The American Beagler Forum

do or have any of you run a beagle bassett cross if so how did they do basically for pleasure hunting

I've had a few, they hunt pretty well, some are a little slower, some faster. Some may take longer to start than a beagle. I like 'em.

I have had two in the past 30 years, so I am far from an expert on this cross. With that said, The one's i owned were very good gun dogs, were much faster then one might think, hunted hard, and would drive a rabbit,with beautiful bawl mouths. My issue with the one's i had was handling, both were males, and hard headed as heck. Back in the day, we never heard of a training collar. Good luck.

My very first dog was a beagle basset cross that my dad got me as a pet...he was a pet until my dad came home from work one afternoon and the dog was running a rabbit,lol. I wish I had a whole kennel full that could run like that little guy could.

well we bit the bullet and got the puppy for our son i let him pick out the one he wanted he named he Haley she is so cute I'll post a pic tomorrow

My first rabbit dog was a beagle/bassett cross that I got when I was 10 years old. I have many fond memories hunting with him after school in the late afternoon; early evening.
He was faster than most bassetts I've seen, but slower than many beagles. He sure could move a rabbit, though!
I hope you enjoy your new beagle/bassett as much as I enjoyed mine!

well me and my son zack took our pups in the yard to drag rabbits around to se how well they would track mine is a reggie gyp she is doing killer for 10 wks she is tracking 25 ft and growling at the other pup when she gets near the bunny well the beagle/bassett is showing some interest but she is only 5 1/2 wks she tracked one about 6 ft we let her chew on it alittle and thats the lesson for today I am hoping to prove my hubby wrong and her become a decent hunting dog

this is my two sons with our gyp out of reggie and the beagle /bassett pup

Hope they turn out good for you, nice lookin' boys and fine looking pups!

thanks for the compliment on my babies the dogs are goodlooking but the boys are the cutest

Good luck with your pups, and it's good to see you have those young fellers started on the right track too. Way to go.