How to bond with my male basenji pup

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  • auryA

    @eeeefarm thank you! That’s right they decide. What I can do is keeping giving him my love, play time and the best leader for him.

    Aury

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  • KembeK

    @aury
    My basenji is 14.5 years old an I think I’ve heard her yodel/baroo maybe 2-3 times.

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  • PawlaP

    Do you know the saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder"? You are the one that Simba spends the day with, so he doesn't get excited like he does when your husband comes home. However, he is obviously very bonded with you if he gets anxious when you leave his sight (ie., go outside or to the bathroom). A baroo definitely does not signify love or bonding - I think it is more excitement (or reacting to a sound).

    My b is very quiet (except for yawns) but he started yodeling the first time he met my younger son who was visiting from out of town - I think he sensed MY excitement over my son's arrival and reacted to that. He obviously loves my other son who he sees often but has never yodeled for him (and it does hurt my son's feelings).

    My b did once "sing" along to the mournful sound of a trumpet playing taps on Memorial Day. Long ago, I fostered a b girl who would reliably sing/yodel/baroo to the sound track of "MASH". It was very funny. I taught my previous b to "speak" on command - he would let out a little "woof" for a special treat, but I had to get him all worked up and excited before he would do it.

    My current b is unusually calm and I think that's why he is also very quiet. I'd rather have a calm b than one who makes noise.

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  • E

    I am also the one who feeds my girl, drives with her to work, takes her for walks etc so she is around me all day everyday. When she sees my mom, she wags her tail, if my mother takes too long to answer the door, she swats at it and cries. When she sees my son, she wags her tail and chortles and screams at him like she hasn't seen him in years. When she sees the controller at my office, she swats at him and makes a plethora of weird noises until he gives her a treat. I think it's kind of like being a mom; your taken for granted because you are alway there but when they want someone to cuddle with, it's you they go to. I wouldn't take it as a sign that he prefers your husband. Your basenji is just not used to seeing him all the time.

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  • auryA

    @ember-the-basenji thanks a lot for your reply. Well yes that’s very true. He also does that with some strangers ... and to cuddle, sometimes with him (mostly) and sometimes with me. Depends if it’s cold.

    Aury

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  • Sandy HovisS

    Thor very seldom vocalizes, my neighbor (lady)....probably gets the best vocal response of anybody around.
    It’s gonna be sweet when they do, but it may be seldom.....so enjoy it when you hear it.

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  • ZandeZ

    Oh how well I know that feeling ! Having bred Basenjis for almost 40 years, I had to buy in a puppy this year. A house is simply not a home without a Basenji.

    I have bonded very well with Mku, feed him, walk him, provide a lap for him to cuddle on in the evenings - have trained to in recall etc, but his yodels are for my son whenever he comes through the gate. Mku also yodels at the postman, the man who comes to mow the lawn, the newspaper delivery girl and the once a week gardener.

    He yodelled at the emergency plumber who came to fix a leak and he yodelled at the man coming to repoint the chimneys and at the scaffolders when they came to take it all down. He vocalises to anyone and everyone who comes near the house.

    But not to Mom.

    Nevertheless I don't feel put out. I am just so pleased he is friendly and welcoming. (NB I hope he will discriminate if we have a burglary.) I yodel back to him each time he greets anyone and the other day got a greeting when I came down in the morning !

    Don't despair ! He knows he is your dog and is just telling your husband he is happy to see him too. Yodel at him, and keep doing it. Once a puppy has left the nest, if he doesn't hear it, he can easily stop doing it.

    Sally Wallis

    Zande Basenjis

    www.zandebasenjis.com

    https://pedigrees.zandebasenjis.com

    SKYPE zandeuk

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  • eeeefarmE

    I find there seem to be too occasions that Basenjis will yodel. One is when they are pleased about something, but the other is when they are frustrated! My Perry would often sound off if I made him wait for his roller ball, and Sunny would do a "head fling" followed up with a yodel or howl if he wanted his dinner and we were sitting on the couch ignoring him. Sunny would also howl on cue. We had a little "howling song" that always set him off!

    "In order to get along with a Basenji, you have to be at least half as smart as the dog!"

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  • auryA

    @zande oh Insee Hahahah so it’s a bj thing! Thank you! Since is my first basenji there are things I just don’t know how to handle but thanks to this blog I’m learning everyday

    Aury

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  • Sandy HovisS

    @aury it sure is a great site, I too am new to this breed....they have help me in so many ways understand my boy Thor. It’s a good thing, welcome to the site and congrats on your new pup.

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  • ZandeZ

    @aury It would be nice to ensure he is in the pedigree on-line database ! WITH a photo - which you can email me.

    Please tell us who are his Mom and Dad and his date of birth (and registered name) so I can add him or check to see if his breeder already sent me his information and that of his siblings.

    You can use the email address on the website (in my signature block) cos I have fixed the redirect which wasn't happening.

    Sally Wallis

    Zande Basenjis

    www.zandebasenjis.com

    https://pedigrees.zandebasenjis.com

    SKYPE zandeuk

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  • auryA

    @zande thanks I will send you all the info 😊

    Aury

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