Getting my first basenji

[SaboCatGirl]

Thanks for the replies! My puppy is coming from Denise Searcy from Nuevo CA. She had two litters this year and they were both whelped on December 28th…two hours apart!

I spoke with her the other day and she said that my puppy will be ready to come home around March 8th or 9th, when she is 10 weeks old. I am moving to a new place with a private backyard March 1st so she'll have a convenient place to have some outdoor time. I'm really lucky to work in an office that is dog friendly and when she is a little older I am expecting to bring her to work with me a couple times a week.

Thank you for the input about what to get before she comes home. I know it's impossible to know everything my puppy will need since every dog is different, but I am trying my best to have my bases covered.

I will post pictures as soon as I can.

[SaboCatGirl]

My puppy is going to be turning 10 weeks old this friday and will be ready to come home. I am so excited to bring her home! I will be posting pictures all over the place once she comes home.

[pacificNWbasenji]

I remember how excited I was when I got my first basenji, best day ever! Life has never been the same and I couldn't imagine life without my best friend(s)! Congratulations!

[kjdonkers]

Great news! Apart from all the practical stuffs (lots of toys and chews!) you'll need a lot of patience and consistency.
Our Lela was house trained in a week or so, and she loved a cardboard box: it held all her toys, and she would take them out, play a bit, and then went to sleep in it… http://tiny.cc/icvgtw

[tanza]

I know Denise very well and most of her Basenjis…. congrats!

[sebaserge]

Congrats!!! Your first day together is coming up soon right? You must be so excited!! I am getting my first boy within the next two weeks also, so it will be great to see someone else enjoy the puppy phase!! Definitely post pics as soon as you can

[SaboCatGirl]

Here are pictures of my new puppy. Her name is Dopamine or "Dopa" for short.

She came home yesterday evening and is quickly getting the hang of things in her new home.

[QuizBasenji]

Lovely - I especially like the Big Brave Girl in Picture 2…

[agilebasenji]

love that name - what a cutie!

[lisastewart]

Love the wrinkles, congrats on a very pretty girl

[stash]

Wow girls are so pretty, she is such a cutie. We got our boy at 10 weeks and gave him a few days to settle in with the cats and us then started training. They are so smart and pick up things quickly so have fun and enjoy as everyone will tell you they grow so fast.

Jolanda and Kaiser

[burn2burn]

I got my puppy from Denise as well past weekend. She's great! A warm basenji, is a happy basenji.

[burn2burn]

We picked up our puppy from Denise on Saturday as well.

[Tp3]

Good luck & sounds like your basenji is a lucky dog. One thing with a basenji you need to stay one step ahead of them. Keep that in mind when you take your basenji to work with you….
Welcome to the forum.

[Shaye's Mom]

Oh she is SO cute! wrinkles everyplace. Reminds us all of how adorable our big girls were when they were tiny and we really believed we knew just how to raise them - of course that was before they taught us how they would raise us. LOL

[SaboCatGirl]

I've got some new pictures of Dopamine after she has settled in to her new home with me. She's really living it up in the sun in a few of these.

[QuizBasenji]

She really is Adorable!

[TMartin]

The last one is m favorite. She is adorable!

[SaboCatGirl]

I can't get over how much happiness she has brought me. She is ridiculously funny, smart, and affectionate (at least towards me and my roommate, she tends to just want to sniff other people). She is practically all the way potty trained by 11 and a half weeks. I love how curious she is about everything, even if it does mean a lot of cleaning up and keeping a close eye on her. I feel like a proud mom of a baby genius. Hahahaha…I'm sure my friends are going to get sick of me bragging about Dopamine all the time, but I just can't help it.

I love breeds like basenjis that think for themselves and figure things out. The only other dogs I have had were jindos and they are similar in character. My jindo (her name is Sequel, and I guess she is really my parent's dog but I claim her because I found her in the pound and trained her and she is really attached to me) lives with my parents. I wanted a dog that was similar in character but small enough to be under the weight limits that a lot of apartments have on pets. I've always wanted a basenji, and Dopamine is the perfect dog for me.

[MrBaRooampBitty]

It's so cool that you know and love a Jindo, our Sami crossed the Rainbow Bridge just over a year ago and we still miss her. You understand how rare and incredibly intelligent they are, the main reasons we started fostering and adopting Basenji's. The 2 breeds are similar but B's are so totally awesome at figuring ways to do things we dont want them to do. When we adopted our 'Baroo' boy it took him only one day to figure how to open every door in the house. Have fun with little 'Dopa' and her love more every day.