Thanks Marty. She is a cutie. She does seem to resemble the Basenji-Yellow Lab combo the most. When I get the DNA test results I'll post them, (in the next few months-I'm in no big hurry.)
Layla's Parents
When I get the DNA test results I'll post them, (in the next few months-I'm in no big hurry.)
Layla's Parents
@layla I am constantly wondering how these mixes happen. A Lab is a big dog and Basenjis are tiny by comparison. It is rather mind-boggling! Nevertheless you have a very sweet Dog! Also a VERY lucky Dog. 
Antigone
@antigone said in Basenji + ? other dog breeds ?:
@layla I am constantly wondering how these mixes happen. A Lab is a big dog and Basenjis are tiny by comparison. It is rather mind-boggling! Nevertheless you have a very sweet Dog! Also a VERY lucky Dog.
My 90 pound Rottweiler bitch backed her behind up to my bed to let our neutered rescue poodle hump her. My then 9 yr old daughter had a serious talk with both of them, lol. I saw a saint bernard bitch lie down for a chihuahua (owners not paying attention.. I yelled for them to look, lol).
Where there's a will there's a way fits with dogs in heat.
Yes, like you said where there's there's a will there's a way. That's hilarious about the St. Bernard and the chihuahua"
I am not sure where you got your information, but no, breeding a dog or cat or horse or cow or pig or any mammal to another breed does one thing only-- produces mixed offspring that time. When you breed to another purebred, those offspring are not "ruined bloodlines". They are just as pure as before.
IOW, if your XYZ show queen mates with Mr Doodles, the neighborhood stray, the kittens produced are mixed. Obviously not XYZ purebreds.
Next time, you breed your XYZ queen to a purebred XYZ tom, the kittens produced are PUREBRED XYZ. Their bloodline isn't ruined. They have no dna from the previous litter.
Cats and dogs and other mammals that have more than one offspring at a time can have a different sire for each offspring. (Technical term: superfecundation.) That still doesn't affect the NEXT litter. It is simply biologically impossible. I don't have to be "an expert on cats"... I have a fairly solid understanding of biology and genetics. The "bloodlines change" is, simply, impossible. Whatever old wives tales people might believe, it is, in fact, not biologically possible.
This forum or any forum, anyone with a basic biology and genetics understanding will tell you the same thing if you post that.
You aren't the only person who has wondered/thought the same thing. So... here is a professional answering it, with also an explanation.
What about future litters? There is never any lasting affect from the genetic input from a previous father. So you can breed her to any male you want after this. <<
https://www.drjeffnichol.com/different-fathers-for-the-same-litter/
@mvdperez said in Basenji + ? other dog breeds ?:
How are things in Israel? I pray you are safe.
Thank you. I am in Haifa which is probably the safest area, also the place where coexisting is at least the ideal. It's rather encouraging to have Jewish, Muslim and Christian shops' owners and employees come out calling the Samoyed's name (Moose).
Oddly enough, here we are, closer to Africa and I have yet to see another Basenji. But we've met several Samoyeds!
Oddly enough, here we are, closer to Africa and I have yet to see another Basenji. But we've met several Samoyeds!
When I was still breeding Siberian Huskies, I sold a pup to a family from Jerusalem who eventually moved back and took the Sibe back with them. They didn't consider it odd that they would have that type of a breed there, their neighbours back home always had a Keeshound.
-Joanne
@mvdperez said in Basenji + ? other dog breeds ?:
- Does anyone have any experience with using 'booties' on Basenji in the Winter? *
Yes, as I wrote on the other thread. I used Muttluks quite successfully with my last two boys.
@mvdperez said in Basenji + ? other dog breeds ?:
*Wow. How do they survive in the heat? They must never grow their Winter coats, I am assuming?
The coat insulates both ways, it insulates against the sun too. Our Sibes would lay in the sun as much as the Basenjis would.The worst thing you could do for dogs like that is to shaved that coat off.
-Joanne
We live outside Phoenix Arizona and the heat here is scorching but our dog does OK. He does have full access to our airconditioned home, and we always exercise at dawn during the summer.
A pretty simple test for a Basenji is behavioral. If your pup is sweet, and yours looks like she is, then she is likely not a Basenji. If she's a total PITA then she is!
Only kidding. (Sort of). Anyway, as others have said, the only real way to find out is the DNA test. Hard to determine on looks (or behavior). Till then keep enjoying your canine companion.
@mvdperez
We run the air all the time, keeping it under 70. It's cooling off some so he's fine. She is under the covers because we keep it cold. He goes out early morning, quick midday, then longer in the evening. We keep his coat stripped down. I have no idea if it will get cold enough to get a winter coat. It's not generally COLD here.
