Robyn, they knew there was a creature out there that even stalked a child. Having the dog with them, off leash, out at dusk was a foolish risk in my opinion. It says she thought the dog was sniffing around– so not sure if that meant she wasn't even watching the dog and thought it was just checking things out (stupid) OR the dog seemed to be scenting something (STILL STUPID) and she stayed. And yeah, she should have had a gun just to protect even herself. It was an unnecessary risk.
Basenji's in the news
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Just thought I'd share some news articles. Both nsmbc.com and bbc.com have great articles about dog domestication starting in africa. There's a picture of a r/w basenji on the msnbc web article, It was a interesting piece
about our dogs african roots. They are on today's web page 8-4-09 and yesterdays 8-3-09 on the bbc site. -
Here's the link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182371.stm -
And the other one
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32275502/ns/technology_and_science-science/ -
Interesting articles, both. No wonder our sub-Saharan dogs like the heat.
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Very cool. Thanks for the links.
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The B in the BBC picture looks like it's well taken care of, at least from that view.
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She looks quite big and maybe in pup from the look of her tum
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She looks quite big and maybe in pup from the look of her tum
I was kinda thinking that myself.
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wow very cool….
