My undergraduate degree was in geophysics with a minor in applied math. I name all my Basenjis after Indian mathematicians. My current Basenjis are Madhava of Sangamagrama (Madhava for short) and Bramagupta (Bramagupta for short). They do respond to their "short" names.
Where does your basenji sleep?
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back legs stretched completely out with his knees locked, and his sharp little toenails digging into my side, stomach, or back, depending on how I'm sleeping at that point.
ah! Hope does this as-well. She'll be in the middle of the bed, between me and my partner, with her back against one of us and then she will stretch completly out and lock her legs and then dig her toenails into whoever is on the otherside hahaha. my partner gets annoyed at that and moves her or i move her over to my side so shes against me with her locked legs headin out the side.
She also does the comes up to us and looks at us until we lift the blanket for her to come under LOL
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Waiting for the blanket portal… how cute.
Last night Bowpi got under the covers and laid down next to me. My boyfriend was reading a book on the other side of the bed. Bowpi stretched out her front leg and put her paw on his arm, as if to pull him closer or get his attention. Then she started to bite the corner of the book, like she was saying "ExCUSE me, it's time to sleep now."
That's probably the most demanding thing she's ever done!
She slept crated when she was with her previous owner. Actually, she was crated most of the day AND night before, which is why I think she was a bit reluctant to sleep with us at first. I know she wasn't allowed on any furniture, and certainly not the bed. Previous owner said she had a doggy bed, but she didn't pass it along because she said she wouldn't use it anyway, preferring the company of other sleeping creatures.
Yes, this definitely seems to be the case.
I don't know if Bowpi will ever get to the point where she can share a bed with Bowdu. He's in a bed that's big enough for them both, but like I said, he does NOT share his sleeping space very well. Heh. That's okay. We'll make room.
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My last 2 Basenjis always slept under the covers but they did not sleep next to each other. One slept up near the top and one at the bottom. If one touched the other there'd be a fight under the covers.
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ah! Hope does this as-well. She'll be in the middle of the bed, between me and my partner, with her back against one of us and then she will stretch completly out and lock her legs and then dig her toenails into whoever is on the otherside hahaha. my partner gets annoyed at that and moves her or i move her over to my side so shes against me with her locked legs headin out the side.
She also does the comes up to us and looks at us until we lift the blanket for her to come under LOL
suki, too! ridiculous little creatures, but we must bide by their wishes!
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Haven't they all got us well trained?!!!
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LOL if I am near the bed or in it, they ask me to lift the covers. However they can get in most the time without my help. But it does make it easier I guess.
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Tenji does the same thing, he only sleeps on my bed when he's good…or i'm cold...so it's kind of like a treat i guess. When he does sleep on my bed he sleeps ontop of my blankets but under his own, and he will not sleep unless he's pushed up as close to you as possible...usually he'll put his back to my side and then dig his legs into the blankets and push as hard as he can, which gets annoying. He likes having his head covered, and his favorite sleeping position is with his head jammed into your armpit lol
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Batman, chiweenie boy, burrows under the covers. He's done that from day one. Nayru was alternating between on the covers against my knees or at the foot of my bed on a pile of sheets on my cedar chest. Just the last few nights she's started getting under the covers. She doesn't stay there but I do love her warm little body against me.
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Ellie and Taj have slept fully under the covers with me for years. I too have to provide a blanket portal for their convenience. Before my old man Marco Polo crossed the bridge, he would sleep on the bed part of the night but not under the covers.
When I was bedridden with a horrid flu for a few days last year, I had a foster B with me who had come from a puppy mill and was not well-socialized at all, but even she joined in the nursing crew. Marco would lay by my left shoulder, the foster would lay down the side of my left leg, Ellie would be pressed against my right side with her head on my shoulder, and Taj was curled by my right hip. They took extraordinarily good care of me.
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Penny LOVES to sleep with us. She is very impatient so us to get settled and quickly tries to get her spot right in between Patrick and I which is adorable but i usuallu move her to either one side of Patrick or me so we aren;t separated. She will look at us and digg at the covers saying "lift them up so i can get in now" lol I just love when she sleeps and her sweet face. And when she is out she is OUT lol i can lift her up, mover her around and nothing! But man does she snore lol seriously for such a little thing, i sometimes have to adjust he head so she doesn't. I have never had a dog quite to cuddly and i love it and so doe my finace. Nothing better than the love of a basenji
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Lola came home as a tiny puppy, having never slept in a bed before. The very first night, we put her in bed with us. She immediately started pecking my shoulder with her nose until I picked up the edge of the blanket for her. She ran straight under the covers & settled right in between my legs in a little ball like this was how she had been sleeping every night for her short life. This is where she always sleeps, under the covers. If it gets warm, she becomes "rigor mortis dog", locking her legs straight out, nails dug into my legs. It it gets hot, she wakes up, rushed to the top of the bed, sticks her head out of the covers, collapses & falls instantly back to sleep.
