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Getting a basenji to play with a puppy

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We have a 15 year old Labrador and a 9 year old basenji both females that get on brilliantly. We added a male puppy 6 weeks ago. He is now 13 weeks and our basenji will still have nothing to do with him. She growls when he gets near and seems to be very defensive and afraid of him. What can we do to get her to accept him and enjoy him.
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I completely forgot about this topic, but I figure I would reply (after a 4 month hiatus) with updates. Thank you all for your responses.

Marvel no longer bites (what a relief!). It stopped around the time that all of his adult teeth were falling out, so I assume it was related to the discomfort of his baby teeth. He will play bite every now and then, but nothing drastic.

Marvel no longer wakes up absurdly early now that he's 6 months old, as someone pointed out. He typically gets up when we do except for the rare occasion here and there.

Marvel has been marvelous and his behavior only gets better. The only "issue" we deal with now is his separation anxiety when we leave him in a crate. I'll probably make a separate topic on this. And he seems to be strangely attached/dominant to my girlfriends underwear when he manages to get a hold of it...

Thanks!
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female til she squeeks and then lets go of her. Sometimes he uses this method to drag her out of the room.
She has never done this to him.
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@Quercus:

Kim, one of the reasons your situation worked out sooooo well, is that you made Ryan's presence a huge benefit for your dogs,; they got to spend just as much (if not more) time doing things with you and the baby. All kinds of good stuff happened when Ryan arrived, so they made a positive association with him. The way you handled it is ideal….and it has paid off for all of you 🙂

Thank you 🙂
Just after we made the decision we wanted a baby, we talked and thought about how we could get this result. When we were sure we thought about everyting, we got pregnant 😃

It's important that you can/try to think the way your Basenji thinks and work with that.
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You're right!
My wife and I have animals since childhood and since we are maried, almost 25 years.
We are really animal-lovers and we can't stand it when folks take animals, just for their own satisfaction.
We once bought a abused Parrot for a lot of money, only to give this bird a better place.
I am delighted to her that someone of this forum understands what we are trying to say.
And the last thing we want, is that people think that you can establish a good relationship with your Basenji through yelling, hitting etc.
That kind of constantly fysicaly and mentaly abusing isn't right for no animal!
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@Quercus:

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I don't think you will find anybody here that disagrees with that…at least not that has spoken up about training issues. Corrections definitely have a place...but some folks' form of correction ends up doing more damage than help. Yelling, spanking, etc don't have much meaning to a dog.

I think corrections in the form of voice are particularly effective during puppyhood when puppies are learning all about what is acceptable. I think physical corrections with an adult dog who is showing aggression in any form is a mistake.</we>

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