New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Does your Basenji punch?
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Khalani my Basenji has an awesome right cross and his jabs aren't bad either.
I am trying to get him to stop nibbling me at the moment and I usually put my hand around his muzzle and tell him NO!
He then proceeds to swipe his paws and on more than one occasion has caught me with a couple of jabs and a right cross . It is amazing how accurate he is.
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Dolce gets super excited to see me and i dont mind her putting her paws on me. If i kneel down or we go by the bed she puts her paws on my chest and sometimes jabs me in the eye or trys to paw my face to place.. then we have a calm convo on how thats not allowed and since I'm no longer excited she chills out and cuts it out.
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Maca punch me in the eyes while i was taking a cab with her on my arms, and send to the neverland one of my glasses hahaha
sure the glasses tech cant understand who the glass can fly and give me a discount on new ones lol -
My boy does it only when we do something silly with something and he wants a closer look.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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Phew, it's not only me then….lol
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LOL all 3 of mine had a pretty hard jab.
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Yes!! Bowpi loves to "box" when she gets excited. But she doesn't have much follow-through. It's adorable. I'm not quite sure what she's thinking. I take it as an expression of her excitement and desire to be involved. She usually starts boxing when our Shiba tries to roughhouse with her, or when the Shiba is roughhousing with other humans – and she inserts herself into the mix.
