Most bassets are NOT “lard butts”.
To use the correct scientific term, they are dense. In the vernacular, they are SOLID.
Pretty much all bone and muscle, with very little fat.
Basset hounds have the highest bone mass to body mass ratio of any of the canines.
bald over 15 years ago
oops ,fred might be looking at a diet after this visit i know someone with a bloodhound that is so fat she has no loose skin
alondra over 15 years ago
It might be nice if you had a stepping stool up to your table Doc. And what’s he looking so ticked about?
guinnirish over 15 years ago
That is so Jake and I at the vet and yes he is on a diet.
boldyuma over 15 years ago
I like the previous day’s comment on how fat bassetts should be called “floor sauseges”!….goes for dauchshunds as well…
Miserichord over 15 years ago
Most bassets are NOT “lard butts”. To use the correct scientific term, they are dense. In the vernacular, they are SOLID. Pretty much all bone and muscle, with very little fat. Basset hounds have the highest bone mass to body mass ratio of any of the canines.
CopperLeo over 15 years ago
love this - so true, poor fred very undignified.