Join BHCA

By becoming a member of the Basset Hound Club of America, you are joining a community of dog lovers devoted to the health, welfare and future of our beloved Basset Hound breed.

BHCA:

• Supports research, education and initiatives to ensure our hounds lead healthy lives;
• Provides activities and competitions geared to the Basset Hound’s unique skills that keep our dogs mentally and physically engaged; and
• Promote ethical breeding standards that will allow future generations to enjoy the companionship and love of this breed.

Our members-only magazine, Tally-Ho, is published six times a year and showcases all the activities we do with our dogs, with informative articles and beautiful, color photographs.

Each year, we also conduct a National Specialty event that includes a wide array of competitions, from field trials and tracking; to obedience, rally and agility; and, of course, conformation, culminating in one dog being honored with Best in Show. This is the largest annual gathering of Basset Hounds in dog sports in the world, and it is a must-visit event for many of our members.

Many of our long-time members testify to the strength of the friendships they have developed with other Basset Hound owners and breeders through club activities and gatherings. We have a number of members who started in the club as junior members (under 18) and are still engaged and active with their dogs and BHCA as they enter retirement. Dog-people are the best!

If you “belong” to a Basset Hound, you belong in BHCA.

• $55 — Single, Household, or Associate membership
• $0 — Junior membership without Tally-Ho
• $18 — Junior membership with Tally-Ho

Additional Optional Payments

Tally-Ho postage options:

• $0 — Periodical rate postage
• $30 — Priority Mail postage
• $20 — Canada & Mexico postage
• $50 — All other countries postage

Additional Contributions

• AKC Canine Health Foundation
• BHCA Foundation

Submitting Payment with your application below or mail checks to:

Marianne Lovejoy
PO Box 1415
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693-1415

Submit your application form via mail or online below.

Be sure to have your sponsors complete and submit the form if required.

GUIDELINES OF ETHICAL CONDUCT

Each member of the Basset Hound Club of America will consider the welfare of the breed when engaging in any activities involving the breeding, selling or competition of Basset Hounds. BHCA members, both individuals and member clubs, are urged to comply with the following guidelines:

1. Members of the Basset Hound Club of America will abide by the constitution and by-laws of BHCA and of the American Kennel Club.
2. Members will ensure that all dogs in their care are provided adequate food, water and shelter, opportunity for exercise, veterinary care, and personal attention to monitor their needs.
3. Breeding will be directed toward producing Basset Hounds of exceptional quality in breed temperament, Basset Hound type and ability to hunt game. Only healthy and mature dogs and bitches free of congenital defects and of characteristic breed type, sound structure and temperament shall be bred.
4. Members should not undertake the breeding of a bitch unless they are prepared to act responsibly regarding the disposition of the resultant puppies. Members shall be discriminating in the placing of puppies and adult hounds, choosing environments in which the Basset Hound will receive suitable care and affection and will not be misused.
5. Basset Hounds offered for sale or males offered at stud must be presented honestly regarding their pedigrees, their potential as bred and their faults or the fault possibilities that may develop in maturity.
6. Members of the Basset Hound Club of America will follow good business practices and ethics in breeding and sales contracts and will honor all agreements. Written agreements in all dealings regarding Basset Hounds are strongly encouraged.
7. No member of this club shall engage in the wholesaling of litters or the selling of breeding stock to commercial sales operations (“puppy mills”). No member will offer or supply Basset Hounds for prizes, raffles or lotteries.
8. No member shall engage in false or misleading advertising or misrepresentation of his/her Basset Hounds or those of competitors.
9. Members will practice the principles of good sportsmanship, considering competition to be a challenge, not a threat.
10. All members of the Basset Hound Club of America shall conduct themselves in all aspects of the sport of dogs in a manner designed to reflect credit upon our breed and our club.

I (we) hereby make application for membership in The Basset Hound Club of America, Inc. (BHCA) according to Article II of BHCA’s By-Laws, and I (we) agree to abide by the By-laws and Guidelines for Ethical Conduct of BHCA.