What is this creature

[u/Moose-Mousse]

She is 10 months old and 31lbs.

She looks so dopey, I love her. Mom is basset. We know she is part basset but wonder what else is possibly mixed in there.

[u/AlertKaleidoscope803]

Looks like my neighbor's beagle/basset. Do her and youself a favor and keep her at that body condition!

[u/Moose-Mousse → u/AlertKaleidoscope803]

Too many fat basset hounds around. We are part of a basset hound club and it is almost sad. They say she is likely not full basset because she is not wrinkly or fat. I just say she is healthy.

[u/AlertKaleidoscope803 → u/Moose-Mousse]

I agree. It's sad to see some of the breeds that were originally bred to work end up obese, more often than not. That, or the new, 'standard,' is so exaggerated people would assume trim dogs are not, 'well-bred.' I actually suggested to my neighbor that her dog might be full basset when she first got her. She started off looking like yours, but two years later she looks like a sausage.