Umuntu onqabile akezwa ubumnene ubheka izinja zohlobo lweBasset Hound. "I-sausage enezinyawo ezimfushane enezindlebe ezinkulu" - kubonakala sengathi lezi zinja zenzelwe kuphela ukulala embhedeni nokujabulisa abanikazi bazo ngamaqhinga ahlekisayo. Kodwa akukho okukhohlisayo njengokubonakala kwe-basset hound.
Emzimbeni omude we-squat kufihlwe inja yangempela engakhathali, ehlonishwe futhi yathuthukiswa ngabamele balawa mazwe amabili.
Izithombe zokuqala zezinja zokuzingela ezinama-paws amafushane aqala ngekhulu le-16 futhi zitholakala eFrance, lapho okhokho basendulo be-Basset Hound - artesian-Norman hound - bakhombise ikhono labo lokuhamba ngokungakhathali ngokulandela umgwaqo onegazi ngenkathi bezingela imisele. Ama-paws amafushane anamandla, okuthi, ngokunokwenzeka, aqhamuke ngenxa yokuguqulwa kwezakhi futhi alungiswa ngesikhathi sokuzalela, ayizange ibe yinkinga emadlozini asezansi zesimanje, kodwa ukusekelwa phakathi nokuhamba isikhathi eside emahlathini, kwasiza ekunciphiseni umhlabathi ngaphansi kwamagatsha aqothuliwe, ukugqekeza izimbobo.
Kancane kancane, ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zinja ezixakile kwandiswa futhi kusuka kumzingeli we-burrow baphenduka ubuhlalu kumdlalo omncane: onogwaja, ama-pheasants, ama-raccoons. Ngokwemvelo, ama-basset asetshenziswa kuphela ekuzingeleni ngezinyawo, ngoba ayengakwazi ukubekezelela ijubane lamahhashi. Abangenele lo mfutho bangabizwa ngamaFrance amabili - u-Bala Lekure noMonsieur Lana, abazibandakanye ngenhloso yokukhethwa kwalezi zinja ezisindayo. Ngenxa yalokhu, kunezinhlobo ezimbili ezingaphansi zohlobo, ezazibizwa nge- "basset Lekure" kanye "ne-basset Lana."
Eminyakeni yama-60 yekhulu le-XIX, la makhasethi aseFrance avela eNgilandi. Lapha, izimfanelo ezisebenzayo ze-French hound zanquma ukuqinisa futhi zaqala ukuwela i-Basset ngezindawo zegazi zasendaweni. Ngakho-ke ukuzalanisa kwamukelwa igama lesimanje elithi "Basset Hound", elisho ukuthi "i-hound low" nokubukeka okwenzeka kithi - umzimba omude onemilenze emifushane nezindlebe ezinkulu. Ngo-1883, "iklabhu ye-Basset" yasungulwa eNgilandi, eyayiqala ichaza futhi yamukela izindinganiso zohlobo lweBasset Hound, futhi ekuqaleni kwalelikhulu lama-20, izinhlaka zeBasset zaqashelwa izinhlangano zamazwe ezezizwe zokucwaninga ngezizwe.
