Our foster Bana and Otis too

[Basenjimamma]

Sounds like a wonderful place, I want that too one day. We live on a half acre lot in houston, tx but our little neighborhood of 24 homes have no deed restrictions, nor do we have a homeowners assoc..YEAH, that is a big deal to us. So we have our backyard chickens, our dogs,, and cats and nobody can tell us otherwise..
Miezimau, no worries, you didn't hijack the thread, just sharing your dreams and hopes..I know that when you are ready, BRAT would love to have you as well as any other rescue organization..

[proteinman]

They do look great together. Bana and Otis look so peaceful. Such friendly warm behavior will certainly help Bana find a forever home, wherever it is.

Best

Tom

[basenji_fan]

Awe congrats on the foster, she is very cute!!

[agilebasenji]

Is she still a "foster"?

[tanza]

How is she doing?

[Basenjimamma]

Yes she is, I love here dearly as a temporary pet(boy, that sounds bad, but no ill meant by that expression), but hope she will find a great forever home here in a week or two. I actually feel pretty good about her going to a real family as supposed to stay with us. The kids will be very sad and so will I, but I can see the bigger picture…I think, ask me again when she is about to leave...I very well might have a different tune then..LOL

She is doing great though. I have had her since tuesday last week and since then I have been the mom that takes everybodies kids in, with three additional kids on top of my own two every day. She has actually gotten very used to them and seeks them out in the house. She finally started playing with Luna, the schnauzer mix a few days ago and with Otis a few days before that. She has been exposed to several of my husbands ex-football player friends to see how she would be around men and she as excepted them and even licked their hands and sat in their laps, no problem. So I think she is ready to be put on the BRAT list of available dogs. I will work on her ad this weekend and then we will see.

Thanks for checking in, I probably will end up keeping one of our fosters. just not our first one..it would look bad

[agilebasenji]

@Basenjimamma:

Thanks for checking in, I probably will end up keeping one of our fosters. just not our first one..it would look bad

Oh, not so much. I think a lot of people have failed Fostering 101.

Sarah Kalnajs (http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.cfm?ID=DTB876P) suggest not to foster your chosen breed. She says she does not foster shelties for that reason. Certainly fostering your chosen breed is a double edged sword. I think it was her that also suggested different house rules for the foster kids. For example, if your dogs sleep in the bedroom, foster kids sleep in the crate, etc. This is for your benefit AND the dog's. I've fostered a few basenjis and some touch you more than others.

(either way, Kalnajs videos are wonderful - VERY educational and well presented)

[sharronhurlbut]

Sounds like she will be easy to rehome and that you have done her a nice kindness by giving her a temp. stop at your home.
Think of it as babysitting…you can love the kids, then send them on to their home.

[Basenjimamma]

I know I probably should have different rules for fosters, it makes sense, but oh well, she deserves a cozy spot to rest on to. Both Bana and Otis sleep in their crates at night and if I am gone for more than an hour in the day, however if I am watching Tv or someting on the bed, all rules are out the window, all 4 dogs get on the bed with me. It would kill me to not let the foster snuggle when all the other ones do..She does get kibble to eat, mainly because it would be hard to potentially convince a forever family to do the BARF diet, but also because I don't want her to be on BARF for now and then once she moves she eats kibble again..makes for easier transition for her, She is on good food none the less, Blue Buffalo Wilderness (?) grainfree, and her fur is showing improvements I guess from her food. It is softer now than it was when I got her. So far so good. She has gotten very attached to me, so it will be hard to see her go, BUT i know she will make another family so very happy, so it is definitely worth it. Thanks for the website, I will check it out in the am, I am off to spend some time with the dogs, and the telly.

[Vicki]

Bless you heart, Basenjimamma.