Skip to content

Hello

Member Introductions
  • just wanted to say hello. i am new to the forums; and new to basenji owners. i have a mixed basenji. i found sammie at the local animal shelter. he was just brought in the day before i saw him with a female rottie mix. they were being raised together and the family did not have time for 2 puppies. we estimate sammie was around 4 months when we adopted him and ellie (the rottie mix) was around 7 months. yes, we took them both! they were so cute together and so attached to each other, i did not have the heart to seperate them. that was in september, and it has been a crazy 5 months! sammie has a definite basenji personality, from all that i have read. he does bark, but he also has the yodel and cries like a baby. very loudly! he is extremely curious and sometimes can be a pain in the butt! he has climbed over the baby gate and tries to get out of his crate; we have to lock it! he cannot pass up any opportunity to terrorize us or his "sister" ellie! he can never pass up the chance to tear up a paper towel or tissue, no matter how far out of his reach you "think" you have it. he is like the energizer bunny, his stamina is amazing! he tries to get away with everything he can. he gets in to everything. you can actually see him looking around the room at everything, just thinking of things to get in to! we are in obedience training with an excellent trainer. they have been training all kinds of dogs for 30 years; they specialize in hard to train dogs. sammie has made tremendous progress. he still tries to "test" me and see what i will let him get away with. it is good training for us, also. we still have a lot of work to do, but we are making progress. i am having trouble uploading photos of sammie, but hopefully i will have some posted soon. he looks like he is mixed with a husky; his eyes are a unique color. he is larger than most basenji's-53 lbs; it must be the husky coming out. it has been great reading all the stories.

  • I look forward to seeing your photos.

  • Welcome to the forum, can't wait to see pics of Sammy, and include pics of Ellie

  • Welcome to the forum. When you get a chance include some pictures – we loovve pictures.

  • Welcome! Looking forward to seeing your pups!

Suggested Topics

  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    3k Views
    B
    Thanks to all of you for your kind worlds and welcomes,as soon as my friend translate for me my questions,so they don't get lost in miss spelling and miss understanding i will post them,and of course the pictures of my beautiful little angels :)
  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    9
    0 Votes
    9 Posts
    4k Views
    ?
    Welcome , a basenji will always have your back.
  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    7
    0 Votes
    7 Posts
    2k Views
    G
    Hello & welcome to the forum G
  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    7
    0 Votes
    7 Posts
    2k Views
    KebasmomK
    Hi Kiro, Welcome our neck of the woods. I live just a bit past Emmittsburg in PA so I'm not too far. The Mid-Atlantic Basenji Club meets at the Carroll County Agricultural Center right there in Westminster. Our next meeting is 1 June and there will also be a spring fun match that same day. It starts at 0900. There is a Yahoo group for the club that has info about the event. It's fun and games. It's really neat to see so many basenjis in one place. Hope you can make it. It's a nice club to belong to. Karen
  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    2k Views
    J
    Hello and welcome to the forum. Can't wait to see pics of Dash, and the rest of the family!!! I do home visits for BRAT. Would love to foster one, but space will not allow it at this time.
  • Hello

    Member Introductions
    11
    0 Votes
    11 Posts
    4k Views
    B
    Welcome to the forum, growing everyday, informative and fun.;)