when i was small-- my grandfather had a male basset that bred with his really dark german shapard-- the cutest dogs you ever saw (my uncle kept one) thats how we know what they turned out to look like-- like a german shepard that had its legs cut in half--lol-- huge head- beautiful german shepard-- only about a foot high-- lol-- we saw them breed- no joke- the basset was on top of the dog house & betsy( german shepard) just backed right up-- glad she did- they were gorgeous pups:-)