Hi, Socialization was one of my worries and I wanted to get it right, get your friends over and have them wear hats and bags and anything and everything at different times, what we did at home was just getting the household socialization such as umbrellas, pots, rubbish bins etc started and if you have friends with vaccinated and friendly dogs get them around. There is a lot of socialization you can do before your pup is fully vaccinated at home, rubbish day is a good day for standing at the gate watching the big noisy trucks go by, picking up the bins and banging them down, watching the mower, hearing the motorbike being started. Just remember let your pup take it's time don't force it when it is uncomfortable. Our 6 month old boy is doing great and is quite a confident fella. At 14 weeks we did puppy class for 7 weeks and only started going to a dog park at 4 months and he automatically knew how to be a dog when he was with the other dogs. Good luck.

Very good ending to this story! thanks for sharing!

Welcome to the club!

What a wonderful and talented gentleman! Belated Happy Birthday, Digital!

Hi mickeydoo, and welcome to the Forum. As for your boy, he's a good looking boy and IMO is at least part B, but who am I to say. If he is a puller the best thing would be to have him take an obediance course. Some years back I was the proud poppa of a GSD-Malamute mix who had his own idea of taking a walk, after putting him through an intensive obediance school he was awesome, we could walk through a crowd and he would stay at heel totally. In the meantime you might check into a no pull harness, there are many on the market and most are effective.

Food aggression in dogs is normal. You have to train them to not be, and no stranger should try to take. Heck you shouldn't unless it is something dangerous. Do you have any idea where the guy got the dog from? Perhaps its breeder might help you with training. Do you know if perhaps the exgirlfriend wanted the dog and he took it for spite?

http://k9deb.com/foodguar.htm

😞 Sorry they have a no-dog policy. You might post on the brat board.. could be experienced folks in the area happy to board.

I ditto the sentiments above. Although I have not been tremendously active I do appreciate all the valuable information that is shared here in the Forum. I often come here to answers to my questions or concerns about my 2 B's - Dwjaad and Camerou. aka - Jenga and Rudy.
They have both turned 1 years old this month and I am happy to reach this milestone. We passed the year without too much damage to our house and contents when I look at some of the photos on the site. Wow have we been lucky. They are lovely boys who follow me everywhere. Jenga is so fast and it is such joy to see them running through the fields of snow with our german shepard in hot pursuit. They love to play and run in our creek!
I know I will continue to come here to find out more about Basenjis. Thank you everyone and a happy holiday to all.

http://www.sittercity.com/pet-sitting.html?pc=gpet&gclid=CIHht8D1nrQCFQY5nAodSSoAag

someone I know used this service in their city-maybe you can check it out?

Thanks! very interesting!

heck no, congo would probably just cry and run in circles. however, i don't ever worry because he looks like he could probably do some damage. now if they almost stepped on congo, he would scream and scare them lol

More:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Costume-for-a-Dog/

Thanks everyone, time really does fly, worries me that the rest will go just as fast!

Pat, officially he's my big boy, but I don't expect better behavior by any means!!
Vickayx, come down any time! I live minutes from Eldorado and its always fun to visit, perhaps this spring you should come down for a day of lure coursing practices and a visit to Pam's. Youre welcome to stay with us

That's Alice(Karnak's Straight to the Moon Alice), bred by Karen Hutchison. I think one of her owners works for Rite Aid?

….is a wingnut, but can spot a squirrel a mile away.

@agilebasenji:

well, i could certainly see basenjis making an allience with dragons. But I always think of them as the velociraptors from Jurassic Park (very clever and always checking the electic fence!)

That's funny, because sometimes when I see our female doing something "sly" or naught or smart, I will say "clever girl" like the big game hunter guy from Jurassic Park. I think there is something raptor like (at least Jurassic Park raptor) in them too!

Kananga, like the Bond villain? What a great name!!