Ua kūpono ka Basset Hound no nā ʻohana me kahi māla liʻiliʻi. He mea nui iā ia ke hoʻoikaika kino ma kahi kokoke (ma nā paka, nā ululāʻau, a i ʻole nā kula). Pono nā mea nona nā ʻīlio e loaʻa i ka ʻike a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻO ka manawa i hānai mua ʻia ai ka Basset Hound he mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa - akā ʻo kona kumu maoli aia i loko o nā ʻīlio hahai holoholona kahiko o Farani.
I ka pau ʻana o ke kenekulia 19, ua ʻike ʻia ka basset hound ma ʻEnelani a lilo i ʻīlio kaulana no ka hahai holoholona i loko o nā ʻeke - no ka laʻana no ka hahai holoholona. ʻO ka Basset Hound, ʻaʻole ia he ilio wikiwiki loa, akā ma muli o kona ʻono maikaʻi loa a me kona kino ikaika, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻīlio ʻala maikaʻi no ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻeke no nā makahiki.