Hello Tia! I am one of the Sunday Basenji group, we would love to have you join us to get your "fix" of basenjis.
We love on Davis Island and usually go to the Davis Island park around sunset with our three. The Sunday Group meets at West Park Dog Park, if you Google it in Hillsborough County Parks it will show you a good map of how to get there, It is about 8 miles from you to the north-west. We have off leash dog parks so the dogs can run about and play together.
None of us are breeders, most have rescued dogs or re-homed dogs, all our dogs are altered, all get along wonderfully. We usually have 8 to 12, occasionally more. We meet around 11 am on Sunday mornings and if the day is nice, we may stay there for 3 or more hours.
Feel free to call me, 813-352-1344. (Anne)
Hi Anne and MacPack,
Thanks so much for your reply! We live on Bayshore blv so we are practically neighbours then :-).
It will be really great to see Basenjis and their owners here! Unfortunately, I just got sick so it will take a few days for me to get back on my feet again, but hopefully we, too, can be there in the park next week!
All the best from the "mainland" :-),
Tia
I hope you feel better soon, my husband has been sick, finally feeling a bit better. Yes, we are neighbors! Bayshore is a lovely place to live.
We had 10 or 12 basenjis there today, it was a quiet, grey almost-rainy day. We are there every Sunday so anytime you join us you will at least get to visit with a few basenjis. When you come into the larger park, turn to your left, we go all the way to that end of the park where it is quieter, but we are not readily visible from the gate. Our group sets up chairs and water for the dogs at a picnic table.
Look forward to meeting you and sharing our basenjis with you.
Anne
Tia, This Sunday will be COLD (by Florida standards) so while we will probably go to the park for awhile, we may not stay long!
Anne
Anne, Kaia is done with puppy shots and my ankle is finally well enough that we should be able to make it out there sometime in the next few weeks. Friends of ours we also have 2 B's have been thinking of going over sometime too. I'll email you when we know for sure when we can get out there so Loki can play and everyone can meet our new addition 
Super Tana, can't wait to meet the new puppy! If you all come together we'll have a big puppy party. Let me know if you have lead time, my phone number is 813-352-1344!
Anne
Hi Anne,
Thanks so much for the warning! I am so very much looking forward to meeting you all - miss terribly Basenji yodelling and tail-wagging. It seems so strange when nobody is here now shredding all of our kleenexes and socks…:-)
My husband will probably be attending a golf competition (at MacDill, I think...) this coming Sunday, so it will probably mean joining your walk only next week, but if he should get cold feet before the golf match, we'll definitely be at the dog park :-).
Tia
Happy, happy - My husband's golf tournament has been postponed, so we too can come to the dog park already this Sunday!
Hope to see you all there!
Tia
Great! We may not get there till 11 or 11:30, waiting for it to warm up. Hopefully you can come often, when we have a big group (may be small due to weather Sunday).
TMartin, who posted above, has 2 basenjis, her new pup is a Miesterhouse basenji and can't wait to meet hie, they live in Orlando and come only every few months.
Anyway, see you Sunday!
Anne
We may all be able to get over there on the 17th, I'll know for sure in the next week or so. We were hoping to get over there sooner than now, prior to Kaia arriving, but then I had to go and break my ankle 
I'll definitely let you know when we have a day set that way we can see if Theo can be there too. Three 1-year old boys…that would be interesting!
Super news, Tana! Can hardly wait to meet the baby. Kera (and Theo) hopefully going to stay in this area so we are excited about that.
Tia, if you see this, Tana is coming to Tampa next weekend, join us and meet her new puppy, as well as her year old boy.
Can't wait to meet the puppy-girl!
Great, thanks, Anne! We'll definitely try to make it next weekend! We're off to Orlando today but should be back by Sunday - unless we take the wrong turn somewhere :-).
Best,
Tia
We had a wonderful day at the park! 18 basenjis all getting along, 4 'yearlings' running and playing, a precious tri puppy-girl right in the mix with them, older ones basking in the sun, lots of laughter at goofy basenjis. Most are rescues, but the younger group are from several great breeders (Midge Greenlee, Tad Brooks, Kathy Britton), all lovely and nice dispositions.
Tana brought Loki and his adorable new little sister all the way from Orlando, others came from Sarasota and the far side of St. Pete, I think everyone thought it worth the drive to see such a huge group of playing basenjis. Fun, fun, fun!
Anne,
We had a great time and are so glad we were able to come out. Kaia is still tired today. Not tired enough to not cause a bit of mischief, but she has been napping way more than is usual for her! We'll have to come over again, and hopefully it won't be as long in between visits this time
Hi Anne,
Oh I am so sorry to have already missed so many of your Sunday outings at the dog park :-(. I am missing so much being around Basenjis!!! I have now been volunteering often at the Humane Society shelter as a dog companion, and even managed to see a brindle Basenji mix that had been adopted from the shelter a few weeks ago.
I am keeping fingers crossed so that my husband's schedule changes soon and that I can come to our Basenji outings soon again!!!
Saw a beautiful black and white basenji/boston terrier mix at the Apollo Beach dog park today. Basenji markings, taller than a Boston, his snout was a little longer than a boston but not all the way basenji. His little stub of a tail looked like if only it had been longer, it would have curled because it was trying….
I am looking for some local Basenji owners to set up a play date with mine. She is a female and almost 2 now. I live in Orlando, but am willing to drive. I am also looking for some one in Florida that own's a male Basenji, as our little girl is getting ready for her annual heat…. I would looooove to have little Basenji puppies.
Just saw your post, I don't visit Forum very often. Yes indeed we still meet up every Sunday at West Park dog park. While some say they are 'hypoalergenic' they still have fur and some have dander so it's good to check. You may find differences in individual dogs.
We meet between 11 and 2-ish.
Anne
