Stud Hound Bassets

Stud Hound Bassets At SHB we strive to educate you, and train quality Basset hounds. We encourage you to reach out to us with anything basset hound related. "Hello! Talk soon!

Call or message any time! Welcome Basset Hound Addicts! We have the right Basset for you. We have puppies and young adults for adoption, so we have a new family member for every family. We have a 2 year health guarantee on our pups, they are paper trained/dog door trained and socialized! We have behavioral training available and also have dogs suited for therapy and service dogs. Give us a call today or fill out our New Family Member Application and I will call you shortly after! Dondi Polzin"

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. ♡

Hello Basset Lovers! Christmas is around the corner and we have some amazing adults and teenagers available for adoption...
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

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