@zande I know that I’m lucky to have found him! I hope he feels that he lucked out, too. Actually, I don’t care very much what “mix” he is. I had just never heard of basenjis before my Vet mentioned it. He doesn’t have a long tail - it seems to have been clipped. The barking is only when he hears someone approach my apartment door or if someone comes in that he doesn’t know. I’m working on desensitizing him to the latter. He DOES make noises like the dog in the videos below make & he grooms himself quite a bit. He DOES NOT play with toys. Don’t know if that’s breed specific or just Jack! He also isn’t too active; he’d be happy to sit on my lap or with his face in my arm pit all day!
Basenjis - Animated - on COSMOS
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Apologize if this has already been posted somewhere (I looked where I figured it might be but didn't see it).
On Cosmos: A Spacetime Oddessy ep. 2, there was an animated feature that talked about the domestication of dogs, and showed a group of primitive hunters in yurts with their faithful hunting dogs. Couldn't be any mistaking the markings, curly tails and shapes of our favorite breed as they chased down prey with their people.
Wish I could find a clip to share if you missed it, but understandably the show's too new for anything to be up. Just keep your eyes out if they ever repeat it…it's right at the beginning.
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Unfortunately I learned of the show only after it was already on, BUT, according to this programming guide it will be on again: http://natgeotv.com/uk/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/about The particular episode is "Some of the Things That Molecules Do". Set your PVRs….
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My son had downloaded it and called me into his room yesterday and asked if they were Basenji, really neat stuff to watch.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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They look like Basenjis to me. It was fun to watch. Kananga, of course, slept through it.
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Yep, saw it,,,,,how did you get that pic???? Kudos to the Dr's knowledge of what breed to show!
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I was about to post the attached picture that I saw in episode 3 of Cosmos where I noticed for about two seconds this pair of Basenjis randomly playing in a 17th century English coffee house.
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Yep, we saw that one, too (the coffeehouse one). I'm guessing the animator or someone involved with the show has really good taste in dog breeds!
