Hi, Socialization was one of my worries and I wanted to get it right, get your friends over and have them wear hats and bags and anything and everything at different times, what we did at home was just getting the household socialization such as umbrellas, pots, rubbish bins etc started and if you have friends with vaccinated and friendly dogs get them around. There is a lot of socialization you can do before your pup is fully vaccinated at home, rubbish day is a good day for standing at the gate watching the big noisy trucks go by, picking up the bins and banging them down, watching the mower, hearing the motorbike being started. Just remember let your pup take it's time don't force it when it is uncomfortable. Our 6 month old boy is doing great and is quite a confident fella. At 14 weeks we did puppy class for 7 weeks and only started going to a dog park at 4 months and he automatically knew how to be a dog when he was with the other dogs. Good luck.
Not my dog but cool pic!
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Very cool indeed!
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cool, but is it real???
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It's real. Go to basenji.dk. The tiger cub was confiscated becuse it was illegaly kept according to Danish law. I think that the friend of the foster home owner of the tiger has "b's" and brought them over regularly to play with the tiger cub.
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Wow now that is beautiful. Don't see that often, though I don't know which of the two is wilder.
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The owner of that Basenji is a trainer at the zoo. They brought the B in to help the tiger cub develop some social skills and play ability because it was being raised independent of any other animals. If I remember correctly, the cub was going to be sent to another zoo with more tigers once it had grown up.
basenji.dk I'll 2nd that sight. Find the pictures and just settle down with a cup of tea. Some amazing action shots of Bs in action. Great photography.
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looks2ce,
I e-mailed Stine about this forum. I don't know if she has seen it, or not.
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Stine wrote an article about this for The Basenji mag a year (more?) ago. It was fascinating!
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I'd love 2 c more pics of tiger with B's. I love wildlifife.
