New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Do your male basenjis squat to pee?
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Otis does both, more squatting then lifting leg though. He just started lifting his leg and he is 13 months old.
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Mine does both. And he's intact. In the morning when he hasn't got time to find the right tree, he pees 'like a girl'. After that he marks a couple of times, lifting a leg.
+1 :D:D:D This is exactly the same at my house and Brando is also intact.
When I was bringing Brando to work with me last summer because he broke his leg, one of my co-workers laughed at him because he squatted. I told her, "hey, give him a break as I'm sure it hurts like h*ll to lift a leg and put extra weight on his broken leg."
Personally, because Brando also pees on his front leg sometimes when he lifts his leg, I'd rather he squat - because he won't walk until he does cleanup on himself. :D:rolleyes:
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+1 :D:D:D This is exactly the same at my house and Brando is also intact.
When I was bringing Brando to work with me last summer because he broke his leg, one of my co-workers laughed at him because he squatted. I told her, "hey, give him a break as I'm sure it hurts like h*ll to lift a leg and put extra weight on his broken leg."
Personally, because Brando also pees on his front leg sometimes when he lifts his leg, I'd rather he squat - because he won't walk until he does cleanup on himself. :D:rolleyes:
Yes…here too. Querk will only lift his leg if he is marking over another male's pee...or if he is around a bunch of other dogs, like at a show. When he was younger he would accidentally pee on his own leg too.
Hippo has just started to lift his leg at around 2 yrs old. He will do it to mark over where Querk pees, but usually he just squats.
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Personally, because Brando also pees on his front leg sometimes when he lifts his leg, I'd rather he squat - because he won't walk until he does cleanup on himself. :D:rolleyes:
Tillo also pees on his front legs sometimes when he lifts his leg but then decides it takes too long and puts it down again while peeing.. :rolleyes:
You can always see him thinking.. Damn.. I'm clumsy..
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My male sometimes stretches out to pee on all fours.
Our girl lifts her leg to pee. sometime she backs up against a tree and lifts her leg.
have not got a picture of her doing that yet.
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Ick, I'm glad Nemo squats. Maybe we should change the breed standard so the males are a little longer backed, so the lifted-leg pee angle is better.
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Buddy just stands in the middle of the yard with his foot lifted about 1/2" off the ground or he'll just stand there. The bad thing is when does this he'll turn back and lap the pee. Don't know why he does it. It's like he's cleaning himself before he's done peeing. If he uses a tree or pole no problem. Weird!
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Alex did "the stretch/squat" for all 15+ years of his life. Never saw him lift his leg once.
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Nicky will lift his leg on vertical objects but he also does pee standing up if he can't find a vertical object he would like to pee on. My husband calls it horse peeing because it remind him of how male horses pee.
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Nicky will lift his leg on vertical objects but he also does pee standing up if he can't find a vertical object he would like to pee on. My husband calls it horse peeing because it remind him of how male horses pee.
For some reason, that's just one more thing that Basenjis remind me of horses. Kananga likes to gallop sometimes and I always joke that he's trying to be a "mini-horse".
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My last Basenji was a pain for lifting his leg pee, it took ages out on a walk as he felt obligated to mark everything. I love carboot sales and i had to be careful not to get to near to stalls or he was likely to lift his leg on them :o
Whilst in his own garden he didn't bother with marking and squatted like a girl.
He was a neutered male. -
Mine does both. Before I got Cody neutered, he mostly lifted his leg, but stretched/squatted sometimes. Now he only lifts his leg to mark. He mostly stretch/squats, and almost always pees on his front paws because he keeps walking. He doesn't stop to pee, he just slows down a little
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:D:D This thread is quite amusing, our big Dog used to poop as he walked along. You had to keep a watch otherwise you stood in it!
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:D:D This thread is quite amusing, our big Dog used to poop as he walked along. You had to keep a watch otherwise you stood in it!
OMG, don't get me started on the walking and pooping. :D:rolleyes:
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OMG, don't get me started on the walking and pooping. :D:rolleyes:
Mine does that and he'll twirl around in circles on a lawn and if it's night time it's "damn, where did that poop go"? using a flash light.
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So funny..I love this thread..
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Tupper does both while peeing. Glad to hear that he isn't the only one that walks while he poops! What is with that?
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I had a walking pooper too once, but he was a King Charles spaniel. He was like Nope ain't got time to stop….
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LOL! Glad Cody's not the only one! Sometimes I call him Pee-paws and other variations.
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My males at home 99% of the time would squat and pee… out on a walk or at shows/lure trials would lift their legs... but then I have had bitches that also lifted legs.... Oh and all mine are/were walking poopers
