Bring your paperwork that the breeder gave you to your first visit because they will want to know some things like birth date, always (in the first year or so when lots of shots are administered) bring the vaccination record book Pam and Sheila gave you and ensure they make a copy of it and not just write it down..you will also want to update your copy as your pup receive shots so like I said..bring it so they can fill it in for you. Any questions you have regarding vaccinations I highly suggest asking your vet but also getting in touch with Pam to ask her opinion, she knows her dogs and her lines and she is better equipped than the vet to give you an honest evaluation on which to give. Also try to follow her guidance on neutering and spaying (if you plan to). I know with Oakley I followed their advice. It might be true or not but in my opinion basenjis tend to mature slower and I find they need more time for the growth plates to close before castrating is a wise choice.
Florida Basenji, 1958
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Came across this Basenji from a 1958 picture in the State Archives of Florida
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/48586
"Nick Fallier's dog Bink"
Photographed by Harvey E. SladeNeat!
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Wow, a Basenji right up there with political figures-go figure! interesting, been to Monroe St. in Tall. and did see Slade's name mentioned here and there…
(Slade's was the major portrait studio in Tallahassee for many years, and most major figures in political and social circles were photographed there, including Governors Claude Kirk, Farris Bryant, Leroy Collins, Charles Johns, Fuller Warren, and Spessard Holland and their families; Lieutenant Governor Tom Adams; Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo; Senator Claude Pepper; and Supreme Court justices and circuit court judges)
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Way kewl! !!!!!!!
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Very interesting! And, just like all of them, this basenji decided his seat was "wherever he damn well wanted to sit."
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Neat photo to bad we don't know the dogs registered name.
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Buddys Pal, interesting info about the photographer! There is a brief obituary for the owner online:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=134250176
I guess he was a WWII vet, and aide to the President of the Florida Senate, and just present in those circles. Mostly, I am curious why and how he got this particular breed of dog back in the day…
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I saw that Obit also. I think the reason why he got that breed is the same reasons some of use have gotten into Basenjis he red about them and fell in love.
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@Shaye's:
Very interesting! And, just like all of them, this basenji decided his seat was "wherever he damn well wanted to sit."
LOL– so true! You know what they say-- "For the best seat in the house, please move the dog."
Very cool pic!
