@krunzer:

Oh welcome to you and your B baby! Where in Canada are you? If you have a puppy and a Cat I am hoping that with the puppy growing up with the kitty that all will be well. Would love to see pics of your B if you can post some!

To answer your question, I am from Montreal!
To update on my basenji baby and my cat, all is actually going better than expected!!! I am so happy! My cat sometimes even runs after him and they play fight. And when he bites just a little too hard, she smacks him. But I don't think she takes out her claws, because he doesn't yelp or cry when she does it. All in all, after all the fear I had about them not getting along is working out!!! I am really happy!!! But he has so much energy!! haha

I tried attaching a picture of him!! Hope it worked!!
attachment_p_155565_0_431220_10150728531252247_506372246_11886537_459347846_n.jpg

I read your blog and find it kind of confusing and ….. your comment about "messing with ..." hmmmmmmm....

Anyhow, yes, it is so cool when you come across another basenji, because they totally understand each other and how they want to play. We were fortunate once to have another basenji play chase with Kipawa at a dog park. I just don't think there are many basenjis in the Lower Mainland. 😞

I actually was worried about that with Annie. She is JUST 20 pounds. I might break a lot of it off next month. It seems ridiculous that both of them would get the same dose when Simon is something like 38 pounds. (He is a huge guy, not fat. 🙂 I always feel like I have to say that, which is probably silly.)

Interesting subject! I would love to know how fast Border Collies go on their outrun. I appears to be pretty quick, but I don't know if anyone has ever measured them. I know I could easily distance my first Basenji with my Quarterhorse. Actually, I think that was one reason she was such a great off leash dog. She learned that if she didn't come when called, I could run away from her and she couldn't catch me. It made her much more attentive to my call. 🙂

About 15 yrs ago I had a person beg for 2 boys, assuring me that one would work and travel with him, the other stay with his wife. This was not an inexperienced person–in fact he had a wildlife license to keep and rehab large cats. I agreed but called my stud owner who utterly, totally flipped out on me. His points were valid-- that having the same sex set things up iffy (these were Rottweilers btw, not basenjis) to begin with, and that even choosing temperaments, I still risked one being dominated and fights and WHY would I do that when I had many homes waiting? The people, btw, were not too happy but agreed on one boy and about 6 mos later asked me to help them find a breeder for a bitch (spay/neuter contract).

That said, I know many who have kept 2 from a litter and had no issues, but again, not inexperienced folks. I don't think a breeder is evil or horrible to allow 2 in one home, but knowing that one at a time with some spacing is better for the dog, I probably would wonder about a breeder doing that. Like Pat said to me, why would you compromise chances for great homing and bonding? And if I were a breeder, I'd wonder about an owner so anxious to get their immediate needs met that they would rather get two than wait a bit. It would have to be very valid reasons imho or I'd probably not want that person to have ANY of my pups.

So then I have to admit that we have quite a few of the Wimauma rescues who took 2 at once. NO ONE (we have our own FB group) is having issues because they have done the things needed and because placements were carefully selected and screened. These pups are now all over 2 yrs old. So I am not saying it can't be done and never would, but it would have to be some awesome reason why and they would, like you, have to have truly worked out what the plan was.

😃 I would love to see how she gets out of that thing!

Oh! It's a baby b! Ugh. Wish you'd told me that before I looked. I've got a bad case of puppy fever.

Make sure your boy is kept quiet and is not too active as I had a boy that opened up a couple of his stitches and had to go the emergency vet! Of course, this was at night when the regular vet was not open! He was an older pup/young adult and had undescended testicles.

Jennifer

I took two basenjis to the Philippines back in 1986 when we moved there (my husband works for the Dept of Defense). And brought them back three years later.

Binta and Cheka were young and healthy and did just fine. We had to get a Dept of Agriculture certificate and since my husband was already there we knew the exact procedures they would go through at the airport in Manila. I was on the plane with them (they were in cargo of courses) and it was the longest 24 hr flight I have ever taken (I go to Asia a couple of times a year). I fixed water bottles to their crates which they had used since they were puppies.

After we left the Manila airport we spent Christmas in the Philippine Plaza Hotel (4 stars) with them and then went on to Olangapo.

We did it then as we loved them too much to leave them behind and the Bs enjoyed the Philippines – parrots and monkeys in the backyard and on walks we would see monitor lizards and all sorts of tropical birds. Plus we had an American vet on the base.

Glad I don't have to do it again, however. I did fly my two Aby boys down to Naples with me in a carrier under the seat this January as we still want the animals with us when vacation as much as possible.

Merry ... in Naples for two months with Louie and Hobbes, our Abysinnians

Mine likes to sit on his head but yours is priceless!

My sister is also a nurse. She used to organize flu clinics, and one thing that was mandated was that there was a loaded syringe of epinephrine handy.

I hear you about the cost of office visits! My horse vet will come to the farm and wrestle with 3 horses floating teeth, give a couple of shots to each, and the bill is less than my Basenji's routine office visit!!! Ridiculous!

I haven't read the whole thread, but I understand a bit about the 'cost' of owning a basenji. It sometimes goes beyond what one might think of as 'normal' dog costs. I lost a lazyboy chair and quite a few clothes to my first fella. My second and current guy, not so much. I spent many dollars on their health; first guy had heartworm when I got him; just got past having a large fatty tumor removed from the leg of my current guy. I haven't been on the forum in a while but what I came on to say was; none of this matters…I had a pretty crappy day of a whole bunch of little things that amount to nothing individually, but taken together - crappy. When all was done and I came home, my boy was happy to see me, played with me, 'listened' to me and made me happy. That is priceless!

BTW: Mods, I like the new color scheme, FWIW.

I would suggest the Ruff Wear Climate Changer plus the Ruff Wear Quinzee maybe some boots if you can swing it. XS on both of the jackets.

Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to subscribe but forgot. I had to look at the site and the contact person. Seems like I know that address. I got my first four "B" from her, know her for almost 40 years.
Da Mac

I saw it …...and ... exclaimed.. It's a Basenji!!!!!!!
Like its the rarest of finds....
Never saw the commercial again!!!

Took my car to the dealer today for an inspection. They put it on a lift and checked all the undercarriage and tires and found NO DAMAGE! Yea! Sure made me happy. Who knew a Prius could run over 2 big aluminum ladders at over 50 mph without any damage? Good thing Don was driving and not me, I probably would have swerved and turned us over, and hit other cars for sure. Whew, a lucky day for us.

Awe! Thats so sad…at least you got to meet the pup before he crossed the rainbow bridge. She should adopt from BRAT when she's ready for a new dog 🙂