Darn, tried to find you a link and lost everything I typed!
Actually, that is NOT how we play with her even then… that was on purpose to rev her up for the video. Normally I play very hands on so that she has lots of contact and learns to play nice with skin. She has, however, stood on her back legs and boxed my jaws.
As for looks, she is a rescue. Her looks are very far from standard... her huge ears are up most the time now, but not totally.
She is huge, she has a lazy eye, back is higher than front, overbite. And I love her dearly. But this guy threw dozens of Basenjis into a field and let them breed. That said, my champion, Sayblee,
(she has been gone 2 yrs, and I still cry for her)
had enormous ears, but they were erect from the time she was a young puppy.
These are the dogs from that rescue:
http://www.ottaray.com/PICDog/wimauma/Doginshelter/index.html
http://www.ottaray.com/PICDog/wimauma/Wimaumapups6wks/index.html
http://www.ottaray.com/PICDog/wimauma/WimaumaHillsborough/index.html