GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 40-43cm (16”-17”).
Colour: Pure black and white; red and white or tricolour, all with white feet, chest and tail tip. White legs, blaze or collar are optional.
Coat: Short, sleek and very fine with a pliant skin. Gait: Legs should be carried straight forward with a long swift tireless swinging stride.
This lightly built fine boned dog appears slightly higher on the leg when compared with its length. The flat skull is wrinkled with a slightly shorter muzzle and the erect pointed ears are slightly hooded when viewed in profile. The head must be carried proudly on a well arched neck. The stifles are only moderately angled. The high set tail curls over the back in a single or double curl and in profile, the posterior of the rump should extend beyond the tail set.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Being an independent hunter, these hounds have the intelligence to work without human instruction. Although they do not bark, they are not mute, having in place a yodel or a chortle. When trained with affection and discipline, they are delightful clean pets and due to their aloofness with strangers, also make good watchdogs. One virtue for those who do not want to breed is that - like so many wild dogs - the bitches only come into season once a year.
HISTORY
There are 5,000 year old engravings in Egyptian tombs which depict dogs of a Basenji type. With the decline of Egypt as a world power, these dogs were thought to have disappeared, but in actual fact, for centuries they survived with the tribesmen of Zaire in central Africa although interestingly, brindle Basenjis are also found in their native country. They are valued for their guarding and hunting skills - the latter no doubt enhanced by the fact they were barkless. For centuries, they remained pure with no infusions from outside breeds. It was not until 1870, that the ’Basenji' was rediscovered and the first pair arrived in England in the latter part of the 19th century.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
The Basset Fauve de Bretagne, is a small, stocky hound, lively, rapid for its size. It benefits from enormous energy coupled with excellent hardiness.
CHARACTERISTICS
He is a scent hound used for hunting rabbit, hare, fox, roe deer and wild boar.
The Basset Fauve de Bretagne are impassioned hunters but are also excellent companions of man, sociable, affectionate and equable. They adapt themselves easily to all terrains, even the most difficult, and to all quarry. When hunting they reveal themselves to be courageous, wily, and obstinate, which makes them very successful.
Their coat is very rough, harsh, rather short, never woolly or curly. The face shouldn’t be too bushy.
Colours range from golden wheaten to red brick in hue. A few black hairs dispersed on the back and ears are tolerated. Occasionally the presence of a small white star on the chest, something not sought after.
Sizes: Height: 32cm (12.6 ins) minimum to 38cm (15.5 ins) maximum with a tolerance of 2cm (0.8 ins) for exceptional specimens.
HISTORY
This little basset has the same qualities as the breed from which it is derived, the Griffon Fauve de Bretagne. Very popular in its region of origin in the nineteenth century, it earned a national reputation in the course of the last 30 years of the twentieth century.
Its exceptional aptitude for hunting has allowed it to win the French Cup hunting trophy on rabbit a number of times and it has become very popular. 

HISTORY
Originally descending from the old French Hound, following a mutation of genes, the Basset Hounds’ legs became much shorter, while retaining the substance and general characteristics of the breed. The name Basset is
derived from the Frenchhword ‘bas’ meaning low. Due to later crosses with the Bloodhound, the breed took on the head structure of the latter and improved its scenting powers to be second only to the Bloodhound. In France and Belgium, Basset Hounds were used to trail foxes, rabbits and game birds - their shorter legs resulting in a slower pace and therefore less likely to scare their quarry. Added to that, the heavier bodies (up to 22kg or S0lb) and low stature were an asset when working through dense cover.
GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 33-38cm (l3"-15").
Colour: Tricolour or lemon and white are mostly seen.
Coat: Smooth, short and close but not too fine.
Gait: Fore and hindlegs moving straight and freely with strong hind propulsion.
These short legged hounds with their characteristic loose skin are powerfully built. The head with its pronounced occiput, is similar to that of the Bloodhound, and the long narrow skull is slightly shorter than the well lipped muzzle. The sombre dark eyes display a placid temperament and the lowset ears hang in graceful folds. The body is long and deep, and the large well boned forelegs incline inwards when viewed from the front. Powerful well angulated hindquarters finish with very large feet. As with most scent hounds, the stern (tail) is carried upright.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Bassets are very amiable dogs who get on equally well with family, friends and unfortunately at times with unwanted intruders. Originally used in hunting packs, they have a natural affinity with other dogs, and being scent i hounds when out for a walk their noses are often on the ground sampling all sorts of delicious smells. Having a streak of individuality in their character.
Bassets do not blindly obey humans if they feel the orders are pointless. 

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 33-40cm (l3”-I6”).
Colour: Tricolour or lemon and white are most common.
Coat: Short, dense and weatherproof. Gait: Free long reaching stride with good hind propulsion.
These compact scent hounds give a definite impression of clean cut quality. The rather broad ears are set to the side of a moderately wide skull and a muzzle which has a good flew. The strong chest reaches to the elbows and the fore and hindlegs must be well boned. There should not be much tuck up behind the ribcage and the gaily carried tail must end in a white tip - the purpose of this being that the hunters are better able to sight their Beagles in the field.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
While preferring country life, these scent hounds readily adapt to city life. 
Care should be taken that they do not roam freely, as once on a scent, the Beagle will religiously follow it heedless to all else. Inquisitiveness is part of their nature and when young, they do like to test things orally. As this breed rarely sheds hair, Beagles only need occasional grooming to keep a good tone to their skin.
HISTORY 
Believed to have evolved from the old Talbot or Southern Hound in France, these hounds made their way across the Channel to Britain. Originally, there were two kinds of scent hounds in England, large ones who hunted
deer and small ones known as ‘begles’ were used for rabbit hunting. Thus just as Harriers are a smaller version of the English Foxhound, the Beagle is a smaller verson of the Harrier. 

GENERAL
Shoulder height: 51-56cm (20”-22”).
Colour: Black, shades of grey, blue, brown or sandy with or without white markings.
Coat: Outercoat is harsh, shaggy, flat or slightly waved. The undercoat is soft on the bridge of the nose, the hair is short.
Gait: Supple, smooth and long reaching with a minimum of effort.
These lean active dogs with their slightly longer bodies present an active self confident picture. Their widely spaced eyes with bright enquiring expressions are set under arched eyebrows which are placed midway between the flat square skull and the strong muzzle. The ribcage must not be barrcllcd and the fore and hindquarters are well angulated. The low set tail is long and carried in an upward swirl at its tip.
CHARACTERISTICS
Bearded Collies are intelligent and self confident working dogs who are easily trained, and although not aggressive, they will give a warning bark.
Exercise need be little more than a run in the park or a game with a frisbee or a ball. They thrive on close companionship. Regular brushing is needed to keep the dog free from knots. Using a pin brush, the hair should be lifted so that the brush stroke commences at the root of the hair and then worked downwards.
HISTORY
For centuries, these herders have been popular in Scotland where they were also known as the Highland or Mountain Collie, others believe they come down from the Russian Owtchar and arrived from Poland by ship with a cargo of sheep where they were exchanged for other goods. The Bearded Collies’ weather resisting coats and love of outdoor life coupled with their acute instincts in herding sheep, ducks and other farm life, made them indispensable to the Scottish crofters. It is from the Bearded Collie that the Old English Sheepdog was evolved.