Bubba-licious Six Week Evaluation

Bubba is a beautiful boy

Of the five pups that ClarkeBar and Laffee Taffe gave us, Bubba is the biggest, happiest, puppy in an exceptionally good litter. Our Rocketdog Kennel has produced six litters to date, using three females and only one male. Our goal is to produce a slightly smaller form of Basset Hound and we may have done it. But with Bubba it will be hard to tell.

Bubba-licious was misidentified as female at birth (in the heat of whelping), but this is definitely a male pup in every respect. He has a large and blocky head shape supports a high dome and well placed ears. His stance is very strong and his frame is robust. This will be a strong but confident puppy which should  do well in a large family with small children.

Bubba's coloring is wonderful with tremendous ermine spotting everywhere you might look. His ears will slowly transition to red over time, as might his hind quarters (but this is not certain). His head blaze is slightly asymmetrical, this often indicates a less than show quality adult, but this seem unfair since he is otherwise as good as any other.

Stance, perhaps the best way to tell if the hips will be healthy throughout life, is exceptionally strong. We would not recommend using a harness leash since he will be very strong and low centered. It is not at all certain that he will remain smaller than other Basset Hounds, but he should not achieve more than a fifty pounds of total weight at four years old.

No better natural stance than this.

Bubba gets all five AKC derived points in our six point system, and the one point for beauty as well. Be is a very good example of the Basset Hound dog at six weeks and might eventually be bred providing that care is taken in choosing partners. His parents both come from the same kennel, but neither share any parentage, so inbreeding ought to easily be avoided.