Waiting for the new pup!

[AndrewnShango]

@lauralopez:

oh she's a beauty and so intense. Congrats!
Andrew, I know weight gain is a serious issue for all dogs but I'm just wondering why so much more dangerous for a basenji?

My vet told me that the breed gains weight slightly easier than most breeds and that it's very easy for basenjis to become overweight, and in turn lazy and in turn causing a myriad of different problems…..

Wow, she IS a beautiful girl! More pics of Mya!

[tanza]

@AndrewnShango:

My vet told me that the breed gains weight slightly easier than most breeds and that it's very easy for basenjis to become overweight, and in turn lazy and in turn causing a myriad of different problems…..

Wow, she IS a beautiful girl! More pics of Mya!

I don't think that is true… at least not in my experience

[dmcarty]

I agree - the only time I have over weight basenjis is when someone has a false pregnancy. I also have a question about the retained dew claws in the picture.

It's my experience that most of us remove dew claws. But I see that they remain in the picture - so that leads me to another question - is everyone still removing dew claws or not? I know that many times I guage the relative quality of the dog in rescue and the decision on trying to find the breeder on if there are dew claws or not - but if many ,other than BYB and PM's, are leaving them on guess I can't use that - so - folks - chime in. Your basenji dew claws on or not?

My Podengos came to me with dew claws on the front intact but it is because like many FCI countries they don't dock, clip etc.

[lvoss]

I do dew claws and so do all the responsible breeders that I know in California.

[MomOfMya]

@lvoss:

I do dew claws and so do all the responsible breeders that I know in California.

Are you saying that breeders that do not remove dew claws are irresponsible??

[MomOfMya]

Mya is not overweight. I'm sure it is the angle and the lighting. I am a responsible owner and Mya is well taken care of. Since I own a basenji now I'm knowledgeable enough to ask the appropriate questions of the breeder. I did not post this picture for everyone to point and frown. I most certainly did not post for anyone's disapproval of my breeders either.

My feelings are hurt and I'm not exactly clear on what to think of some of the perfectly opinionated people on this site.

[tanza]

@MomOfMya:

Are you saying that breeders that do not remove dew claws are irresponsible??

Yes, in the US it is standard to remove dew claws…. that along with health testing before breeding...

[tanza]

Sorry that your feelings are hurt regarding breeders. But if a breeder is not testing and no results on public database (www.offa.org) then they are not responsible. When people breed and do not test (especially for Fanconi) then they are part of the problem, not part of the solution to rid our breed of serious genetic health concerns. It is not fair to the dog or the people that purchase what they think is a health pup only to find out 3 to 10 yrs later that they have a dog that now needs 20 to 30 pills a day to be kept alive

[nomrbddgs]

While there are overweight Basenji's (I know of one who weighs in at 40 lbs), I don't think it can be assessed that Mya is overweight. How can you tell from a photo of her lying in the shadows? She has lovely colour, her expression is good, from what I can tell her leg muscle is good on the front. Don't take offense. Because some Basenji's have looser skin, sometimes it looks they carry a lot of weight around the neck area. My Sugar does. I also believe in many places in Europe, it is illegal to remove dew claws.

[MomOfMya]

@tanza:

Sorry that your feelings are hurt regarding breeders. But if a breeder is not testing and no results on public database (www.offa.org) then they are not responsible. When people breed and do not test (especially for Fanconi) then they are part of the problem, not part of the solution to rid our breed of serious genetic health concerns. It is not fair to the dog or the people that purchase what they think is a health pup only to find out 3 to 10 yrs later that they have a dog that now needs 20 to 30 pills a day to be kept alive

Who ever said the breeder isn't testing? I know I didn't. People are just jumping to conclusions here.

[MomOfMya]

@nomrbddgs:

While there are overweight Basenji's (I know of one who weighs in at 40 lbs), I don't think it can be assessed that Mya is overweight. How can you tell from a photo of her lying in the shadows? She has lovely colour, her expression is good, from what I can tell her leg muscle is good on the front. Don't take offense. Because some Basenji's have looser skin, sometimes it looks they carry a lot of weight around the neck area. My Sugar does. I also believe in many places in Europe, it is illegal to remove dew claws.

