@tanza:

LOL…. teenage years for a Basenji are from about 9 months to ...????? LOL

😃 Noted…but I think we are pretty lucky. Watson is a sweet boy. He was not the pushiest one in his litter 😉

@Moth:

Once my pup learned sit…he was expected to sit before his meals were handed to him.

Another thing I like to do is give them their meals in food dispensing toys so they have to work a little to eat their meal. It's good for mental stimulation.

Ahh Yes, the dispenser! I have a round shaped globe I found at PetSuperMarket, it has a plastic separation piece that allows for kibble. The clear plastic then has another hole. Uzie has to 'roll' it and is intermittently rewarded with the escaped kibbles. I use it to keep him occupied while I feed the other two. He then gets his other half of breakfast in his bowl. I wish I could get his excited dance on the way to the feeding grounds!!! His front legs go up while he is jumping on his hind legs and I bust out laughing every time! I get him to 'sit' on a carpet piece, place the bowl down and he has to 'wait' til I say "ok" to eat. When I introduced this to him the first time, he sat, but when I lowered the bowl he went for it. (some dogs go crazy running around, but they get the idea you are not moving til they settle down and wonder what the heck you are doing with the bowl in the air!!)
I picked it up, and he had to understand that 'wait' meant wait til it is down on the ground. (do not use the term 'stay'-way different!) If he moves towards the bowl, it goes back up in the air….
A few seconds then a few more, three months later he waits til I say "ok", even around the corner. Patience! Persistence! Consistence!
So in time, he has 'waited' until I can walk a few feet away then say "ok" for the release and his time to engulf.:D

Salis.. EXCELLENT photos!!

@Voodoo:

I would never put a puppy 8 hours in a bench without water!! If they are thirsty, he should be able to drink!

That may work for you in Belgium, but a dog can live without water for 8 hours, as can a human.
What goes IN must come OUT.
Giving them the water and expecting them to hold it at such a young age is a set-up for failure.
If they learn to not pee in the crate because they don't have water… they will learn that the crate stays dry and it is nice to have a dry crate.
Perhaps you have trained more puppies than me... but this works. Period.
I have done this many many many times and the dogs don't have an issue with it.

I have had that same situation with Ayo,only with him it's usually with large dogs. we only have one area at the park here, all together, small dogs and big dogs. When he goes in he always chooses one big dog , runs up to him and starts growling. Sometimes he stops very quickly, or the other dog growls back and it stops or it escalates , usually because the other dogs owner freaks out. He is fine around small dogs. And I am pretty sure that he is fine with most dogs, that if I leave them they will work it out, but I'm afraid to let it play out because bigger dogs can really hurt him, and also because usually the other owner freaks and intervenes making everything worse. Sooo, Ayo has started to get a bit of a rep.. The basenji rep!! I usually wait till only small dogs are in…

How sweet. It's nice to see the older pups out there having fun. Digital looked great!

My girl athena is like that very grumpy when our boy moves or settles around her while napping, growling n showing teeth n little nips… but never towards us, By the way i was never a big fan of the brindle pups but yours is perfect, faro is the cutest lil guy ever

CONGRATS! What a smart baby.

Thanks for posting! I'll check it out 🙂

Lisa..we will have to be there…I live in Waller-ish...about 10 minutes or so away..too cool.

His half sister Lulu just recently redecorated her owners bedroom via the comforter. Her owner said, 5 years is too old for a comforter so Lulu was right to think it needed replacing. She signed it Lulu and her cohort incrimg (oops design assistant) Sonny and her mom who gets to shop for a new comforter and her dad who gets to pay for it.
Thank goodness his litter sister Lyric has stuck to destroying toys.
Therese

@IMANI:

Thank you for your advice, it seems that it is working!!! I hope it continues that way, she pulls just a little bit now and it is getting much better. Thank you very much.

Well done!

Good basic article on retraining:
http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/how-to-rekennel-train-your-dog/04ec74fb-b362-ce00-c71d-aaa079b7417e

I've used an xpen for lots of things:
a) area for a puppy before they were potty-trained (big enough to include a crate an litter box)
b) outside dog containment unit for picnics, lure course events, spending time outdoors on the deck up North. It's great because they can hang out with all the people but are safely contained.
c) I block off all of the areas of the basement we don't want the dogs, and
d) and on top of that created a dog-training area in the basement that is pretty sweet, if I do say so myself. :rolleyes: You can only see a part of it in the picture, but it is a 12x12 area in the basement, that I recently expanded to a larger area. That is the cool thing about xpens, they are pretty adaptable to a lot of spaces.

Libby, going to the dog show this coming weekend? I would love to see Dude and Ono!

Wonderful photo. Glad to hear they did well in class!

Google Gazehounds in TX. They do straight and oval racing in the Mckinney, TX area. We come down occasionally for their NOTRA meets. They are having an oval race this weekend if you would like to atttend and watch I can send you directions. We will not be there this time as I'm having surgery Monday and need to take a couple weeks off. Where in TX is Pearland? We do lure coursing in Hutto, Waller and Cat Springs, but the season is at and end now. Will pick up again at the end of Sept which would be a good time for your girl to try some practice runs. There are lots of nice non basenji people in the clubs who will help you train her. Get a good recall on her now, puppy training classes would help for that.

Oh hard stacking Zest in the show ring was always a major PITA. You could pick a foot up, but then she was NOTNOTNOT going to put that foot down. You could put it down for her, but it would spring right back up.

Digital the brindlewonderkid would never put a foot wrong in the show ring, easy to stack, wonderful to gait (all I ever had to do was just hold on to the other end, literally, and he'd trot out to the end of the leash), but he would do it all 1/2 asleep. For some reason judges like to see alert looks on the dogs' faces.

Ah well, best to have a sense of humor.

Orc - isn't that one of those creatures in that hobbit movie? sort of like a troll.

jk - Congrats Trog the ORC!

I knew I was getting something all confused there! Thanks for the clarifications.

Again, I blame the puppy. 😃