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  • hi and welcome. your B is barootiful. your wife sounds like a big sucker like the rest of us…lol. those little wrinkled faces get to you. :)

  • What a great forever-home story, BillyK! Welcome to you and yours!

  • Welcome, and what a great story

  • Welcome to you and your pack! I'll be original and say "what a great story!". Oh wait…not so original, I guess. Ah well. Great story!

  • What a sweet story…they are both beautiful. It sounds like you did your homework and your baby found her forever home. Welcome to the forum!

  • Billy I too LOVED LOVED LOVED the story!!! I especially love the part when you just KNEW the woman would come back with the dog. That's great that you all get along so great.

  • Great story Billy! I got my first basenji Pumpkin (named because she was the color of one) from the Humane Society for $3.00. Of course this was long before the whole spay/neuter thing. Best three dollar investment I ever made. You hardly ever saw basenjis back then, and when I found Abbey 2 years ago I was shocked to learn they also came in black and white!

  • Great story – actually all of the stories. Once you fall in love with a basenji, you'll never look back--and if you do, it will only be to recount the horrible beginning but you will do so with such fondness.

    Laura

  • Got my 1st Basenji a year and a half ago from the pound for $5 (less than lunch that day). Cannot imagine life without her. Funny thing - I don't like dogs ;)

    I love hearing about rescued Basenjis. Thanx for sharing

  • Jenny was intact and we had to have her spayed as part of the adoption, but that matters not to us, it was still well worth the small fee. Luckily we have a vet that does EXCELLENT stitches and there is no discernable scar. :-)

    We have met 3 other basenjis at the dog park, and from what their owners say, Jenny is pretty tolerant, as she puts up with things that most basenjis would not (humping comes to mind) but she is also quick to let a dog with poor manners know that she will not allow pawing or blatant displays of dominance. The dog park is her favorite place to visit, but she always keeps us in her sight, and I like watching from a distance as she scans the horizon for us because when she finds us she runs to us at full speed. Awesome!

  • Welcome to the forum. Great story too. I especially like the description of your other dog "Betty the Sheprador Chowtriever ." That's Funny! My basenji/whippet mix also came from a local shelter. She wasn't there long enough, or perhaps they didn't know much about bs, but they only had her listed as whippet mix. Didn't take long for a dog savy friend of mine to mention the word "basenji." No doubt in my mind, she is basenji and something. I picked her out and my mother paid for her. Best Christmas present I ever got!

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