I have been thinking for some time about welcoming a Basenji puppy into my life āTotally in Loveā Iāve missed this years breeding season but Iām hoping that next year I will be fully prepared for the commitment & what I hope to be the start of a new adventure! Would be interested in connecting with any suitable breeders in the UK. Not only for purchasing needs but also to support me within the early stages of becoming a Basenji owner. Iāve met a few so far but nothing concrete yet. Iām planning on taking on a female puppy which I could train etc....!
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@carlbick Ah, so you and Connie are not in Puerto Rico - for some reason I assumed you were. It's great that such organisations exist.
The health tests I was referring to are those for Fanconi and PRA which Basenjis do need their DNA checking for and which are additional to the normal health checks which would be expected from such a responsible organisation. They are equally essential in the case of Basenjis.
Which raises an interesting point - should they be done on dogs which are proven to have at least a mix of Basenji in their ancestry ? Fanconi, I would think possibly but not sure about PRA (progressive retinal atrophy).
In view of the similarity to a human's of the configuration of a Basenji's kidneys (the reason they were the subject years ago of so much research by Jackson Laboratories at Bar Harbor, Maine) I wonder if this 'difference' in Basenji kidneys is passed on in a mix ?
