I applaud you for getting a rescue. There are tooooo many out there. For a first timer, an older one would be good, at least 18mos old or more where their personality is who they are at this age. Research all you can, and if you fill out an application and are denied, no not stop trying. I was denied by a Basenji rescue, and Uzie is my second where I found him right here 'free to good home' so we drove two days to pick him up and he is thriving without fenced in yards. (not for everyone as not everyone lives on 10 acres or more…I get this....!) but he has blossomed and doing well. So, don't give up!
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Basenji books
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My B's wag their tails. Their whole bottom wags when they are so happy to see you.
Rita Jean
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Dex wags his tail too. Not all the time though, so when he does it I get excited.
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suki also wags her curly tail.
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Thank you all for the informative replies. I was surprised to hear so many have basenjis that wag their tails. I have never see that in any of mine. Benkura, I thought it was a problem in the transforming from hard copy to digital. I too find the misspellings a daunting way of reading a book. Thank you all for the suggestions and links too.
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I highly highly recommend The Collected Kona… It is a collection of stories all about a Basenji (several hilarious ones in there). You can find it on Amazon and Ebay I believe. Super cool book!
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http://www.basenjiforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
lots of books mentioned in that thread
also i've been pleasantly surprised to find basenjis in the following books:
Piers Anthony's The Sahde of the Treee
Roy Blount Jr's Webster's Ark
Ruth Rendell's The Copper Pea****
Birr, et al 's Dogs Best Friend
Carol Lea Benjamin's This Dog for Hire
Jill Wylie's Call of the Marsh -
Thank you Michye7994 and agilebasenji. I will definitely check out the books you suggested. And agilebasenji, thanks for letting me know about the previous posts. Teach me for not checking out the forum properly.
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pari1art - you're welcome. and sometimes when you're excited about something, it's easy not to check all the nooks and cranies.
Okay, Renndell's book is the Copper Bird with LARGE tail feathers. Or something like that.
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Hana wags her tail a lot when greeting us, it sort of unrolls out, whips around, curls back up, wiggles and waggles floppily…. I was surprise how much she unrolls it and rolls it back up though, I think depending on her mood. Her happy tail flopping around is the cutest thing ever !!
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Hana wags her tail a lot when greeting us, it sort of unrolls out, whips around, curls back up, wiggles and waggles floppily…. I was surprise how much she unrolls it and rolls it back up though, I think depending on her mood. Her happy tail flopping around is the cutest thing ever !!
That sounds really cute. The more I hear about basenjis the more I think no two are the same. LOL
