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About the Basset Bleu De Gascogne

About the Basset Bleu de Gascogne

The Basset Bleu de Gascogne is a short-legged French scent hound from Gascony in south-west France, one of the basset types the RKC describes as designed to be followed on foot. The Royal Kennel Club (RKC) places it in the Hound Group and holds it on the Imported Breed Register, where a recognised breed stays until it is judged well enough established to move to the main Breed Register. The FCI breed standard says huntsmen revived the breed at the end of the 19th century and describes a hound used with the gun, working alone or in a pack, mainly on rabbit and hare. It is rare in Britain: between 1 and 19 puppies a year were registered with the RKC from 2016 to 2025.

Size and build

The RKC breed standard describes a smooth-coated, athletic basset that is powerful without being too heavy, standing 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) at the withers. The long, fine ears are set below the eye line and curl inwards, and the tail is carried gaily in a sickle shape. Front legs may be straight or half-crooked, but the standard treats knuckling over as highly undesirable.

Coat and grooming

The short, dense coat is black on a white base, covered with black mottling that gives the blue effect behind the breed's name. Black patches cover the ears and surround the eyes, and a tan spot above each eye creates a four-eyed look, with more tan on the cheeks, inside the ears and on the legs. No other colouring is accepted. The RKC suggests grooming once a week, and the coat sheds.

Exercise

This is an active hound. The RKC lists more than two hours of exercise a day and describes it as a country dog that can live in a small house with a large garden. A scent hound tends to follow its nose, so recall training and secure boundaries matter, and activities such as scentwork give it a job to do.

Temperament and suitability

The breed standard calls it bold, curious and affectionate but somewhat reserved, with an excellent nose and a deep, resonant voice, which is worth weighing up if you have close neighbours. The RKC gives a lifespan of over 10 years. Because the breed is so scarce here, see our guide to rare and newly imported breeds before you start your search.

Basset Bleu De Gascogne health tests

Basset Bleu de Gascogne health and testing

The RKC's Breed Watch places the Basset Bleu de Gascogne in Category 1: no breed-specific points of concern have been identified for show judges. That relates to visible conformation and does not mean individual dogs are free of inherited disease.

On its breed page, the RKC lists a single Good Practice item before breeding, prioritising genetic diversity. It lists no Best Practice screening scheme, offers no breed-specific DNA testing package and has no additional breed-specific breeding restrictions; the breed has no tests listed in the RKC Health Standard. With no screening scheme listed, the RKC's advice for this breed centres on inbreeding: its genetic diversity guidance asks breeders to produce litters with a coefficient of inbreeding no higher than the breed average and as low as is practical, which they can check with its online calculators. The breed page also gives contact details for a Breed Health Co-ordinator, who collects and shares health information for the breed.

What the RKC lists for this breed

Good Practice: prioritising genetic diversity (litter coefficient of inbreeding at or below the breed average)
Best Practice: no additional schemes listed
Breed-specific DNA testing package: none offered by the RKC
Additional breed-specific breeding restrictions: none
Breed Watch: Category 1
Register: RKC Imported Breed Register

Choosing a Basset Bleu De Gascogne breeder

Choosing a Basset Bleu de Gascogne breeder

With fewer than 20 RKC registrations a year, finding a breeder can take months, so start early and be willing to travel. A good breeder of this breed will be open about what living with a working scent hound involves: long daily exercise, a voice that carries and a nose that can override recall. Expect them to ask about your garden, neighbours and working hours. Because the RKC's health guidance for the breed centres on genetic diversity, a careful breeder should be able to give you the litter's coefficient of inbreeding, explain how it compares with the breed average and say why they chose the sire. You should see the puppies with their mother where they were born: in England, a licensed breeder may not sell a puppy under eight weeks old or show one without its mother (Schedule 6 of the 2018 licensing regulations). Every puppy in the UK must be microchipped and registered on a database by eight weeks, and in England anyone breeding three or more litters in 12 months and selling any of the puppies needs a council licence.

Questions to ask

What is the coefficient of inbreeding for this litter, and how does it compare with the breed average?
Have any health problems appeared in the parents' close relatives?
Can I meet the mother and any adult hounds, and how much exercise do they get?
How do you prepare puppies for family life and for time left alone?
Will the puppy be registered with the RKC, and will you take it back at any age if needed?

Basset Bleu De Gascogne questions

What does Imp mean after the breed name?

It shows the breed is on the RKC Imported Breed Register. Dogs on it can compete straight away in working trials, obedience, agility, flyball, heelwork to music, rally and handling. At shows they can enter only some classes, matches and companion shows until the RKC moves the breed to the main Breed Register.

Is the Basset Bleu de Gascogne the same as a Basset Hound?

No. The RKC recognises them as separate breeds. The Basset Bleu de Gascogne is a French hound with a mottled blue-black coat and tan spots above the eyes, standing 30 to 38 cm at the withers, and it is far rarer in the UK: 14 were registered with the RKC in 2025, against 298 Basset Hounds.

How much exercise does a Basset Bleu de Gascogne need?

The RKC lists more than two hours a day and rates it as better suited to the country, with a large garden. As a scent hound it will follow a trail, so plan for recall training, secure fencing and activities that let it use its nose.

What health tests should the parents have?

The RKC does not list a breed-specific DNA test package or screening scheme for this breed. Its Good Practice item is prioritising genetic diversity, so ask for the litter's coefficient of inbreeding and how it compares with the breed average, and ask about any health problems in the parents' families.

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