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!
Funny, he dosen't look Basenji
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I guess B's aren't the only ones.
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Cute picture! No, Basenjis haven't cornered the market on destruction. Nor have dogs, for that matter. At this time of year, my barnyard gets littered with pink insulation the birds are removing from their favourite nest site where they have (once again!) pulled off the board I nailed up last year over the hole in the fascia on the barn.
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As I am sitting here finishing my morning cup of tea Kaiser is perfecting his destruction as he is waiting for his morning walk, only started to destroy his toys in the last two months and his favourite is about ready to go out to the bin, purely from boredom as he is all about sleep after his walk and a little angel. The filling in the toys seems to be a great source of fun - for him that is not so much me.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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Loki has always loved to destroy his toys. The only thing that has survived mostly intact is his very first toy, a tiny stuff-less fox. Everything that can be destroyed, is destroyed. But he no longer chews on sheets and fleece blankets, so I'll buy really cheap stuffed toys just so he can rip them to shreds instead of focusing on something else
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If you check out the website www.dogshaming.com you get the feeling that basenjis probably invented doggie destruction but definitely don't have a corner on the market. Too funny!!!!!
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Loki has always loved to destroy his toys. The only thing that has survived mostly intact is his very first toy, a tiny stuff-less fox. Everything that can be destroyed, is destroyed. But he no longer chews on sheets and fleece blankets, so I'll buy really cheap stuffed toys just so he can rip them to shreds instead of focusing on something else
I think their very first toy, or the one they came with from their breeder they never destroy. Becca had her Duckie and when she went back to the breeder to be bred it went back with her. But it did not come home with her, but she absolutely adored that duck and I cannot find another one remotely lose to it. Flame came to us with a squeaky toy bone and he killed every squeaky toy we gave him, but not that one. Tucker came home with a real life squeaky toy…...Becca!
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Perry doesn't destroy toys. I don't think any of his breeder's dogs do. She teaches them as puppies what is "legal" to chew and what isn't, and only allows supervised play with plush toys. The result, at least with him, is that we have all the plush toys we ever bought him. And his favourites are indeed the first two he got on coming here. A bit like a kid's security blanket. If he is concerned about something, he goes and gets his froggy to squeak.
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I used to have a container full of toys and guts and spent time every week or 2 repairing. I have stopped. Gut it? Throw out the guts, now you have the outer shell to play with until (a) I get a new one for you or (b– more often) the child gets you a new one. She actually seems pretty content with the shells since tug and fetch are her delights when not gutting. In her defense, she doesn't START the gut. But once Arwen makes a hole, Cara is more than happy to finish the job.
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Looking back, I'm quite sure that destuffing toys and furniture is a learned behavior. When we first got Bitty she loved playing with the stuffed toys we got for her. However our female Jindo and Shiba Inu, Sami and Sable, were already veteran destuffers. It was Sable who started destroying our livingroom sofa, only to be joined joyfully, by Bitty and Sami. When a stuffed squeeky toy came into the house, Sami would appropriate it and chew until the squeek was killed, and then Sable and Bitty would take turns tyearing at it until all the stuffing was gone. Every time we move a peice of furniture we discover another 'dead' critter one of the B's hid away to be brought out later to play. When we find them we always put them in the 'dead critter box'.
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I guess B's aren't the only ones.
I just love the captions on these photos! So clever! I have to over see any toys I have with Uzie and Candi my hound mix (to whom Uzie is really bonded) She starts the destuffing, and he gladly finishes it. Kongs and the like are the only thing I can leave in the toy box. The first week I had him, he swallowed the tail end of an unstuffed toy. Biggest hair ball I ever saw! then I had to bring him for a barium study as he just was not right….I have been paranoid ever since! But, he only tears and does not swallow now, I think he was so excited to be out of a crate and just started the mouthy puppy stage "lets see what this world is made of" at age 18mos. I can't help but laugh when he wants to remind me of dinner time and he picks up the end of a doggy bed and looks at me to see if I am aware of him...