Callie came to me at a little over a year. She had slept in a crate at night at her breeder's house, so the first couple of nights were confusing to her. She finally got the idea of sleeping in the bed, and it took her another 2 confusing weeks before she figured out where Lola was dissappearing to. Once she figured out the under the blanket idea, she decided right by my chest was her spot, and has slept there ever since.
On cool nights, the cat will sleep next to my face on the pillow.
They have gotten used to me tossing & turning, and it doesn't seem to bother them in the slightest. I'm usually the least comfortable, but I wouldn't have it any other way. -
Mine sleeps curled up behind my knees and when I turn over she does too. Occasionally she stretches out and then we have a problem with sharp toenails where they shouldn't oughta be. I'm trying to picture Lisa Stewart and FIVE basenjis in a king sized bed. Some B's are pokers and pushers (and growlers!) in the middle of the night when the human invades THEIR space!
ya my tri colored one growls if the red one invades his space and occasionally thinks me or my fiance is the other dog moving and growls. gets so hot in the bed with 2 b's i end up sweating my ass off waking up at 4-5 am and moving to another room and of course the tri male follows me and like someone else said he his fav position is w his head jammed into my armpit!
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ROFLMAO, here's a thought… when you get up and leave, shut the door.
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Most nights Jake sleeps in a crate. Once and a while I'll let him sleep in my bed.
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my boy also sleeps under the duvet….....and on top when he gets too hot. nice in winter but a pain in summer...lol..
our boy hasnt got the knack yet of finding his way back down under the covers after his spell on top.....he paws me, and grunts quietly i lift the covers ,say, IN and in he crawls funny for a while but the continual pawing does wake us alot...............but, he`s worth it. -
Cricket will nap on top of the covers, near the foot of the bed when we watch the TV. When the TV goes off, it takes a few seconds, but then she pokes Husband to lift the sheets, and snuggles underneath by our knees. By morning, she's sleeping on one of our pillows, either half under the blankets still, or wrapped around Husband's bald head. I have been woken up by tail hairs up my nose…
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Becca does the same thing. When she wants under the covers she will start pawing at your head. Then you lift the blanket and say Under and she contorts her body around and under the blankets. She always sleeps up by my head. More times than not I end up rolling over in the middle of the night and come nose to nose with her head on my pillow. Tucker really isn't an under the covers kind of guy. He sleeps on top right behind my knees. When he gets too hot he will roll onto his back with all four feet in the air and sleep like that. The will not sleep with each other. If Becca is under the blankets and Tucker gets up to move or wants to play he will start pulling the blankets back to find Becca. Then Becca starts to emit this horrible growl until he has the blankets off of her. We also have a king size bed and I think the dogs get more of it than my husband or I. I call them my little furnaces in the winter, they get soo warm!
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Isnt it amazing how they all follow the same sleeping habit….....
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Sayblee would poke me to raise the covers. Arwen sometimes will but Cara is snarky if she is in bed first so I grab her and let Arwen under first. At night sometimes Arwen will be on top of the covers if she got up for a drink because she won't risk Cara to get back in bed. Makes me sad and I wouldn't mind her waking me up to grab the bed guarder Cara, but she doesn't. I keep the bedroom COLD at night so at night they want under the covers.
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We finally got out dogs a cozi cave which has been a life saver. The now sleep in that at night and my husband and i are our alone space. I love my dogs but not enough to give up my time at night with my husband. When they get up at 6am to go outside they can come in the bed then but genrally it's just penny that does. Charlie will go right back to the cozy cave like a good puppah. I know they wish they could sleep in the bed with us cause at night I have to lay by the cozy cave untill they fall asleep (doesnt take long) so they dont get out and try and get on the bed. I feel bad soemtimes but it's just too much. It's like letting your children sleep in your bed every night … its just not doable for me. I miss snuggle time with thme so now we watch movies in our game room instead of inbed and stay out in the living room longer at night to watch tv so they can snuggle with us. But once we say "bed time" they know where to go. It's made the world of difference for us.
