I never bother with "diapers" or "panties" for my girls when they are in season. They keep themselves so clean that there is rarely any spotting in the house. If they do spot any, the boys are more than eager to clean the area. :rolleyes:

I have flown with a dog of mine several years ago from England to USA. He was on as "extra" cargo. I had to pick him up at JFK and go through customes with the usual paperwork and check him in again at the ticket counter of my airline. I have also worked for a major airline and know that the pets are kept in a separate area and no hazardous items such as liquid oxygen are in the same hold as the animals. Most newer aircraft have that separate cargo holg heated as the air is very cold outside at cruising altitudes. I was extemely nervous and frank;ly scared about the flight but he did great. England has a six month quarantine but you allowed to visit your pet. I do agree with Pat…any way it is a tuff one for you...Good luck...

Sharron,

My basenjis came from a family in Owosso Michigan. She is not really a breeder this was her first litter (not sure if she will have anymore puppies she just had her male fixed. She had a litter of five I took two and my son took one so she felt very lucky because that only left two. Although she didn't have any problem getting homes for them Basenjis are hard to find in Michigan.

haha thats hilarious

How exciting! Another caught the fever!! Keep us posted, of course!

It's funny how Lillie refuses to go outside in the rain to do her business. Surprise yesterday when it was raining, she spotted the rottweiler who lives down the block. She ran outside on my deck to get a good view of him. Hmm, what's that all about?:) Thankfully, it has stopped raining (at least for awhile) so my husband and son just took Lillie out for a long, long walk. She is so funny!
Jodie:)

My Sahara loves Pumpkin Cake, so I have no doubt that she would love the pie. At least Pumpkin is good for them, and that it was not chocolate. I had a piece of Pumpkin Cake from a church fellowship dinner and Sahara spied me eating it so of course she jumped up in my lap. Being the easy one in the house, I had to give her a taste. She loved it and ate more, she likes alot of things that I eat. But I will not give her anything that I think will bother her stomach and definitely not chocolate.

@Vegas:

Many people fail "fostering-101". That's not anything new. To be a good foster, you have to send them on their ways. If you keep the dogs, then you will have too many to be a foster.

It is hard sometimes. After you foster a bagillion basenjis, you look back, and can remember that you had a few that were just exemplary dogs.

Like Mantis says, it takes a lot of effort to be a good foster, and to provide them the socialization that they might need. You need the ability to segregate your house if one doesn't get along with your own dogs. Then, you have to have time for each group individually.

All the comments herein from experienced fosters are consistent with my wife's and my experiences with fostering. We wondered to ourselves the first time how we would not get attached to our fosters.

However, when you remind yourself how your resident Bs own the house, the fact that there are other very deserving families/people who are ready and willing to provide a good home, and also in many cases how the foster B sometimes feels like a 3rd wheel to the resident B's, makes it a bit easier emotionally to let them go to their forever homes when they are ready. Best of all is getting email updates on their new lives with their families and how they are so happy and blessed with each other.

Bottom line:

If you are a clean freak, fostering is not for you. If you are always pressed for time on other priorities, fostering is not for you. If you have a hard time managing your own B's behaviors, fostering is not for you. If one or more of your resident B's are incorrigibly territorial, fostering is not for you. If any family members do not care for the unique aspects of Bs, fostering is not for your family, because it truly becomes a family affair whether or not it's intended.

Tucker is a big fan. And he likes the mocrowave kind. Especially the 'movie theatre butter' type that is super bad for you. 🙂 He only gets a few pieces, though.

Basenjis have desires, we have desires to get to work on time.

You can feed your b twice a day and do a poop right after they eat. That will help.

When it is raining or cold I just throw on my slicker and accept that I will be getting as wet as my B.

You may want to try Muttlucks which are great waterproof shoes made for dogs in the water or snow.

I think most of us animal lovers are very hard on ourselves.
I believe that our beloved critters are looking down on us, saying "Hey, you did the best for me when I was well, and we will be together again, one day, so lets remember the good times!".
Major hugs to all you folks.
I think your all wonderful!

Lillie did the same the other day. It was a tube of bacitracin ointment. No ointment came out, just a punctured tube and a chewed up lid.:D
Jodie:)

Dearest Ruby,
Here's all you have to do. Be a stealthy, secret type 'senji and sneak into your Mom's wallet. See those plastic cards with all the numbers on them? Snag one quick! Ok, now procede to the computer. Paw in Ebay in the search engine. They sell EVERYTHING under the sun on Ebay - even cashmere hoodies, I'll bet. Quickly order up the new hoodie and make sure to rush shipping on it! Now insert the plastic numbers card back into your Mom's wallet and delete the history in your computer. Now just wait a few days and the UPS/ Fed-Ex/USPS delivery will make your Mom overjoyed and she'll forget all about the previous chewed up cashmere hoodie.
As a side note, make sure to guard the mailbox for a few weeks after this occurance and "convienetly" shred any bills that come in with the numbers and name from the plastic card on it! Viola! Happy Mom, new hoodie, hopefully more snacks - and she'll never know it was you who did it!!!! 😉 😃 🙂
Yours in secret stealthiness,
Stormie the undercover 'senji

My Basenji is a mix, but she LOVES water- when it comes to swimming. She loves baths as long as you're touching her. She HATES rain. I have to carry her outside in the rain. But when we take her out hiking, she'll go swimming in creeks or lakes, and she loves swimming in the lake at the shelter when I take her out there. Her first swimming experience with me was an accident- guy had a lab and a weimernainer (don't know how to spell it) and was throwing balls in the lake for them to get. The 2 big dogs went after the ball, and Lucy went after them. She SCREAMED when she found herself in the lake, I had to jump in after her. But ever since then, she loves it. If I take her to the edge to sniff the water first and do a little paddle on the shore, she'll chase the ball right into the lake without an issue.

My Basenji would never be able to do it. She loves to swim, but isn't that nice with other dogs. My Husky mix would totally love it though. 🙂 We'd have to use a crane to get him back out. I have a "doggy swim day" almost everyday. The shelter I work with built a lake out back, and on the hot days we let all the dogs go play in it.

My hope is to live long enought to retire, then do rally with my 2 b's.
It would be good for all of us.

Well Belle is starting to show signs of not taking Champs alpha behavior. She won't allow him to steal her bones (out of her mouth like he wants) and has fought back when he won't stop trying to dominate her. She will share her stuff but won't allow him to demand it from her anymore. We let them work it out and actually like seeing her give him a piece of his own medicine. Unfortunantly we are still crating her since she is not 100% potty trained and since they are still fighting we don't want to leave them out when we are now home. She doesn't like the crate and won't go in on her own even if we put the treats inside. She won't eat or drink while crated either. This morning I forgot something and ran back inside the house to find her shivering in her crate. Poor Belle but what can we do?….As for everything she is fitting in perfectly!

So, we did decide to get the kitten and it's been a couple weeks since we brought him home. He is about 6 months old at this point. Zuri loves to chase him and they play quite a bit….sometimes rougher that I would like but when Tony is fed up, he goes in his cat tree out of Zuri's reach....and well, when Zuri is fed up...wait a minute, that never happens. Anyway, so far all is going quite well.

Brenda

I have two females and two males that live together without problems. I have another female that has to be separated from the other two females and can only be with her male buddy. So I've had to separate into two packs.
I have a mutt(short legged basenji:D ) that has seen all the basenjis come into the fold, four of the basenji's I trust around her two I don't.

They're all different IMO.

Male and female pairings seem to just work out the best. Raising them together as pups up's the odds for success, but things can certainly change as they get older.