He is in a fenced in dog run, but has a shed that he loves dearly to frequent. This is the worst winter we have had in 20 years! He doesnt seem to like toys, or so far I have not found one that he will show interest in. He has a toy box full of toys, but just doesn't like to play with toys. I just think I will take him on the scooter more often. Thanks again for your expertise!

This was hilarious! Mine is crazy about butter. One time he at 1/2 of a stick in one swallow! YUCK. Anyone else have this issue.

This is great to know. Beamer is approximately 4 years old, as I said we got him in a shelter so we are not totally sure. I do have an issue though. I am disabled, and am not able to exercise him much. Maybe this is why we have this issue. I do have a scooter, that he runs well alongside. It's been so cold I have not taken him lately. Maybe I should just do this anyway. Are Basenji's cold blooded normally? He is cold even when its 70 outside. We feed him a food with no grains, Its all natural, and chicken flavor. We have also given him the rabbit flavor. These are real meat, and very healthy but I cant think of the name brand and dont have the bag. I think its called Active? We have had him for 3years, and we love him dearly. Thanks so much for your info!

I would say, stay away from dog parks! I took my dog the first time, and because an owner of another dog pet my dog. The dog got jealous and started a fight. Their were three dogs in the fight and the dog that caused the damage to her dog disappeared, and the result was I was sued. Thank God, we won because we didn't have a "chow mix" which the other owner had said we had! Anyway, you never know what the dogs are going to do, and just like children, they will get out of line sometimes.

My Basenji, "Beamer" did this twice to myself just last week. They truly do not like it when they are awoken unexpectedly! Your girlfriend just needs to know this breed sometimes reacts before it thinks. They truly don't mean this, it just

Hi from california! I am a mom of a rescued Basenji by the name of Beamer. He is beautiful and very loving, but he is becoming more and more defiant with life in general and more and more difficult to keep because of this. Because we rescued him from a shelter, we can not just give him away, or put him back in a shelter. However…we are wondering if anyone else have these behavior issues? He is ALWAYS into something he shouldn't be and it is getting harder for us to handle. Any idea's? We want to keep him so bad, but it's very hard.