- Fawn with black blanket and white (“tricolour”) or fawn and white (“bi-colour).
- In the tricoloured dog, the head should be largely covered with tan hair and show a circle of darker hairs on each temple.
- The black blanket or the black patches should be composed of solid black hairs or black hair with “grizzle” (realising thus the former characteristic of “hare pied” or ”badger-pied”)
About the Norman Artesien Basset
Origin: FranceNorman Artesien Basset
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Basset Artesiano de Normandia
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Small game hunting dog used for hunting with the gun. Hunts as well by himself as in a pack, with giving tongue. His short legs allow him to penetrate the most dense vegetation, there where the big dog cannot go, and to flush out the hidden game. His favourite is hunting the rabbit, but he can just as well hunt the hare as the deer. He tracks and flushes with great determination driving the game not fast, but with perseverance and giving voice
- Behaviour and temperament
“Gifted with an excellent nose and a melodious voice, persevere but not too fast on the line, he permits his master to fully enjoy the hunting work. Outgoing and of very affectionate nature”
Quoted from FCI standard n°34. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Small game hunting dog used for hunting with the gun. Hunts as well by himself as in a pack, with giving tongue. His short legs allow him to penetrate the most dense vegetation, there where the big dog cannot go, and to flush out the hidden game. His favourite is hunting the rabbit, but he can just as well hunt the hare as the deer. He tracks and flushes with great determination driving the game not fast, but with perseverance and giving voice” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
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- Grooming needs
- 2 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Norman Artesien Basset
What you get with the Norman Artesien Basset
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Small game hunting dog used for hunting with the gun”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Gifted with an excellent nose and a melodious voice, persevere but not too fast on the line, he permits his master to…”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Close, short and smooth without being too fine”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Norman Artesien Basset
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Close, short and smooth without being too fine
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°34 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at withers: Males and bitches: 30 – 36 cm. Tolerance +/- 1 cm for exceptional Weight: subjects. 15 – 20 kg”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°34. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Norman Artesien Basset in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Norman Artesien Basset
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Norman Artesien Basset on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
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