Stud Hound Bassets

03/05/2026

Showing off our Amazing Moms! This is Mini Doxie mom Mya and her litter of Antz! ♡

03/05/2026

Showing off our Amazing Moms and their kids! This is Primrose with daughter Pamela and son Jason. ♡

03/05/2026

Showing off the amazing moms and their kids here at SHB. This is Fierce with daughter Lilo and Son Stitch. ♡

12/15/2025

Hello Basset Lovers! Christmas is around the corner and we have some amazing adults and teenagers available for adoption. Send us a message or call today!!!

10/28/2025

*Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

New peer-reviewed study published in Nature:

How a dog’s lifetime exposure to his own hormones (before being neutered) affects how well he handles aging and frailty later in life.

Study Background

• Frailty = when older dogs (and people) become weaker, less resilient, and more prone to illness and death.
• Most research looks at how to prevent frailty — this study looked at what makes some dogs bounce back better after frailty sets in.
• The focus was on the HPG axis — the hormonal system that produces testosterone and controls reproduction.

Key Findings

• Dogs neutered very young (before 2 years old) had:

o A much higher risk of death once they became frail.
o About 16% higher mortality for every small increase in frailty.

• Dogs kept intact longer (more than ~10 years) showed:
o No increase in mortality linked to frailty.
o Their hormones seemed to “buffer” the negative effects of aging.

• Each extra year of natural hormone exposure reduced frailty-related death risk by ~1%.

What It Means

• Hormones from the te**es may protect against the worst effects of aging later in life.
• Removing them too early could make dogs less resilient to age-related decline.
• Frailty isn’t just about getting old — it’s also shaped by early-life events like the timing of neutering.
• This supports a “life course” view: what happens early in life affects health decades later.

Why It Matters

• The study suggests timing of neutering might influence how well dogs age.

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

These amazing babies are looking for their forever adoptive families! https://www.studhoundbassets.com/new-family-member...

10/09/2025

Ben is up for adoption! https://www.studhoundbassets.com/new-family-member...

09/19/2025

Chenille is up for adoption. Please fill out our application here: https://www.studhoundbassets.com/new-family-member-application

09/19/2025

Daisy is up for adoption. Please fill out our application here: https://www.studhoundbassets.com/new-family-member-application