Artesian Norman Basset
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During the Dark Ages hunting in France became a fashionable entertainment as well as it offered a convenient opportunity to set up business and political matters. Passionate hunters required various types of hunting dogs for different style of hunting. Active breeding experiments led to creation of different sporting dogs, many of which survived to the modern days. It’s commonly thought that the Artesian-Norman Basset had been already well established by the beginning of the XVII century in Artois and Normandy. Local breeders used Basset types of the Normand and Chien d’Artois to produce this breed. The strong probability holds that they added to the mix other local Artesian and Norman hounds, and possibly other Basset breeds. More specifically the breed looks very similar to the Basset Bleu de Gasconge, which certainly contributed its genes to the breeds’ development.