New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Do your male basenjis squat to pee?
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My bitches walk-poo and my dogs stand still! There has to be a reason for this walking poo - does anyone have a theory?
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Tyler never lifts to mark in the back yard, but once on a leash outside the yard, nothing is safe. When he's done he stands in front of Kate, and she cleans him. EEEUUUWWWW :eek:
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Otis leans into his squat I swear it splatters right up on his lower stomach..when he does pick his leg up, it is extremely close to landing on his front legs..but I don't think he has actually gotten himself pee'd on yet.
Our old dog Lou (past over the bridge a year ago) would always wait and pee until our other dog Bogus (also past over the bridge a year ago..tough spring.) so he could pee on Bogus' head..never failed..it always involved bath time to take the two on a walk together.. Lou was a dalmation/chow/lab mutt and Bogus was a westie..
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There has to be a reason for this walking poo - does anyone have a theory?
I was thinking about it the other day because Cody walks while he pees AND poos. He just can't be bothered to stop. Sometimes he'll walk 5 feet or more while he's peeing. Maybe it has something to do with being in the wild and not taking too much time or some such.
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**Both my boy B's squat to pee, one's 14+ the other's 4. Peanut the older one parks to poop, but Zander is always moving.
The other thing, is they both always head in different directions. This places 'old dad' in the middle, streched out like a scarecrow, hangin on to the fully extended flexi leads. :eek:
Mom likens it to a "windmill in a hurricane"…..:rolleyes:**
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Our B is over a year old and always squats.
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We have a nine month old female who wattles around whilst she pees. She can't hide when she has an accident in the house:)
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my 9yr nuetured male starts off in a squat and then half way through lifts his leg about 1 inch off the ground, and then switches to the other leg.
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Now that is funny!
I always chuckle when Kananga stretches out when he squats. He's almost on his knees sometimes. :rolleyes:
Squiggy does this. His knees have touched the ground before.
If squiggy decides to hike his leg, he always rests it on something. The little pavers on my flower bed, the fence- and he only lifts it like 3 inches up. I think it is more like a modified squat
He also walks and twirls when he poops.
Does anyone's male dog do a hunch walk when they wake up?
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Does anyone's male dog do a hunch walk when they wake up?
Yep! Jibini, neutered at 8 months old, still gets "hunched" in the morning before he goes outside. He even does it after a long nap.
My husband thinks its hilarious….he always figured "morning glory" was a purely human phenomenon. :p
Jibini also squats to pee. Usually stretches out, and occasionally his knees also touch the ground. I've never seen him lift his leg. Jibini also does the poop-spin, occasionally combined with the poop-walk. When we drove a truck, I used to joke that Jibini got paid better for a load with "multiple drops". Bad trucker bathroom humor? LOL.
I've fostered 2 male Basenjis and both of them lifted their leg if they had something to pee on. I wondered if their "manly influence" would inspire Jibini to greatness, but alas, he still squats. He even "marked" after the foster dogs, but he'd squat to do it. Kind of defeating the purpose.
Tana walks & piddles, she's never lifted a leg, and she is an efficient one-spot pooper. My late Boxer, Sweetie, used to occasionally lift a leg if she was marking new territory.
When I worked for a vet, we had one dog come in for boarding frequently, she would actually lift BOTH back legs off the ground & stand on her front paws to pee on trees. THAT was impressive.
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Yep! Jibini, neutered at 8 months old, still gets "hunched" in the morning before he goes outside. He even does it after a long nap.
My husband thinks its hilarious….he always figured "morning glory" was a purely human phenomenon. :p
Jibini also squats to pee. Usually stretches out, and occasionally his knees also touch the ground. I've never seen him lift his leg. Jibini also does the poop-spin, occasionally combined with the poop-walk. When we drove a truck, I used to joke that Jibini got paid better for a load with "multiple drops". Bad trucker bathroom humor? LOL.
hahaha at the multiple drops
I think our boys might be related
We always just say "Squiggy, were you having a good dream?" He even walks around until he done hump walking- crazy boy. -
We have a 7 months old Basenji; he used to only squat to pee. Since we've been taking him to a dog park, he is all confused and try to lift his leg to pee, which always pees on the other leg!! However, I was not sure if this was normal or he learned from other breeds, after reading some of the comments on this site, noticed lifting leg is not part of their nature!!!
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@btbasenji said in Do your male basenjis squat to pee?:
We have a 7 months old Basenji; he used to only squat to pee. Since we've been taking him to a dog park, he is all confused and try to lift his leg to pee, which always pees on the other leg!! However, I was not sure if this was normal or he learned from other breeds, after reading some of the comments on this site, noticed lifting leg is not part of their nature!!! -
Disagree with your last statement. Leg lifting comes with maturity... also most is marking. Puppies squat.... Adults mark and/or lift to pee, however if in a comfortable situation (home/yard) many will still squat
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No idea but have read lifting or not lifting to pee depends on the situation, raised with other males. I'd look for research but I don't really care. All my Rottie bitches squatted to pee but sure as heck marked. The marking got worse when I kept a male pup and he matured. He marked unless his mother was outside too. If he marked, she marked over it and he wasn't stupid enough to remark, so he saved face and just didn't mark if she was out. None of my 3 basenji bitches hike. We have a Samoyed now. Their legs are short. he is the first dog we've ever had that pees on his feet. My chows, also short legs (compared to longer legged dogs like basenjis and Rotties) all parked or stretched to pee, not normal squatting. Do they do that not to pee on their feet? I don't know. But I am tired of wiping off Mr PeeMyFeet so if someone has a solution, let me know. I'd considering a peeing post so he only peeds while hiking.
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@tanza said in [Do your male basenjis squat to pee?]
Disagree with your last statement. Leg lifting comes with maturity... also most is marking. Puppies squat.... Adults mark and/or lift to pee, however if in a comfortable situation (home/yard) many will still squat
+1. This. We had a male who waited till he was over a year old before he lifted his leg, but eventually he did.
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I had a male Basenji that peed like a horse until the day he died at 15 and a half. No matter where he was. And it was kinda nice having a male that wouldn't hike his leg to piss all over things, never marked anything either. Don't complain if your boy doesn't hike to pee.
On the other hand, I had 2 Siberian Husky bitches who were TERRIBLE markers, always tried to get it as high as they could. They were both spayed too. One passed away a few years ago, still have the other, and she never marks anymore.
-Joanne
