow when the head is lowered.  A (36) ________ head and (37) ___________ skin are faults.  The muzzle is (38) _____________, (39) ___________, and free from (40) __________.  The nose is darkly (41) ________________, preferably (42) ________________, with large (43) (2 words) ___________ ______________ nostrils.  A deep (44) _______-colored nose conforming to the coloring of the (45) ________________is permissible but not (46)  ________________.  The teeth are (47) _____________, (48) _____________ and (49) ___________________, meeting in either a (50) ___________________ or an (51) __________ bite.  A bite either (52) _____________________ or (53) _______________ is a serious fault.  The lips are darkly (54) ____________________ and are (55) ___________________, falling (56) _______________ in front and, toward the back in loose hanging (57) __________________.  The Dewlap is very (58) ________________.  The neck is (59) _____________________, of good (60) _______________, and well (61) ____________________________.  The eyes are (62) _______________,  (63) __________, and slightly (64) ____________, showing a prominent (65) _____________, and in color are (66) ____________ (67) (2 words) ____ _____________ preferred.  A somewhat ____________-colored eye conforming to the general (69) ___________ of the dog is acceptable but not desirable.  Very (70) ________ or (71) ____________ eyes are faults.  The ears are extremely (72) ________, (73) ____ set, and when drawn forward, fold well over the end of the nose (74) ___________slightly inward.  They are set (75) (2 words) ______  _____________ on the head at the base of the (76) ___________ and, in (77) __________appear to be set on the (78) __________.  A (79) ___________ set or (80) ______________ ear is a serious fault. 

Forequarters - The chest is (81) __________ and (82) _________ with (83) (2 words) _______________  _____________ showing clearly in front of the (84) ________.  The shoulders and elbows are set (85) ___________ against the sides of the chest.  The distance from the (86) __________ point of the chest to the (87) _________, while it must be (88)  ______________ to allow free movement when working in the (89) ___________, is not to be more than (90) (hyphenated word) __________ the total height at the (91) ________________ of an (92) _________ Basset.  The shoulders are well (93) (2 words) ________   ________ and elbows that are (97) __________, are serious faults. 

 

 

Answers to Part 1
1.  Marked 24.  Flat 49.  Regular 74.  Curling
2.  Admirably 25.  Nose 50.  Scissors 75.  Far back
3.  Trail 26.  Stop 51.  Even 76.  Skull
4.  Terrain 27.  Flat 52.  Overshot 77.  Repose
5.  Short 28.  Cheek bumps 53.  Undershot 78.  Neck
6.  Heavier 29.  Muzzle 54.  Pigmented 79.  High
7.  Size 30.  Skull 55.  Pendulous 80.  Flat
8.  Deliberate 31.  Straight 56.  Squarely 81.  Deep
9.  Clumsy 32.  Parallel 57.  Flews 82.  Full
10. Mild 33.  Moderately 58.  Pronounced 83.  Prominent Sternum
11. Sharp 34.  Loose 59.  Powerful 84.  Legs
12.  Timid 35.  Wrinkles 60.  Length 85.  Close
13.  Endurance 36.  Dry 61.  Arched 86.  Deepest
14.  Devotion 37.  Tight 62.  Soft 87.  Ground
15.  Large 38.  Deep 63.  Sad 88.  Adequate
16.  Proportioned 39.  Heavy 64.  Sunken 89.  Field
17.  Occiput 40.  Snipiness 65.  Haw 90.  One-third
18.  Muzzle 41.  Pigmented 66.  Brown 91.  Withers
19.  Brow 42.  Black 67.  Dark Brown 92.  Adult
20.  Medium 43.  Wide-open 68.  Light 93.  Laid Back
21.  Domed 44.  Liver 69.  Coloring 94.  Powerful
22.  Occipital protuberance 45.  Head 70.  Light 95.  Steepness
23.  Broad 46.  Desirable 71.  Protruding 96.  Fiddle fronts
  47.  Large 72.  Long 97.  Out
  48.  Sound 73.  Low  
 

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