CaptainPike wrote in
oups.com:

be very much appreciated, as it would mean a great deal to me to get
another dog from the same lineage as my beloved deceased pet, a basset
hound that I was very fond of.

You don't need the same breeder, you just need the same bloodlines and they
can be very well found from other breeders too. Just show the pedigree of
your late dog to a person who is fluent with Basset bloodlines and ask
recommendations.

Liisa