I agree with all the previous comments and would also suggest that perhaps for the first few days to try to block off your hallway so she cannot access it. It’s probably inconvenient for you, but I think it would help her get the message and break her habit while you try to get rid of the odor.
My 10.5 yo basenji also has bowel issues (he was never officially diagnosed with any condition) and he has been on an extremely restricted diet for nearly his whole life. When he was younger one rainy winter he started pooping downstairs bc he hates getting wet. We blocked off the stairs while we thoroughly cleaned the area that was very effective.
Another suggestion I have if your dog loves food is to use her special kibble as treats. It works v well for us. Good luck!
Relentless Pup
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You might try this…it worked for Ruby. I would call her up on the bed and would get her to sit in the spot that I wanted her at and then lie down. If she started playing or moved, I put her back at the spot I wanted her at. If she wouldn't settle in, I would put her back in the crate. After a few times she understood that she had a spot on the bed (only to sleep) and only that spot, otherwise, it was her crate. Now if I get up in the middle of the night, she'll lift her head, but won't get up. Oh, and in the winter, I call her my "hot water basenji".
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Welcome to the world of not only a Tri, but you are also really getting the "bitch" temperament… I have always said... "Girls have an agenda, Boys don't have a clue".
What you have IMO, would come in any color... but then I know her breeding and I know (have the same) the temperaments and how stubborn Zuri dogs can be when they want....I totally agree with you, if you are crating all day, not to crate at night... but the solution to your problem...?... I wish you luck!!!
I have never been able to get them to stay in one spot in the bed, but I usually find it is the boys (particularly ones that are not neutered) that get hot.... and wanted out from under the covers and then back in again...
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When Mica, being the stray dog that wandered into my life decided to sleep on the bottom right side of the bed the first two nights before I went through the process of adopting her, I went out and bought her a "blankee" which is hers. It was like watching a gift from the magic kingdom when I gave it to her. I could see the glee of her happiness. Sometimes when she hogs the bed, I will get out a treat from a treat box, above the bed and redirect her to that spot, her blankee. Lately she has been more of a bed homesteader than seems fair. But who says she will play fair when anything is fair game in her world? I can only blame myself for getting lax sometimes, but if she can push the sleep issue and wander all over the bed, she does, so I have learned to accomodate, but I think it becomes a matter of working with the animal. Sometimes, she doesnt like to be moved in the middle of the night, so she decides to make sport of a growl, but, the line always has been drawn, and you cant let down your guard, even as joyful as this little live critter is.
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Yeah, Medjai would get out of the covers, if he was under them. Now that it's warmer, although he still wants under, I don't let him. he will be a little cold an shiver, but that's only happened 2 times in the last two weeks. Once we actually get to summer, that won't be a problem.
Medjai knows he is welcome to sleep next to my hip as he used to, but he likes the pillow better.
I have had CO weather described as being in menopause because we go from snow one day to 75º the next couple to 30s again on the weekend. This can sometimes keep up for two whole months.
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I don't have any advice for you Vanessa. But have similar aggravation with Daisy. She has to be on the bed with a good heavy lean into one of us on our legs. It's like intentional so we move over. So we move to have a bit more room and she gets up and puts another heavy lean into us again. I just hope to fall asleep so she doesn't bother me. I have booted her off so I can reclaim my space - she does come back though.
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I slide mine around under the covers, if I need to. They are used to it, and stay curled up in a ball. I just push them to a new spot. They don't care…cracks me up! Occasionally I'll wake up with the girl's head on the pillow next to me, the covers perfectly arranged up to her neck.:D
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Hmmm…definitely a dilemma. What I did with Ivy at that age is allow her to sleep on the bed, but she had to sleep in one place (on the left side of the bed, and of me, curled up). I just held her there, and eventually she would fall asleep and stay there. To this day, that is her sleeping place when she gets to be in the bed.
I can't imagine how you will be successful trying to get her to stay on the floor, because surely as soon as you fall asleep she will hop up? I would probably just give up, and try to have everybody find a space on the bed, and work on good bed manners, I guess?
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I slide mine around under the covers, if I need to. They are used to it, and stay curled up in a ball. I just push them to a new spot. They don't care…cracks me up! Occasionally I'll wake up with the girl's head on the pillow next to me, the covers perfectly arranged up to her neck.:D
That is what we do, too. Especially me…if they are in my way, I just push them out of the way. Tim is more considerate
to the point that he will let them push him to the edge of the bed!! I always say 'just push them back!!'...maybe he sleeps more deeply?!?One of ours, in particular Bella...always ends up with her head right inbetween the humans, on a pillow if she can manage it
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Basenji "children" are easy to spoil, that's for sure. You gotta draw the line sometimes if you want to stay the "parent"….;)
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Basenji "children" are easy to spoil, that's for sure. You gotta draw the line sometimes if you want to stay the "parent"….;)
That is very true. The line in our house is 'if you don't have good bed manners, you sleep in a crate' … period. But I can understand the concern of not wanting the dogs to be crated during the work day, and then at night too.
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Sounds like you need a bigger bed.
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I was just thinking that :p
Oh please, regardless if you had wall to wall bed.. it would not be big enough:eek:
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Best of luck to you! We have a basenji bed hog every night. She starts out with my husband but always end up with me under the covers hogging the entire bed! My back has not been the same since we got her! LOL
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Best of luck to you! We have a basenji bed hog every night. She starts out with my husband but always end up with me under the covers hogging the entire bed! My back has not been the same since we got her! LOL
Its insane. Kiya just wont let up. We have given in and now she pushes me in the middle of the night with her paws. I woke up at 7am on the edge of the bed with nails in my back :mad:
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Sounds pretty normal to me!!!!! (and I am sure that is not what you wanted to hear!)
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Sounds pretty normal to me!!!!! (and I am sure that is not what you wanted to hear!)
Your right though..even if we had a bigger bed…they would hog it too!
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Its insane. Kiya just wont let up. We have given in and now she pushes me in the middle of the night with her paws. I woke up at 7am on the edge of the bed with nails in my back :mad:
Yes, I often wake up like that as well. It is amazing how they start out on the side and within a couple hours somehow manage to manipulate themselves to dead smack middle of the bed! Funny creatures these B's!:D
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:rolleyes: No wonder why some ggrrrrrrr when disturbed while sleeping. Do ya think they learn by example?
