Munthu wachilendo samva mwachikondi kuyang'ana agalu a mtundu wa Basset Hound. "Soseji yokhala ndi miyendo yayifupi ndi makutu akulu" - zikuwoneka kuti agaluwa amapangidwira kuti azigona pakama ndikusangalatsa eni ake ndimiseche yoseketsa. Koma palibe chomwe chimakhala chonyenga ngati mawonekedwe a basset hound.
Munthawi yayitali galu amabisala galu wosatopa, yemwe machitidwe ake ogwira ntchito adayamikiridwa ndikuwongoleredwa ndi oimira mayiko awiriwa.
Zithunzi zoyambirira za agalu osaka omwe ali ndi ma tchuthi amfupi zaka za m'ma 1600 ndipo zimapezeka ku France, pomwe makolo amakono a Basset Hound - artesian-Norman bwalo - adawonetsa kuthekera kwawo mosatopa munjira yamagazi pomwe akusaka ma burg. Mawotchi amfupi amphamvu, omwe, mwina, adayambika chifukwa cha kusintha kwa masinthidwe ndipo adakonzedwa pakubala, sizinakhale vuto kwa makolo akale azisamba zamakono, koma thandizo munthawi yayitali kudutsa m'nkhalango, lidathandizira kuti pansi pakhale pansi pa nthambi zowonongeka, kuthyola mabowo.
Pang'onopang'ono, kugwiritsa ntchito agalu opanga kumenewa adakulitsidwa ndipo kuchokera kwa mlenje wosakira iwo adasandulika kukhala beagles pamasewera ang'ono: akalulu, achifwamba, achamba. Mwachilengedwe, mabasiketi ankangogwiritsidwa ntchito pa kusaka kwa mapazi, chifukwa sakanakhoza kupirira kuthamanga kwa akavalo. Omwe akuthandizira kusinthaku atchedwa Frenchman - Count Lekure ndi Monsieur Lana, omwe adachita nawo ntchito yosankha agalu opatsa chidwi awa. Zotsatira zake, panali mitundu iwiri yamasamba, yomwe imatchedwa "basset Lekure" ndi "basset Lana."
Mu 60s ya XX century, ma basset achi French adawonekera ku England. Apa, machitidwe ogwira ntchito azizipilala zaku France adaganiza zolimbitsa ndipo adayamba kuwoloka Basset ndi malo amwazi am'deralo. Chifukwa chake oberedwayo adalandira dzina lamakono "Basset Hound", lomwe limatanthawuza "low hound" ndi mawonekedwe athu - thupi lalitali ndi miyendo yayifupi ndi makutu akulu. Mu 1883, "Basset kilabhu" idapangidwa ku England, yomwe idafotokoza ndikuyamba kutsatira zikhalidwe za Basset Hound, ndipo kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20, mabwalo a Basset adadziwika ndi mabungwe azachipembedzo apadziko lonse lapansi.