Greetings from Florida! New basenji family
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wrote on 8 Feb 2022, 12:18 last edited by Jeimygirl 2 Aug 2022, 12:18
TLDR: First time Basenji owners to a beautiful sweet Obi!
Hello everyone! I am amazed to see active forums still exist in this day in age of the Facebooks and Reddits. I'm old enough to remember pre-smart phones days but young enough to have lived my grade-school years on AIM, Yahoo Groups, and bored.com.
We are a crazy busy family that had no room or time for a dog as we didn't find it fair to get a dog and have it be alone for 10+ hours a day (our cats on the other hand love this alone time!). With the help of one of the rare positive things Covid-19 brought around, I now work remotely and thus home 24 hours a day most days. We didn't make a pandemic decision to get a dog due to life still being quite busy, too busy to have a dog around as well.
December 2021 we welcomed home our sweet, smart, beautiful boy Obi, whose named we picked for the meaning of heart in his roots and our love of Star Wars. Puppy training has me reminiscing the toddler years this home has witnessed; however, he learned how to sit and ring the bell to go outside early on which has aided in potty training.
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replied to Jeimygirl on 8 Feb 2022, 15:58 last edited by
@jeimygirl
Welcome to the Forum. Obi is adorable - so precious 🥰! Congratulations on your new pup! 🐾❤️ -
wrote on 8 Feb 2022, 19:07 last edited by JENGOSMonkey 2 Aug 2022, 19:08
He's a great looking little guy. Love the tie! Good job on the potty training and bell. Very cool. Keep LOTS of chew toys handy. He might start chewing some of your favorite stuff. Keep the toys handy so you can give him something he can chew when you remove him from the things you'd rather not chew. Have fun and enjoy. He looks like he has a lot of character. Congrats! :oncoming_fist: :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes: :thumbs_up:
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wrote on 8 Feb 2022, 21:32 last edited by
Many of us are related by our Basenjis, care to share the sire/dam?
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replied to tanza on 9 Feb 2022, 01:52 last edited by
@tanza said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
Many of us are related by our Basenjis, care to share the sire/dam?
Sire: Graedon N Mibre's Cuban Mojito
Dam: Mibre's Kiss Me Kate For Ahmahrnahr -
replied to JENGOSMonkey on 9 Feb 2022, 01:54 last edited by
@jengosmonkey thanks for the tip! We have chew toys everywhere now too, they are certainly a must have and for the most part does good about sticking to them. It is quite funny to see him when he grabs something he shouldn't, he knows it and you can almost hear him laugh as he runs away with it 😅
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replied to Jeimygirl on 9 Feb 2022, 02:41 last edited by
@jeimygirl said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
he grabs something he shouldn't, he knows it and you can almost hear him laugh as he runs away with it
:rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: yep! That's a Basenji! Welcome to the group!
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replied to Jeimygirl on 9 Feb 2022, 14:25 last edited by
@jeimygirl - Thanks, your pup has some of the same relatives as one of my girls. GCH DC Klassic-Tanza Color Me Tri, MC
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replied to Jeimygirl on 10 Feb 2022, 17:07 last edited by
@jeimygirl said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
Graedon N Mibre's Cuban Mojito
Many thanks for this - but what is your pup's name and birthday so I can record it in the on-line Basenji database - along, hopefully with pictures as he matures !
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replied to tanza on 13 Feb 2022, 01:30 last edited by Jeimygirl
Awesome!
@tanza said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
@jeimygirl - Thanks, your pup has some of the same relatives as one of my girls. GCH DC Klassic-Tanza Color Me Tri, MC
Obi is his call name, we haven't given him anything other than that so far. I saw the database and it really neat! I'll send you pictures when he's older for it too
@zande said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
@jeimygirl said in Greetings from Florida! New basenji family:
Graedon N Mibre's Cuban Mojito
Many thanks for this - but what is your pup's name and birthday so I can record it in the on-line Basenji database - along, hopefully with pictures as he matures !
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replied to Jeimygirl on 13 Feb 2022, 03:08 last edited by
@jeimygirl - It is important that you register your pup with AKC... please do so... and let Zande know the registered name
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replied to tanza on 13 Feb 2022, 09:24 last edited by
@tanza & @Jeimygirl I can add him as "Obi" in inverted commas but need his birthdate too. And doing that makes him look like a dog without papers and that is a shame. He should be a proud Basenji, fully registered with the AKC !
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wrote on 15 Feb 2022, 12:26 last edited by
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replied to Jeimygirl on 15 Feb 2022, 14:50 last edited by
@jeimygirl I have added him to the database and he will appear as soon as I finish playing catch-up with today's incoming litters. So you will be able to see his ancestors very soon ! It is very easy to add his registration number and change his name at need.
Email me photos as he matures and get photos of Mom and Dad too if you can - they really bring the pedigrees to life.
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