American Staffordshire Terrier vs Basset Hound — Side by Side

	American Staffordshire Terrier	Basset Hound
Lifespan	10-15 years	12-13 years
Size	Medium	Medium
Weight	40-70 lb	40-65 lb
Energy	High	Low
Grooming	Low	Moderate
Shedding	Moderate	Moderate
With kids	With supervision	Good with kids

What actually separates them

Less brushing with the American Staffordshire Terrier. More with the Basset Hound.
Calmer of the two is the Basset Hound. The one that needs more exercise is the American Staffordshire Terrier.
American Staffordshire Terrier tends to live longer — 10-15 years against 12-13 years.
With young children, Basset Hound is the safer default — American Staffordshire Terrier is listed as "With supervision".

The honest downside of each

American Staffordshire Terrier

This breed carries some of the most restrictive breed-specific legislation of any dog worldwide — outright bans or ownership conditions exist in multiple countries and in various US cities and counties — and many landlords and home-insurance policies exclude the breed by name regardless of an individual dog's temperament or training.

Basset Hound

Those long ears and low-slung body are not just a look, they are a direct cause of the breed's biggest health problems, and Basset Hounds have one of the highest rates of chronic ear infections of any breed studied in UK veterinary records.

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American Staffordshire Terrier · Basset Hound
Health problems, origin and what living with each is actually like.