 Stella, in "The Princess and the Frog", is a Basset Hound.In the early days of television, Elvis Presley famously sang "Hound Dog" to a disinterested top hat-wearing basset hound named Sherlock on "The Steve Allen Show" on July 1, 1956.Lassie had a Basset friend named Pokey early in the "Lassie" television series.