IiHounds zeBasset zizibona njengabantu abalinganayo. Ngaphezu koko, ukuhlala ixesha elide kwintsapho enye, inja ithatha iimpawu zabanikazi kwaye ifana nabo. Akungabazeki ukuba ukuba umnini we-basset uthanda ukuhlala esihlalweni esithile, ke inja iya kulala apho.
Ngaphandle kwento yokuba ii-bassets zijongeka njengamaqhuma amanqatha, azikho kwaphela. Ijongeka njengenja ecothayo nehlekisayo, kodwa ukuba ifuna ukudlala okanye ukuya kuzingela, ijika ibe ngumzingeli ophaphathekayo nongadinwayo, okwaziyo ukubaleka iiyure ezininzi zilandelelana.