15 Amazing Facts About Basset Hounds You Probably Never Knew By Allen Abby - For most dog breeds, achondroplasia is considered a defect. In basset hounds, the trait is essential and defining. Basset hounds were designed not only to hunt small game but to do it in packs. Through teamwork, basset hounds hunting together in a pack can more easily drive a rabbit or other prey out from cover. Please follow and like us: