I saw another basenji!

[abby_basenji]

i have not seen any in Central IL. but the groomer I take my mixed breed to says there at least 3 in town that they know of or that have been there. Haven,t been to the dog park in my area yet.

[Duke]

@Tayda_Lenny:

I have YET to see another basenji here in Michigan. Just the other day though, I was outside with Tayda and Lenny and a woman walked by and yelled " BASENJIS!" She said she used to have one years ago, until she gave it to a guy that used it for hunting… (?)

But mostly people don't know what they are. Usually they guess "rat terrier" or my favorite "is that a little baby deer?"

Same here - No Basenjis and no one know's what it is. I think I bore some people telling them what I know about them. (I think it's interesting, anyway!) But have you ever seen a Rat Terrier? They're really small with oversized ears! Basenjis must be twice their weight with proportionatly sized ears. I saw some RT's at the Dog Show a few months ago. Someone suggested that Duke might be part Rat :( I don't see it, no way!

I have (2) BRAT calendars - one at work. A guy came over when he saw it and said I've got a Basenji! His girl is 14 yrs old. He said he didn't know what he was getting when his family got her as a puppy. He said they like to run away - a lot! They've always been able to retrieve her, and now she's just too tired to run away. Too bad there wasn't internet info available for them. Love this forum! ;)

[Jodie]

The first time I ever saw a rat terrrier was when I adopted Lillie. The rat terrier was in the crate above Lillie. She was very cute (of course not as cute as Lillie:)). The one BIG difference between the two was this rat terrier would not stop barking. Happy ending though, this rat terrier was adopted also!

Basenjis rule!

Jodie

[tasha]

We met a couple who have a little tri girl named Bella at PetSmart. I'm going to call them and schedule a play date!!! It was the coolest thing! We didn't have Corky with us. I spotted them and said to my husband "OMG, LOOK!!!" and proceeded to fawn over her. We got to talking and they were just as excited as we were!!!

I took Corky to PetSmart Sunday and one lady started to say "That's a Doberman mixed with…" I stopped her and said "Nope, he's a basenji." She never heard of the breed. I told her a few things about basenjis. It just so happened to be adoption day and her son said "I want that one Mom." hehe I felt a little bad when I told him he was not up for adoption he was MINE. Then a few other people thought he was a rat terrier mix. I love it that Corky is such a conversation starter and that I get to brag about basenjis. :D

[jenwilson]

Those of you in cities with large basenji populations are lucky. There ARE a few here in Knoxville. Hollie and I have met 4 others at various parks and events, but only one owner really wanted to talk about the breed and have playdates. I know there are others here, other people/vets tell me, but I have only seen the four. Would love to have a large enough group to do basenji playdates and other things.

[Mantis]

LOL, how about the moment when you see another basenji that looks just like your basenji!!

When I adopted Caesar he was the cutest red boy in the world!! Then at petsmart I saw another red basenji as beautiful as Caesar! That is when I realized they all are cute!!

At the dog park when the pack is 11 strong, it is hard to tell them apart at times!!

[spitfirekrl1]

Well for those who have never seen one. I myself was unfamiliar but I can definately see how someone might of a rat terrier when trying to figure out what our dogs are.

[Quercus]

Shuddering at the top pic…..looks like a very, very wrong basenji ;)

Actually there are lines of Rat Terriers (particularly Decker Rat Terriers) that have Basenji in their make up. So specifically, I would imagine that tri colored one is a Decker.

[nomrbddgs]

@Quercus:

Shuddering at the top pic…..looks like a very, very wrong basenji ;)

Actually there are lines of Rat Terriers (particularly Decker Rat Terriers) that have Basenji in their make up. So specifically, I would imagine that tri colored one is a Decker.

Ohhhh, how funny-exactly what I thought!

[jys1011]

striking resemeblence…I'll admit but tail & the faces are dead give aways..NOT basenji lol :D

[meaghanmplatt]

FINALLY!!!! I took Kona to the dog park tonight and he met his first basenji!!!! They played awesome together and Taz's owner was very nice also!!!

This is a picture of a lot of what went on….along with A LOT of running :D

p.s. Kona is doing the dominance showing haha

[BillyK]

We've met two at the dog park. Neither stayed very long due to not getting along well with others.
My favorite quote was from a little girl, maybe 7 years old, who asked "can I walk your horse - dog? I meant dog." I told her I thought she was a horse-dog too.

[basenjibratz]

How cute. The other day a lady told me that my two looked like deers.

[JazzysMom]

I love watching Jazzy and Keoki when they run through my garden – which they are NOT supposed to do, but hey! the fence is down -- they leap over the chives and look JUST like deer jumping. Keoki is not as graceful yet, but he's getting there.

[Gooby]

Every dog in my neighborhood is a pitbull. everyone always thinks minpin, or GSD (he has the coloring like a german shepard). i got him at North Shore in LI. they thought he was a shep/chow mix.

[Jodie]

I got my Lillie from North Shore Animal League also. When did you get Goober? I got Lillie on Jan. 22, 2007. She is my second dog from North Shore. The first one I adopted in Jan. 1994 was a puppy (lab/border collie mix). Lucy passed away in Oct. 2005. She was the sweetest dog.

Jodie:)

[Gooby]

I'm sorry to hear about Lucy. I had to bury my english shepard Missy around the same time. We got Goober on April 25, 2007