Well done, ecbouton! You rock!

Hey thanks! A Basenji owner's manual is exactly what I've been looking for. The more I learn about these amazing creatures, the more I realize that everything I've ever known about dogs and puppy training is pretty much useless! These guys have rules of their own! I will send for my copy right away. I really appreciate all of the help I've received from everyone here so far. It's already proven extremely helpful. No help like that from those with "on the job" experience! I look forward to sharing my experiences with Missi and Cooper as well. Thanks again! ~Beth

When Sada is finished she kicks with her back legs and grass will fly up in the air. I think she thinks she is covering it or something. And it takes her forever to find a place to go she will have poop coming half way out and she stops because she desides that isn't the place she wants to go. When she is finished doing her thing and I bring her into the house she does the basenji 500 on my furniture. I guess she is happy to relieve herself. CRAZY DOG!!!!

My experience with my unneutered male was not good when another neutered male came to stay with us for a short period. I had to keep them separated. My male disliked even this arrangement and would pee in his crate to display his disapproval of having another male in the house. We later had a female pup in the house and our male got along with her great. I aksed for suggestion on how to get them to get along and nothing worked. Someone even said that it might never work.

So many people make snap decisions based on the cuteness factor of puppies and never even stop and think that they should research the breed before making an impulse buy. Kudos to you for doing things the right way and also for planning to rescue! I'm sure you've probably exhausted all the internet resources available regarding Basenjis, but, just in case you haven't seen them, here are a few to look at: http://www.basenji.org/ http://www.basenjirescue.org/ http://basenji.20m.com/ http://www.basenjicompanions.org/ Welcome to the forum! We'll look forward to pics! :)

I actually have experience with this. I placed a dog with someone who - in spite of what I said about they can NEVER be off leash, they thought that way out in the country with an electronic collar would be fine. They didn't notice that the batteries were weak, gravel truck down road, basenji dead. Basenjis are not an off leash dog - they are hunters and if they see it or smell it they are gone. NO you cannot train that out of them. They have been hunters for thousands of years and will ALWAYS revert to that. re: allergies. Here is something that I do when people say they have allergies. Use a cotton swab (q-tip) to swab inside the dogs mouth and set on a paper towel. Take a very fine tooth come and scrape on the skin of the dog in several different places and wipe off the skin dander and hair (even if you get a little) on the paper towel as well. Fold it up and put it under the pillow of the person with the allergies. If they break out or have a runny nose - the dog most likely won't work for you.

Welcome - and what sweet pictures! They are all adorable!

I;m hoping to schedule the trainer to come to our home at least for an initial evaluation but I must be honest. We really do get carried away and at times we treat Champ like a real baby so I hope we can handle the training. I wanted to ask any of the B owner's out there….Is there anything I should look for in a trainer to make sure he is using the right methods and won't make matter's worse?

Although I have no words of advise I do want to commend you for trying your best to give Maddy Keller a chance to have a home. I wish you the best of luck in finding her a new home.

My response to the clicker question is this - my basenji caught on to the clicker faster than my lab, but she gets bored and distracted quickly, so sessions are usually 5 minutes maximum. For the general obedience-type command like sit, I used the basenji's "what's in it for me" trait and taught her that if she wants in or out of the door she must sit first. If she wants to eat, she must sit AND give me space while prepping the food. She is smart with the clicker and offers so many behaviors that it is a chalenge for me, the trainer, to focus on one behavior to reward. That being said, any trouble I may be having could be due to novice clicker abilities. Good Luck

Welcome - and what great stories! Enjoy the forum, there are lots of great things to read and people to share your stories with…lots of laughs too! We'd love to see pictures if you can.

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll have lots to add with that many years of Basenji experience…enjoy! Ditto on the pictures!

Katie is a cutie!!! She looks basenji too. Mine is a basenji/whippet mix and she resembles the basenji physically and her personality is all basenji. Welcome to the forum. This is a wonderful site, I hope you like it!

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Thank you everyone for the encouragement and advice. I want to make showing this puppy fun, for both of us and not stressful, at all these people are way too serious.. shw was wiggeling because she had to poop, and so she did it in the class I handed her off to a spectator, laughed and wiped up the mess, and went on with the class.. she was much better behaved heck!! she had to go and you know the opld saying if you have to go then go!! I am going to take Zaharah to the park, as soon as the snow is gone, and the weather gets better.. we can have such fun there.. I am not going to push her, we are not a serious breed,and as long as there are people who are as kind and sweet as everyone here has been, I will survive the antics, and laugh along with you and me.. Thanks again for your great support..God, Doberman people are not like you all none of them.. thank goodness I changed breeds.. I think I am in for some fun…

Welcome to the forum. Great looking dog. Thanks for sharing pictures.

WELCOME!! And you're right people LOVE starting convo's about our dogs no matter where we go :D :D :D :D

Thank you! There are some better pics of Daisy that I'll post later in the Show Off thread. Daisy is so soft, sweet and delicate. I don't know how she is still in one piece around Duke. He must be gentler than it looks with his teeth and jaws.:eek: Scarey!

WELCOME!!! The Northeast is taking over LOL :D :D

Hello there!