According the the American Kennel Club, the basset hound is noted for its exceptional sense of smell — not it's hearing — and was bred as a hunting dog.
Leverette and photographer Dick Parrot managed to choreograph a moment's stillness by Emma Jean the basset hound, Oscar the Yorkshire terrier, Doogie the poodle and Clementine the English bulldog for the Kivlighan family.
He had short, bandy legs, long straggly ginger hair and bloodshot, baggy eyes that gave him the doleful look of a basset hound.
I have an insane sense of smell. Like a basset hound. I'm like a 5ft basset hound.