Thanks for the info. I don't think a breeder is irresponsible for not removing dew claws. Personally, I think it's cruelty.

[JazzysMom]

@dmcarty:

I agree - the only time I have over weight basenjis is when someone has a false pregnancy.

Jazzy becomes overweight if she LOOKS at food. I have to monitor her diet fairly closely.

She takes after her human mama that way~~except I'm not as good at monitoring MY diet. :p

[Janneke]

@MomOfMya:

Who ever said the breeder isn't testing? I know I didn't. People are just jumping to conclusions here.

I have to agree with you.. I was also a bit annoyed that everybody started about weight, dew claws and breeders not testing..
Mya is beautiful. With dew claws.. Tillo has them as well.. the Dutch government thinks it is cruelty to take them of

Edit: and please tell us about that puppy you are waiting for…...

[MomOfMya]

@Janneke:

I have to agree with you.. I was also a bit annoyed that everybody started about weight, dew claws and breeders not testing..
Mya is beautiful. With dew claws.. Tillo has them as well.. the Dutch government thinks it is cruelty to take them of

Edit: and please tell us about that puppy you are waiting for…...

Thanks Janneke. I knew I could count on you for some reassurance!!

I am waiting for the breeder to call. Should be any day now. I have decided, because of everything I've read here, that we do need a male. Was Tillo easy to potty train??

[tanza]

@MomOfMya:

Who ever said the breeder isn't testing? I know I didn't. People are just jumping to conclusions here.

You were the one that brought up that we were picking on Mya's breeder?… and it was a statement of fact of what a responsible breeder does... No one said that your didn't, hopefully they do and the results are on the OFA site

[Janneke]

@MomOfMya:

Thanks Janneke. I knew I could count on you for some reassurance!!

I am waiting for the breeder to call. Should be any day now. I have decided, because of everything I've read here, that we do need a male. Was Tillo easy to potty train??

Tillo was tha best!! At the breeder the pups already 'used' newspapers! So.. he peed in the house… twice? The first night he was with us, he was in his crate, with the door open. After a couple of hours sleep I heared something.. It was Tillo. He got up, walked in the middle of night to the other end of the room to pee... ON THE NEWSPAPER!! Aah.. so proud, so proud..

[tanza]

@Janneke:

I have to agree with you.. I was also a bit annoyed that everybody started about weight, dew claws and breeders not testing..
Mya is beautiful. With dew claws.. Tillo has them as well.. the Dutch government thinks it is cruelty to take them of

Edit: and please tell us about that puppy you are waiting for…...

That is a difference between Europe and US… we do have different ideas about dew claws. Anyone who has seen a dew claw hanging by a thread, or one that has grown around and back into the skin would agree that it is much better to remove them at birth.

[Janneke]

@tanza:

and it was a statement of fact of what a responsible breeder does… No one said that your didn't, hopefully they do and the results are on the OFA site

Maybe it was a statement, but it's not really nice to get all this fanconi-blabla (sorry for the blabla part) in a thread about Mya looking extremely pretty. Mya's mommy (;)) isn't new to this forum.. so I suppose she has done her reading. After that.. It's up to her to decide. If she wants to know more about the testing, she can ask them and you can all tell her about fanconi, thyriod, dew claws, weight etc.. But maybe she just knows all of it already?

[Janneke]

@tanza:

That is a difference between Europe and US… we do have different ideas about dew claws. Anyone who has seen a dew claw hanging by a thread, or one that has grown around and back into the skin would agree that it is much better to remove them at birth.

The cruelty part was a reaction to MomofMya because she said she believes it's cruelty.. I thought it would be a nice addition to tell that the Dutch government agrees..
On the other hand.. docking tails was always ok, because otherwhise the dog could break his tailbones while wagging his tail? (or something like that..)
Well.. here in the Netherlands all dogs have tails.. and I believe it is very rare that a dog breaks it..

[tanza]

Momofmya asked about dew claws… many answered... I was not one to say anything about weight other then to disagree about Basenji prone to gaining weight....