New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Could she be a basenji?
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What a cuuuutie! Love the pic with the ice cream
I wouldn't spend my money on that DNA test.. I don't believe they are accurate at all and.. it won't change who she is 
Welcome to the forum
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I like the DNA tests.
If money isn't an issue, won't hurt and may give some validation or ideas.Its only ?30, thats a nights takeaway, and a bit of fun. Will be interesting to see how many breeds are found in her!
Little horror just stole the last of my peas, wierdo that she is. She definatly likes to wait until your back is turned to nick your dinner!
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She is so pretty. She certainly does have a lot of 'Basenji' traits but I rather think she's a terrier cross.
Others on this forum have tried the DNA test so hopefully they'll give you some advice. As you say the results would be interesting.
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She is so pretty. She certainly does have a lot of 'Basenji' traits but I rather think she's a terrier cross.
Others on this forum have tried the DNA test so hopefully they'll give you some advice. As you say the results would be interesting.
She is definitely terrier cross, but I have been wondering if possibly terrier crossed with a basenji. She often looks like she has a terrier sized head (with wrinkles) on a basenji sized body. Lets see what the DNA test says!
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Where'd ya find it for $30? Is that in american or some other? All the ones I found were 75+. I'd love to figure out what my girl is mixed with LOL and that sure is more affordable!
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Where'd ya find it for $30? Is that in american or some other? All the ones I found were 75+. I'd love to figure out what my girl is mixed with LOL and that sure is more affordable!
Sorry, I meant ?30 (I am in the UK) as opposed to ?60. I just googled Dog DNA tests.
On another note, we bumped into someone yesterday whilst walking at the country park, and I commented "that looks like a basenji tail" to which i was told she was a basenji (funny, i have never heard of them 6 months ago, now bumping into them). Was interesting to see. Piper was about half an inch shorter and slightly longer in the body, but they looked nearly identical. Having seen this dog (she was smaller than i expected them to be) she seems to have a stocky terrier body, on basenji legs and with a basenji head.
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I'm intrigued - what part of the UK do you live? With the Welsh in your name I'm wondering if it's Wales? I live near the Welsh border and if you are not too far I'd be happy to meet up with you and Pippin and give you an opinion based on actual sight.
Someone else on this Forum has had a dna test done but the results were not really all that brilliant but as you are so keen why not?
Interesting that your vet's Mother in law used to breed Basenjis - probably we in the UK would recognise her name. Just curious.
Did the Basenji owner that you met think Pippin was a Basenji mix?
What a terrible early experience she had, poor Pippin, I'm so glad that she's ended up in your happy forever home.
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I'm intrigued - what part of the UK do you live? With the Welsh in your name I'm wondering if it's Wales? I live near the Welsh border and if you are not too far I'd be happy to meet up with you and Pippin and give you an opinion based on actual sight.
Someone else on this Forum has had a dna test done but the results were not really all that brilliant but as you are so keen why not?
Interesting that your vet's Mother in law used to breed Basenjis - probably we in the UK would recognise her name. Just curious.
Did the Basenji owner that you met think Pippin was a Basenji mix?
What a terrible early experience she had, poor Pippin, I'm so glad that she's ended up in your happy forever home.
I currently live in Berkshire, but am from Pembrokeshire originally (not far from the rescue we got Piper from). We plan to go back and take her down in March for a weekend. I get paid next week so ordering the test then - January has been a long month, and we are getting married this year so trying to save as much as possible!
I don't know the name of the vets MIL, may ask next week as Piper is being spayed
(just dont like the idea of her having surgery, she still seems so young).Funnily enough we bumped into the lady with the basenji last night on our way back. She thought Piper did have Basenji in her anyway, as she was so similar to her dog. Then her dog walked up to Piper, sniffed her and bit her! :eek: Piper snapped back (after a little squeak) and ran to me. The dog followed again and was not keen on Piper at all, so the lady thinks there's definitely Basenji in her! Poor Piper, she kept looking at me as if to say "what did i do? I just want to be friends"
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Most rescues here spay/neuter before they place. Pediatric spays as young as 6 wks are relatively safe. I understand spay/neuter for rescue, but I would never do it again on a dog I had a choice about.
Wow your neighbor needs to control her dog. That kind of incident can turn your dog off other dogs. Poor Piper!
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she does have basenji characteristics then apart from her colours and looks.- i also think she must have some basenji blood! She is lovely and lucky no matter what! adorable little face:)))))
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she does have basenji characteristics then apart from her colours and looks.- i also think she must have some basenji blood! She is lovely and lucky no matter what! adorable little face:)))))
Having read about the characteristics I think she does. The lady with the basenji that we met also commented on some of the things she was doing as "very basenji" (eg. standing on her back legs so she could see what was going on). Has a lovely wrinkly forehead too. Got very frustrated with me earlier and did her funny bark, more of a wierd howl really. She is def one of a kind. Its a shame we have to have her spayed (not that I could ever justify letting her have a litter).
