I too have my first Basenji, and they are a handful. Sahara is worth all the frustration, and chewed up items, and anything else like surfing my tables. She is soooo loving, my hubby and I love her so much, she is 9 mos. old. I love that they do not have dog odor or bad breath, and miminal shedding. Once they are housebroken things are better, except chewing, so get plenty chew toys and rawhide bones. My B loves the Dingo brand chicken/rawhide sticks, they are less rawhide. Rawhide can cause some problems if they are not supervised while chewing. So congrats, and I know you are going to love your B as much as we do. And by the way, they are beautiful, so sweet looking, love the name Meeka.