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What is Arlene weaning the puppies onto? Orijen has a good grain-free puppy kibble.

I feed mine twice a day. The best schedule I have found for housetraining is to get them up and out to potty first thing then they play while I get breakfast together, they get their breakfast and then are out again after 20 minutes, usually for a short walk. The pup is then crated or ex-penned while we are at work. One of us comes home for lunch and the pup is pottied and played with so they are ready for an afternoon nap. When I get home they go out again and then play with the "big dogs". Everyone gets dinner between about 5-6pm then they are out for their evening walk about 20-30 minutes later. Then I make sure the pups get a good play session before bed and out to potty right before. Usually it takes a few weeks before they can hold it all night so plan on pee break in the middle of the night, just pick them up and out to potty then back to bed so they know it is for business and not play.

She's super cute! Welcome to the forum!

You're right!
My wife and I have animals since childhood and since we are maried, almost 25 years.
We are really animal-lovers and we can't stand it when folks take animals, just for their own satisfaction.
We once bought a abused Parrot for a lot of money, only to give this bird a better place.
I am delighted to her that someone of this forum understands what we are trying to say.
And the last thing we want, is that people think that you can establish a good relationship with your Basenji through yelling, hitting etc.
That kind of constantly fysicaly and mentaly abusing isn't right for no animal!
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I don't think you will find anybody here that disagrees with that…at least not that has spoken up about training issues. Corrections definitely have a place...but some folks' form of correction ends up doing more damage than help. Yelling, spanking, etc don't have much meaning to a dog.

I think corrections in the form of voice are particularly effective during puppyhood when puppies are learning all about what is acceptable. I think physical corrections with an adult dog who is showing aggression in any form is a mistake.</we>