Grand Basste Griffon Vendeen

The Griffon Vendéen hounds have gone through over 400 years of evolution to produce the griffon coated French hounds of today.  Rough-coated hounds were introduced into the Celts' Gaul (modern day France) by the Romans. Under Roman rule, the Gauls kept hunting packs for sport, developing the French passion for hunting. In general, the crooked-legged bassets were short-coated and went to ground better. The Straight-legged hunted above ground as well as worked terrier-like. These were mostly rough-coated, the early Basset Griffons.