Posts made by Jeimygirl

Thanks for the nice comments!

For those providing a word of caution, don't worry, I saw this meme once and I keep it in the back of my mind to try and stay prepared

@zande I'm guessing that breeder doesn't have a clause to return the pup in cases like this? Are they Florida based? Gorgeous color in deed, but yes that price

"Re-homing Mahogany Basenji Female Puppy - $4,000"

https://daytona.craigslist.org/hsh/d/deltona-re-homing-mahogany-basenji/7464495512.html

Not my post and I didn't make contact; the color, price and age seemed like red flags; be cautious.

I am now 6 months old and today I passed my S.T.A.R Puppy test with flying colors.

Although my hooman mom has been training me since day 1 to be a well behaved pup with basic actions such as sit, stay, lay down, I now have a little ribbon to reflect my hard work.

She also taught me how to ring the bell when I have to go outside since I don't bark and I have been doing good with my loose leash walking too.

And she thought I'd be a tough dog to train...

Found this raincoat on sale and thought we'd give it a shot. He at least walks outside with it on, but not without the basenji attitude mumbling

Being a cat person, I'm used to my pets not liking water, and while preparing for our first basenji I read about their typical dislike of water, yet his dislike makes me chuckle everytime.

Don't worry bud, the sunshine state didn't get its name from it raining more than not; soon you will be sun bathing once again.

Mine has been a sweet boy since day one but I train him the same way I "trained" my kids which I think helps, with a lot of "easy" calm reminders/vibe. Every now and then mine gets an attitude and wants to lash out and I will either put him in his play pen for a quick time out or try and hold him with lots of shhhh easy... Calm words. The timeout in the pen isn't punishmen (we don't use it when he does something bad) and it's different than his crate, but when he's in there he knows he can't go anywhere and it helps him calm down. Mine still has a lot of puppy bitting urges, every day, and we redirect him to a toy or we say no, as he does it and good boy as we are able to pet him without him bitting. Maybe trying to be very calm and trying to ease him down may help?

As far as potty training, we trained our early on to ring a bell when he has to go out. We started it by taking him outside constantly and ringing the bell while we said "outside?" and after a while he learned to where he now runs to the door and rings it hard to go outside. However, on rainy days, he wants nothing to do with outside and has the most accidents. When he has one, we usually say sharply "outside!" and pick him up, even midstream, and take him right outside. Maybe a system for potty training like this could intrigue?

He dislikes having his feet washed too so we limit that to only when he has really dirty paws or steps in his own poo which unfortunately he does often, otherwise we just do a quick wipe. If your dog dislikes paws washed like you stated, I would avoid that as much as possible because it gives them a reason to not want to go outside.

As far has harness/leash, we use all of them depending on the situation. I primarily walk him on a lead rope leash, but when my kids take him out on potty breaks we use a basic leash clipped to his collar (with me, a since I'm his person, a leash isn't needed but with anyone else it's a must cause the other side of the fence is too much of a curiosity), and on hikes we use a harness. We switch it up so much the manner in which he goes out makes no difference for him. Personally I'm not a fan of seeing their neck chocked when he pulls another way, so we leave the lead leash to training walks where I think it has more of an affect where the harness is more playtime outdoors. Maybe using a lightweight leash on every potty break everytime and have one designed spot?

@tanza & @Zande I am checking with the breeder about the registration as he inquired about the registration info last month; I also picked a registration name (Mibre's The Force is Strong, DOB 10/11/2021). I'll reach out when it's confirmed for the database.

Awesome!

@tanza said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:

@jeimygirl - Thanks, your pup has some of the same relatives as one of my girls. GCH DC Klassic-Tanza Color Me Tri, MC

Obi is his call name, we haven't given him anything other than that so far. I saw the database and it really neat! I'll send you pictures when he's older for it too

@zande said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:

@jeimygirl said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:

Graedon N Mibre's Cuban Mojito

Many thanks for this - but what is your pup's name and birthday so I can record it in the on-line Basenji database - along, hopefully with pictures as he matures !
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@jengosmonkey thanks for the tip! We have chew toys everywhere now too, they are certainly a must have and for the most part does good about sticking to them. It is quite funny to see him when he grabs something he shouldn't, he knows it and you can almost hear him laugh as he runs away with it

@tanza said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:

Many of us are related by our Basenjis, care to share the sire/dam?

Sire: Graedon N Mibre's Cuban Mojito
Dam: Mibre's Kiss Me Kate For Ahmahrnahr

TLDR: First time Basenji owners to a beautiful sweet Obi!

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Hello everyone! I am amazed to see active forums still exist in this day in age of the Facebooks and Reddits. I'm old enough to remember pre-smart phones days but young enough to have lived my grade-school years on AIM, Yahoo Groups, and bored.com.

We are a crazy busy family that had no room or time for a dog as we didn't find it fair to get a dog and have it be alone for 10+ hours a day (our cats on the other hand love this alone time!). With the help of one of the rare positive things Covid-19 brought around, I now work remotely and thus home 24 hours a day most days. We didn't make a pandemic decision to get a dog due to life still being quite busy, too busy to have a dog around as well.

December 2021 we welcomed home our sweet, smart, beautiful boy Obi, whose named we picked for the meaning of heart in his roots and our love of Star Wars. Puppy training has me reminiscing the toddler years this home has witnessed; however, he learned how to sit and ring the bell to go outside early on which has aided in potty training.

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