This morning I took my puppy to petco for her shots and as I was walking out the manager asked if she was a basenji. She said there was a group of them that meet up in the park in Pearland. I didn't have time to ask her about it because my poor puppy was screaming her head off and I had my kids with me.

Amelie- Sorry I've been so busy lately. No, I wasn't working with him. I guess there's another b puppy somewhere near by. Have you met any other basenjis nearby since this post started?

I have a 13 week old basenji but we live right outside of Houston. I haven't seen any others yet. Let me know if you find a group close by. Maybe my b could come one day.

Here is my little brindle basenji who has already been through enough scares in her first 12 weeks of life. I need more pics!

This sucks! I can't find any evidence of bat poop on my balcony anywhere. There's also really no where for them to hide. The bat was found where it could have possibly come off my balcony where the pup was. She was on the third floor balcony, and the bat was all the way downstairs, probably about three feet from the beginning of my actual balcony. When you come downstairs, there's a little step leading down to the sidewalk. The bat was perched on this part of the sidewalk, hanging upside down. I could have sworn it was slightly twitching when I first saw it, but it could have been the wind. I sat outside to warn my neighbor, because they also have kids and would have to step right where the bat was. When he came home and I warned him, he smacked the bat down with a piece of wood he just do happened to be carying. I asked him of it was alive and he said it was dead. I told him I had called someone to come get it, but I guess he took things into his own hands.
I called the vet but of course they were closed. So I left a message explaining what happened and asked what he thinks I should do. They have an emergency clinic but since I don't even know if her and the bar had actual contact I'm not considering it an emergency, unless she shows some dramatic behavior change between now and Monday. Everything I've been able to find online seems to say that a 10 day confinement to check for symptoms is fine.

Her name is Dababa (it's what my daughter started calling her and it stuck). No, I doubt I could get it back. He more than likely put it in the dumpster. I thought he had knocked it off into the grass but I couldn't find it before I had left. I guess I'll call and see by chance if someone did come and pick it. Hopefully, but I have a feeling they didn't. I just have bad feeling about it coming out in broad daylight to come die by a bunch of humans and dogs. I guess I'll call the vet and see what they say. I tried to look her over for any little bites but of course she won't hold still.

Occasionally I have to put my new puppy outside on the back porch so she will actually calm down and eat her food. Yesterday I had her outside and put her back inside when I had to leave. When I came back home, there was a bat hanging from one of our bottom steps. Well a rabid bat had been found at my kids school which is like 5 miles away. So I called to have someone come get the bat. My neighbor came home before anyone came for the bat and he disposed of it. I don't know if this bat or any bat had been around my dog since she was up on the baloney and the bat was downstairs. I'm just freaked about the whole rabies thing since she doesn't have her shots. Shes so hyper that she's already chewed on me and my kids since this happened yesterday. I know the chance is probably slim that she had some contact with this bat, but should I be worried? I really would hate for any of us including her to get sick.

Her sire and dam are listed on the papers as Amanda and Chase. I don't have her actual akc papers because he said he doesn't give them till after the dog is spayed. Whomever I spoke to from there was going by the name David.

I got her from Rock Creek Kennel. Yes he gave me the shot records and it had all the workings he did too. She finished up her giardia medicine and started her heartworm meds when she first went to the vet. He put her on science diet puppy kibble which she seems to like ok. Her swollen belly is gone and her stool seems pretty normal now. She's really thin though. When I brush my hand down her back I can feel her bones really easily. I don't know how to describe it too well. Ive been feeding her according to the package instructions, and she also steals scraps from the kids on a daily basis. Should I increase her kibble or maybe switch her?

So I just got my new puppy late Wednesday night, and then took her to the vet yesterday for her health check. It was quite obvious she was full of worms since her belly was so ridiculously swollen. The vet did her fecal exam and called back today saying she was also positive for giardia. The breeder claims to have wormed her every two weeks except this week. Should she be this bloated and wormy from 4 previous wormings? He also said he gave her shots at 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and 8 weeks, The vet said all that seemed unusual and excessive for the shots and that it was weird she would be this bloated from all the wormings. Other than that he said she looks fine. How easy is it to get giardia from the infected pup? I have kids and I'm a bit worried about them getting the parasite. I'm off to the vet to pick up her meds for giardia.