SakshiScent Hound: Then
Scent Hounds traces its origin back to the time of Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Rome. They are called Scent Hounds because they hunt by scent and not with the sight. It is the sixth-century ancestor of Basset Hound and comes from St. Hubert of Belgium. In the sixteenth century, Jacques du Fouilloux called the offsprings of St. Hubert as the “basset” dog. During the time when hunter used larger dogs for riding, this short-legged breed used to accompany them in the foot. Everett Millais is considered the originator of Hound’s forebear. They were bred from them in the nineteenth century, England. They own one of the most sensitive noses in all the animals out there. They also have long and drooping ears.