Mitundu yokongola komanso yosangalatsa ya Basset Hound idabadwa ku England komanso kachitidweko mkati mwa zaka za zana la 20. Dzina la mtunduwu lili ndi mawu awiri achingerezi, omwe amamasulira kuti: "perch" - low ndi "hound" - hound, yomwe imalongosola cholinga cha mtunduwo. Kumbuyo kwa mawonekedwe osangalatsa a Basset Hound, pali mlenje weniweni, amasiyanitsidwa ndi kukhudzika kwake kopitilira muyeso, kupirira, ndi mikhalidwe yodziwika bwino yosaka.
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