Easy to maintain, these dogs just need their coats combed through regularly and plucked twice a year. Whilst their coats should never be trimmed, the excess hair around their ear passages should be removed.
Grooming requirements
Once a week
Trimming required
None
Tendency to shed hair
Little
Show characteristics
The head should be of medium length with a well-defined occiput. The eyes should be dark hazel and the ears set on level with the eyes ending in a point and covered with finer, darker and softer hair than that on the body. The jaws should be strong with a complete scissor bite. The neck should be rather short and muscular adjoining slightly sloping shoulders. The chest should be wide and deep with a level top line. The forelegs can be straight or slightly crooked and strongly boned, the hind legs being strong. The feet should be tight with firm, hard pads and the tail set on high and carried like a sickle when moving. The preferred colors for the show-ring are red/wheaten or fawn. Some white may occur on the chest or neck, however this is undesirable.
Breed classification
The Basset Fauve de Bretagne belongs to the Hound group and is used as a Sporting, companion and seen in the show-ring. In France they are used to hunt rabbits.