The color of their coat is predominantly white, ticked so as to give a bluish appearance, with brown spots and tan markings above the eyes and on the ears.

[4] It is thought that Gaston III of Foix-Béarn kept a pack of these dogs to hunt wild boar and wolves.

[5] He is known as the writer of the Livre de chasse, considered the classic treatise on medieval hunting.

[7] The Kennel Club of the UK recognizes the Basset Bleu De Gascogne in the imported breed register and in the Hound Group.

[3] The United Kennel Club recognised the breed in 1991,[7] and both they and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) list the Basset Bleu De Gascogne in the Scenthound Group.