Please make sure your Basenji is on flea, tick, and heart worm protection. With as much rain as we have had in many parts of the country, this could really have an effect on the number or ticks and fleas there are early in the season.
@italeigha
I've tagged this pamphlet before so you may wish to search the forum for the link which may still work.
https://my.puppyculture.co.uk/resources/flipbook/spay-neuter-booklet
It's full of facts and studies and Liz McCargo uses it as her reference.
There's a free read-only version if you'd search: PUPPY CULTURE SPAY/NEUTER BOOKLET.
Title page attached, if allowed.
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I decided not to use the plaque off..I have been brushing more but not everyday as I will going forward. I think I decided not to because last year a
I expected to have his dental and sort of fix the problem that way and start good habits..then his surgery happened and really it's taken a good long while to get him back on track…I didn't want to add anything that could throw off his system.
Read all the quotes and statements on Fanconi and work out how contradictory it is for yourself. I don't think many UK Basenji owners do a Fanconi 'strip monthly' and certainly some breeders do advocate no test. Are such breeders irresponsible not necessarily. A 'probable' diagnosis on any medical condition is hardly a scientic diagnosis to say the least but testing is better than not and is certainly better than doing nothing.
