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!
Where did that Basenji go?
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The offending umbrella was obviously too close to his kennel… Even though it's been there for four years...
He ate a lot of strange stuff over the years.... $17,000 worth of venetian blinds in my parent's hot tub room was the most expensive. The scariest was the AAA battery from the TV remote...
Today he destroyed three granola bars while we were gone. Not really impressive until one realizes that we haven't had granola bars in this house for a few months. He stashes things to eat and destroy! -
The offending umbrella was obviously too close to his kennel… Even though it's been there for four years...
He ate a lot of strange stuff over the years.... $17,000 worth of venetian blinds in my parent's hot tub room was the most expensive. The scariest was the AAA battery from the TV remote...
Today he destroyed three granola bars while we were gone. Not really impressive until one realizes that we haven't had granola bars in this house for a few months. He stashes things to eat and destroy!OMG A triple AAA battery?!:eek: How did the battery get removed? $17,000 worth of blinds!! Did their insurance cover it?
My Mother left my first Basenji, Nipper in the house asleep on Halloween night 1975 when she was 10 months old. When I got home at midnight I could not get the door open. The dog ripped back the carpet. I finally pushed the door open with all my strength and upon inspection found the living room and dining room curtains shredded and pulled down. Mom was not a happy camper.:mad: She got new curtains, I fixed the carpet and all was OK.:D -
My foster had surgery for intestinal surgery-50% removed due to carpet fibers slicing and had to stay for 3-4 days at the hospital. She was trying to get to the leashes hanging by her crate. I told the surgeon that if she had to have surgery again, the clinic would be financially responsible for it. I had forewarned them about Bs being chewers.
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My foster had surgery for intestinal surgery-50% removed due to carpet fibers slicing and had to stay for 3-4 days at the hospital. She was trying to get to the leashes hanging by her crate. I told the surgeon that if she had to have surgery again, the clinic would be financially responsible for it. I had forewarned them about Bs being chewers.
The dog had eaten carpet on a continual basis?
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Wow, I thought Otis was bad at stealing and chewing on things..but he only goes for human edible items..like a package of bacon(with packaging), a stick of butter w/ partial wrapper, some raw potatoes and turnips, a whole cluster of bananas, 7 in all, everything gone except the piece where they are attached together….several granola bars, with most of the wrappers, our fruit bowl is up on the counter and between him and Moses the giraff, they eat whatever is in it..oranges, pineapple..you name it.
He also loves his lupine collars, we have replaced it once..he chews on his leash if you don't keep up with him on the walks or if I stop to talk to a neighbor...
jepp, it is intense being owned by a basenji..but boy do I love it.
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Wow, I thought Otis was bad at stealing and chewing on things..but he only goes for human edible items..like a package of bacon(with packaging), a stick of butter w/ partial wrapper, some raw potatoes and turnips, a whole cluster of bananas, 7 in all, everything gone except the piece where they are attached together….several granola bars, with most of the wrappers, our fruit bowl is up on the counter and between him and Moses the giraff, they eat whatever is in it..oranges, pineapple..you name it.
He also loves his lupine collars, we have replaced it once..he chews on his leash if you don't keep up with him on the walks or if I stop to talk to a neighbor...
jepp, it is intense being owned by a basenji..but boy do I love it.
Buddy will not eat any type of fruit period. He won't even taste it. I'm sure he'd go for that bacon and butter though.
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Otis will eat anything we eat..if it is good enough for humans it is good enough for him..;):).
he loves my green smoothies..
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No, I believe when she was kept by a non B person and then transported, someone had put a carpet remmant either in a crate or an x-pen. I had wall to wall carpet in my apartment and no loose rugs. I picked her up in MO during the winter and 2 different people had her for almost a week. I never put anything in a crate for a dog that I know nothing about. I remember that trip because I was trying to get back to Texas before a winter storm hit.
She did not have the classic symptoms of an object caught either as the carpet strings were cutting/slicing her intestines. She was still eating and the only symptom at times was extremely soft stools.
She is the only B I have ever had, foster or my own, that has had to have intestinal surgery. I better knock on wood!
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No, I believe when she was kept by a non B person and then transported, someone had put a carpet remmant either in a crate or an x-pen. I had wall to wall carpet in my apartment and no loose rugs. I picked her up in MO during the winter and 2 different people had her for almost a week. I never put anything in a crate for a dog that I know nothing about. I remember that trip because I was trying to get back to Texas before a winter storm hit.
She did not have the classic symptoms of an object caught either as the carpet strings were cutting/slicing her intestines. She was still eating and the only symptom at times was extremely soft stools.
She is the only B I have ever had, foster or my own, that has had to have intestinal surgery. I better knock on wood!
Wow, when I first got Buddy the only thing I put in his crate was newspaper. If he ate that it would be a problem.
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I sent the chewed up leash to Lupine and they sent this back free of charge. Great company to do that! -
Otis chewed his martingale collar in three pieces, I took them back to the store were I got it and they gave me a replacement and sent in the chewed one for me…Yes, a great company indeed.
I highly recommend Lupine to all dog owners. They are not even expensive, very comparable with other brands available at the big box petstores. -
If more basenji owners bought Lupine, they would probably have to add a clause to their guarantee, like , "Unless you have a basenji"….as that may mean multiple replacements over the years, haha!
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We need a new thread…..What I replaced because of my Basenji, and what it cost:)
Kleenex and toilet paper need not be mentioned; everyone starts with an automatic $100.00 debit:D
