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  • lvossL

    I forgot the picture.
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  • QuercusQ

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    Yep, in retrospect, I wish our situation would have worked out more like yours (that was the original plan, get one nice bitch and eventually breed her)...but for various reasons it didn't. So we work with what we have...

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • MantisM

    lvoss, that is a great picture!

    Caesar and Cairo….the boys

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  • lvossL

    @Quercus:

    Yep, in retrospect, I wish our situation would have worked out more like yours (that was the original plan, get one nice bitch and eventually breed her)…but for various reasons it didn't. So we work with what we have...

    Yep, you have to make lemonade out of lemons.

    I am sure you will find the right path for you. Sometimes we find it just takes longer to get where we thought we wanted to be.

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  • B

    Max 6 years, r/w male

    Cleo 5 years Brindle female


    Penny 3 years r/w female

    Raven 3 years b/w female

    Willy 1 year b/w male

    Jasper 1 year brindle male

    All six of our's can't be together, 4 youngest stay in one pack and 2 oldest in a mini pack. I honestly wish they'd all be able to be together…..but it just can't be.
    We are not breeeders, my wife does show two of ours(Willy and Jasper) they where bought as show dogs/pets, Raven is a retired show B. and was bought to show as well. Max, Cleo and Penny where bought as strictly pets.

    I do think they learn from each other in such numbers, we often say Penny was raised by the B's and not us......I don't know if that's always good.....she's not our best listener.:D
    My wife and I and my Son's 21 and 27 all are involved with the B's so we have plenty of people for them to interact with.....someone's always here...........................or I wouldn't have six.
    I do think something is lost with the intimacy in these numbers and we make it a point to make sure no one's slighted.:)

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  • MantisM

    this is great information. I wondered about the closeness with the pack when the numbers increase….

    anyone else with a large basenji family?

    Caesar and Cairo….the boys

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  • JazzysMomJ

    Wow. I don't think I could do it. LOL Having TWO creates enough havoc – the Basenji-500 through the living room, crashing into walls and furniture, the wrestling, the bickering.... I think I'll have to be satisfied with just two.

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  • tanzaT

    I have had up to 6, but now 4…
    Maggii - 15 3/4
    OJ - 15 3/4
    Mickii - 14 1/2
    Kristii 12 1/2 (and she is Maggii's daugher)

    I had Fatia (Mickii's daughter) but she hated Maggii and since I am not set up to run packs, nor do I have the desire to... when she had her litter the perfect home come up... she was placed with one of her pups.. and it has been the best thing for everyone. While I missed her terrible at first... she is the Queen with her daughter as the Princess... so it was the best choice. I had Jamari till he was 4... when he really decided that he didn't like being a pack dog and sharing with my oldest male, OJ... we again got lucky and found the perfect home with someone that had a Parson Russell Terrier, so he was neutered and placed... again, it was the perfect situation....

    I know that I will be losing the old kids one of these days and at that time I will bring in a couple of pups... for now, my young ones are co-owned

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • JazzysMomJ

    Pat,
    Is there a story behind the double i's at the end of the dogs' names?
    Or is that just how you like it? It's kind of different~

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  • tanzaT

    @JazzysMom:

    Pat,
    Is there a story behind the double i's at the end of the dogs' names?
    Or is that just how you like it? It's kind of different~

    :D There is sort of a story with the double ii…. it comes from their breeder Ken and Marilyn Leighton... Marilyn loved the double ii in the names... (call names typically, not the registered ones in most cases)... and anyone showing knew that it was a Leighton bred basenji with the "ii"

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • YodelDogsY

    Presently…..

    Baron - 11 year old red male
    Logan - 11 year old red male, Baron's littermate
    Pippin - 9 year old red female, full sibling to the above males
    Bindi - 1 1/2 year old tri female
    Cory - 6 month red female
    Jozie - 4 month red female
    and Jozie's 2 red brothers

    Cory and the 2 red boy babies will be rehomed soon and I will be down to 5 dogs, the lowest number I will have had in 16 years. :D

    Robyn Dubbert

    Sherwood Basenjis

    One thing that I have learned in life is to accept that things are not all black or all white. Life is shades of gray and just because someone sees a different shade of gray than you do, it doesn't mean their shade is right or wrong, its just different. ~ Robyn Dubbert

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  • JazzysMomJ

    Eight Basenjis? Robyn, you are either crazy or amazing, LOL. Maybe a bit of both!

    I have decided that two is the perfect number of Basenjis for me to own.
    LOL

    {Until… a few years in the future, someone has the "cutest puppies"! }

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  • BDawgB

    We just have two- but I LOVE everyone's basenjis… love those pics!!

    Miles & Lexi's Mom

    www.stelladot.com/barrick

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    I read your blog and find it kind of confusing and ….. your comment about "messing with ..." hmmmmmmm.... Anyhow, yes, it is so cool when you come across another basenji, because they totally understand each other and how they want to play. We were fortunate once to have another basenji play chase with Kipawa at a dog park. I just don't think there are many basenjis in the Lower Mainland. :(
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