All of my girls have weighed between 45 and 60 pounds, and all of my boys
have weighed between 55 and 70 pounds--and they are not overly large--but
have massive bone structure. Except: I have had several rescue bassets who
have weighed as little as 40 pounds and were not underweight. Since most
of mine have been show bassets, perhaps bassets bred for conformation are
actually heaier and larger than most who come from sources not involved
with showing their dogs.

Kathryn Beard

Dis Brudder Elwood. Da weight ob da dog huh????
Lets talk about Brudder Jake. Hog Dawg. 85 pounds--an he has lost bout 8 pounds---
Wait here he comes--he got da look in da eyeball---
Brudder Elwood now hab new meanin for Flat Basset.

Drool to all in need----



Debbie Winchester
Official Food Slave and Drool Mop Queen to
PW, OEBE Elder Clara,
OEBE Brudder Elwood, Instigator of Evil Deeds
Elder Sister Daisy, Brudder Jake

My beautiful Buster at the bridge was top weight at 63 lbs. I thought he was a small Basset, though he was all I could carry in an emergency. Miss my baby.

Paddi B Basset (whose official name is Sunset's Descanso Princess -- she
came from a KC breeder) weighs about 50 pounds. She goes up and down a bit.
(Well, honestly, she doesn't. She goes up a bit and we cut back on her food,
and then she goes down a bit!) She looks perfect at 50 pounds -- well
defined waist and not too wide behind.

Vernon Q Basset (whose official name is Vern, and who came from the local
SPCA) weighs closer to 60 at his ideal weight.

I took Paddi to obedience class when she was younger (please don't ask), and
the trainer referred to her as an "old-fashioned English style basset." This
is in Canada. She seemed to associate the smaller size with American hounds.

Mary, for Paddi B (she starves we!) and Vernon Q (she does!)

Cowboy is from a Missouri BYB and was described as a mini-basset. The
breeder wasn't advertising them all this way, I don't think he was
intentionally bred small, he just happened to be the tiniest of the litter.
At 14 weeks when we got him he was 14 lbs. Now at age 4 he is consistently
38 lbs. We call him petite because he is much smaller than Rupert and many
other "standard" hounds that we see; however when attending large basset
events, there are many others in his weight range so I don't think his
size is all that rare or petite. He has tons of energy and eats pretty
regularly although he does skip meals a couple days a week.

Rupert was found as a stray around age 1.5. He was only 26 lbs. At age
4(ish) he is now right around 65lbs and looks great. I cannot believe he was
so skinny and malnourished when he was found. He gets walks daily along with
occasional hikes, park outings, beach runs, etc. If he didn't, I know he
would end up being overweight. This boys loves to eat and never misses a
meal.

Drool to all,
Kacy with Cowboy and Rupert
San Diego, Ca

Just to add to the discussion:

Coco is 62 pounds
Whisky is 70 pounds
Caspian is 55 pounds
and
Piper (ATB) was 114 pounds
none of them is overweight according to the vet, so it seems we have a full
range. Piper was a very large basset with very big bones and the others are
a little more delicate. I think Basset Hounds come in all sizes and bone
structures, depends on their breeding and just for the record, Piper was the
most highly pedigreed Houndie of all.

Drool and love to all in need.

Karen with the Out of Africa Bassets

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My old man, Baxter, is down to 53 pounds, even though he's always eating.
Vet really couldn't find anything wrong. So, he gets what he wants at 13.5
years young! Cleo, however, is a solid 70 lbs!! YOY! Time for the green
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While I a writing this, chunky monkey Jean Paul is crooning for a treat, or attention, or both, but I just spent 20 minutes with him letting him lick all the skin off my lips...
He is the alpha, and he is rather jealous of jr. who commands a lot of my attention. He would not enjoy the outings that jr. does, and won't eat a lot of the food I give jr. (mainly fruit things), but attention away from him hurts his feelings, and I know it. I make special time for all the hounds, and they all mean so much to me.
Regarding weight,
Pumpkin, Nigel, Colette, Nikki and Jr. are in the 60 - 70 range.
Pumpkin was NSHA league rescue at a young age. They said 8 wks, but it could have been 6 wks, an insider told me. Nigel and Colette were BYB before I knew better, Nikki is BHRA and Jr. is OBR.
Max was a tri-state basset rescue and he was 15 LBs underweight when he came to us, but he is a consistent 50 more or less now.
Jellybean is so Jellybean, and she is always under 50.
JP weighs more than he should. Last weigh in, a couple of days ago, he was 98, a pound less than last month, but he is a mill pup, and he may well not be pure basset, but he is pure gold to my heart.
Some complained that I had him too thin, but when he was neutered, that is when he developed pano, which lasted 4 yrs.
Healing drool to all in need
Jax

Almost all of the bassets in Ohio are the smaller weight, 40-50 lbs. i was told they are "french" bassets and the larger ones are "english". The first time some of us from Ohio went to the Michigan Waddle we were shocked at all the fat bassets. There is a difference bewteen big **** bassets and just plain fat. I don't understand why people think they have to feed them every thing they eat and then say i do not kow why he is so fat. i keep all of my dogs on the thin side. it is better for their health. Even my blood hounds are on the thin side.  I don't have their ribs showing but they definately have a waist. Why give them health issues by making them fat. When they are over weight they form a fat pocket around their heart and are good canidates for a heart attack. OBR got in 1 dog that weighed 101 lbs. She could not do 1 step to get in and out of the door. We put her on the green bean diet and she went down to 70 lbs. Afte she was adopted they got
more weight off of her. She could then run and play and do multiple steps. I feed my hounds veggies and fruit they love them for treats.
Eva and Princess Nugget ATB

My smallest, Jellybean, is around 45 lbs. She has the ideal shape. My heaviest is Jean Paul, the alpha, at 98. He should be 80 to be perfect, and he was over 100 at one point, so we are slowly getting him down. (Not to assign blame, but all dogs had a wonderful grandma here, who fed them non-stop, God Bless her misguided intention. She is Mom I always speak of now at Assisted Living.) The others range in the 60-70 pound range, and have the lovely shape of a waist and you can feel ribs but they are not protruding.
A comment from the Vet which stays close to my heart as my herd grew is "there is a lot of variety in the breed". I expect this is the same for all breeds unless you are a show dog person breeding for the standard. I have learned so much from being a part of the daily drool, and the best thing is the love we all share, for each other and for the hounds (and wanabees and cats goats, horses, etc).
Count down to the Michigan waddle. Today is the last day for the on line auction. There are some great items, and you can proxy bid if you can't be there. I have my eye on a couple of things.
Healing drool to all in need.
Jackie and the herd