I had a spinal injury a few years ago and the surgeon warned me of permanent nerve damage causing incontinence being a potential consequence if it got worse. It's called "cauda equina syndrome", I did a quick search and it looks like it occurs in dogs too. Essentially you lose all nerve feeling on your bowel, hence not knowing when you need to go. I'm not sure what the solution is (if any) but it could be a clue.
Growth chart
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I found this puppy weight chart on the web. It gives a ballpark range for basenji weights as the pup grows to 18 months. Of course, each individual dogs' weight is going to be influenced by a number of things.
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Fran, very cool, I always wondered what was considered normal when I had Otis, now in retrospect I see that he was ginourmous. He weighed 19 lbs when we got him at 4 months..wowser.
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this magical calculator will give you an idea of your puppy's future adult weight. not sure of the accuracy, but it seems to be pretty close so far….
http://www.puppyweights.com/
