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Ciao from Italy!

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  • I

    Ciao to all, :)
    I'm Sara, I write from Trieste, Italy, a town east of Venice where I live with my fiancee … and Biagio, our year-and-a-half male basenji.. (by the way in Italy Saint Biagio protect and support those suffering from sore throat! ;) )

    We chose to take Biagio home after visiting a sort of pet shop where he was kept alone in a box, and was destined to an ugly end because he was nearly 3 months old at that time and had his nose completely pink, yet. :mad:

    He is absolutely sweet and easy going with most other dogs and cats, and, eventually, his nose is almost totally black (last summer he got sunburnt during a boat trip since it was still pink!)

    Sorry for my English, I will certainly read as much as I can of the forum, but it would be more difficult for me to reply or to tell my stories.. :rolleyes:

    Anyway, happy to be get to know this community!!

    I'm not sure if it is right to write it here, but for those of you who knows a little bit of Italian... take a look here (we're a lively community and loooooove to host new guests from around the world!)

    http://basenji.hyperboards.com/index.php

    Sara

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  • dashD

    Welcome!! I have never been to Italy but that is where my boyfriend has said he wanted to get married when we met so It must be beautiful!!

    Jennifer

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  • hdterryH

    Hello and welcome…Italy is a beautiful country...I have several items in my home purchased there...your English is great...

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  • jys1011J

    Buongiorno Sara!! Sono Americana pero io amo Italia!! Mio preferito posto per visitare :) Non parlare bene Italiano :D :D

    Basenji Mom of C3PO & TOPAZ

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  • nomrbddgsN

    Welcome! I'd love to go to Italy, maybe one day. Your english is very good. And jys you're italian is great!

    Arlene, the Basenji Brats with the Boxenji![](images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin")

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  • nala121498N

    Hello and welcome! I hope you can post pictures soon!

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  • ArizonaskyyA

    Welcome! Welcome! I can't wait to visit Italy someday. I am hoping that i will get to go there on my honeymoon, whenever I get married anyways. That was a very touching story about how you got your puppy. I can't wait to see pictures. :)

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  • J

    Hello and Welcome to the Forum.

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  • ArtiA

    Greeting from Europe ( Poland):) :) :)

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  • nobarkusN

    Welcome! Here's a toast to Leonardo! You didn't know Mona Lisa had a Basenji did you.

    Buddy, Paolo and Dan

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  • annandaelA

    Wilkommen! :) Yeah I know it's German, but I'm from Germany (while living in America) teehee

    I loved Pompeii and Capri (went to Italy last year with my mom)

    Glad to see you guys here with your B!

    Haus Annandael Basenjis

    est.2004

    "Love, Wellness, and Quality"

    "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."

    –Irving Townsend

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  • bellabasenjiB

    Welcome to the forum, it is a great place to share Basenji information and make new friends! Since you are Italian, you know the meaning of my Basenji girl's name… Bella Bambino Biamondi (she is a girl... my Italian is limited to a few words and I found out later it should have been Bambina). The Biamondi is similar to my great-granparents last name whe they came to America from Italy! :D :D :D :D I dream of someday traveling to Italy!!! Hopefully my dream will come true...

    _**Lisa Lynn ![](images/smilies/smile.png "Smile")

    BRAT Basenji Rescue, &

    Mid-Atlantic Basenji Club**_

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  • I

    @nobarkus:

    Welcome! Here's a toast to Leonardo! You didn't know Mona Lisa had a Basenji did you.

    errr.. no I didn't actually!

    I need a little time to understand how to post some pics,
    I'll try!

    Thanks to all for your welcome, now I take a ride (;) ) in thw threads.. and read something more about your experiences! :)

    Sara

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  • I

    @bellabasenji:

    Welcome to the forum, it is a great place to share Basenji information and make new friends! Since you are Italian, you know the meaning of my Basenji girl's name… Bella Bambino Biamondi (she is a girl... my Italian is limited to a few words and I found out later it should have been Bambina). The Biamondi is similar to my great-granparents last name whe they came to America from Italy! :D :D :D :D I dream of someday traveling to Italy!!! Hopefully my dream will come true...

    well English speaking you have less problems with gender!!! Anyway, Bella Bambino is a real good name!
    this reminds me there was a mare (I think at the beginning of the XIX cent., in England), a pure bred, called Signorina (=miss) who never won a race, and her owner had no money to find a famous stallion for her, but she fell in love at first sight with a stalion, not a real winner… Signorinetta (little signorina) arrived eleven months later and she became a very super star and won lots of races!!! that's the power of love!

    Sorry, I like this true story so much I wanted to tell you! :)

    Sara

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  • bellabasenjiB

    Thank you for sharing your story. It is nice :) :)

    _**Lisa Lynn ![](images/smilies/smile.png "Smile")

    BRAT Basenji Rescue, &

    Mid-Atlantic Basenji Club**_

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