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[tanza]

I find most "males" don't have a clue… gggg... in fact I tell people that are looking for pups when they ask about males and bitches that the Bitches have an agenda and the males don't have a clue...
Mine have no new Af (from the 80's that was the first of the new afs that were accepted into the AKC stud books when BCOA petitioned them)... and my girls hunt like crazy.... None of mine play fetch... all hate water, and with the exception of Mickii, they are aloof to strangers... (but not when people visit my house, which is how I expect them to act...) My Maggii grabs squirrels out of the apple tree, breaks their necks in one snap.... My boy... he runs out to see what the scream was with "duh whats happen??"

So I think it is really your Boys nature to be different... ..

[Basenji_Boy]

Domesticated Tri male, likes to play Fetch

I have a domestic that won't play fetch and my one Af male will.

not so afraid of water, does not know how to kill or hunt

I have a domestic that hates water and brings all kinds of dead stuff to me, just small.

Not really aloof with strangers

Yeah mine are like that, but I've seen domestics that are aloof.

Follows me around everywhere, very closely (tripping over him).

I have one just like that, and sits in the bathroom while I shower. They all love my wet towel.:D

Hates water with a passion. Will not go anywhere near a boat on water.

I had my Af out fishing and the dumb $#% jumped in the river. We had a lead and harness on him so it was ok.:D

Instinctively hunt & kills with precision, like watching a wild animal hunt. Instinctivley seems to know to bite the head/off/throat to kill it, quickly.

I have a AF pair, male and female that I've seen kill rabbits, I would totally agree.
My domestic can kill and hunt, like I said….smaller stuff.

Will not go near any stranger, very cautious

One yes, the other no.

Will not follow you around. She could care less

I can't sit in a chair near any of my Basenji's without them being on me. My Af female would follow me around if I'd let her.
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No interest in fetch, but loves to rip apart plush like plucking the feathers off a chicken.

I've seen that in both, they can go through some stuffed toys.

it could be just different personalities, but the when the Red female hunts, it's not coming out of experience. A switch is flipped in her. The males does not have a clue! The female catches adult birds as the fly up from the ground. Kills them with one bite. She's as close to wild as anything I have seen.

I see a difference in ours too, but as I've been around more and more B's I come to find that they do share most of the same qualities and habits, some to a lesser degree.
I do think the Af's are very independent and seem just a little different.
I've also come to the conclusion all of them can be very different personalities:) .

[tanza]

Jelinek's Basenjis that have New Af (and it was from the 80's, not 70's) are from Avongara Kulu Star of Wilmer by Avongara Gangura out of Avongara N'Gola… it is a couple of generations back in the pedigrees....

[Basenji_Boy]

@tanza:

Jelinek's Basenjis that have New Af (and it was from the 80's, not 70's) are from Avongara Kulu Star of Wilmer by Avongara Gangura out of Avongara N'Gola… it is a couple of generations back in the pedigrees....

Avongara N'Gola, she's the grandmother to Max, Penny.

[Barklessdog]

I can believe that it could be possible it's just differences in personality. I'm not a Basenji expert only an owner and that's all the experience I can relate to and whats been told to me from other basenji owners, breeders.

[jys1011]

If we'd all compare notes I'm sure we can definitely plot the correlations on their traits

My two have Af in them too & yet so dramatically different…

C3PO-he's my cuddle bug...loves attention loves to be in the same room & loves to be petted BUT only by his humans strangers he'll investigate & if he likes you he'll ALWAYS like you but if he doesn't he'll ALWAYS growl at you. The critters need to be near him within reach for him to go nuts & try to hunt it...like walking on a leash & dumb squirrel just stood in his path so C3PO just SNATCHED him up by this tail :eek: :eek:

Topaz-a lot more indpendent! She'll snuggle with you when she wants to at the right time & place. She is the house HUNTER..she'll hunt anything that moves & she's quick too! My little girl WILL play fetch...but with herself LOL yup she picks up the tennis ball does a :happy dance: on her hind legs carries it up to the couch nuzzles it & throws it off & she goes to retrieve it!

Both HATE water (she more than him) :mad: