I have an alpha female basenji and brought a newborn into our family. I was in the hospital for four days (my in laws stayed with dog and horse), when we came home, we had my Mom bring her new boyfriend. He was a great distraction, but also allowed me some alone time with Cricket. When they left, she noticed the baby in the bassinet and was a bit concerned.
She adapted to the baby, but I don't leave them alone just in case. Cricket is not nearly as jealous as she was, now that he drops food for her at the table, but she did get a bit jealous for a few weeks.
While I was pregnant, I was told that 'the test' was to play baby crying videos on YouTube. How the dog reacts will tell you how they will interact with the baby. Cricket beat the crap out of my phone when I tried… So not a great test! 🙂
Basenji Time line
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hope some of you find this interesting too
http://www.basenji.org/BasenjiU/Owner/103History/103History.html
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A treasure trove of great info. Thank you
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Very interesting to read the history of the breed. I was surprised to read of the guy who tried to rehome his basenji and no matter where he placed it, it found its way home - we live in fear if ours got out, they'd never come home -
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Thank you so much for the link - I hadn't got so much information about the Basenji in the USA.
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a great piece of information, i shall have to return to it frequently as there is so much to take in. Thanks for posting.
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There is loads of information on the Basenji Club of America website… which is were this comes from.
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Awesome..I rememebr seeing this a few years ago, but it was nice to get re-aquianted to it. Thank you for sharing.
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I'm ashamed to say, Pat, that I hadn't looked much at the BCOA website. As soon as posssible I'll visit there for a more studied look.
