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BASSET ARTESIEN NORMAND
An athletic basset scent hound, not overly heavy, elegant, built for sport and for the pleasure of the eye. The height is between 30 and 36 cm for a weight of roughly 17kg. The coat is short and tricolored or bicolored. The head, determining for the breed, shoulf be a moderate width with a pronouced occipital bump, with long, fine, well-turned neathers and a sightly aquiline muzzle. Calm, obediant and good natured, he's a marvelous compagnon, in the home as welle in the field. He is patient with children.
CHIEN D'ARTOIS
A medium siezd (53-58 cm) French scent hound, heavy boned and well muscled. A heavy and large head, a moderately long muzzle and practically flat leathers are the main charactéristics of the breed, differnciating it from other French scent hound breeds. The coat is tricolored(tan, black and white) and the head may have some black markings. Precocious, well behaved, affectionate, it's an excellent companion and ally of a hunter. Its eyes are large, dark colored and its expression soft and melancholic.
Le Club du Basset Artésien-Normand et du Chien d'Artois, affiliated with the Société Centrale Canine and recognized by the Agricultural Ministry, is the governing body for the standards of these breeds in all F.C.I. member countries. It can help you by providing