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What tricks your Basenji has taught you?

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  • BarklessdogB

    My naughty Tri color male goes around the house looking for any tiny bits of celephane, foil wrapper, metal staple what ever he should not eat. He comes up saying "I'm going to eat it, I'm going to do it", swishing it around in his mouth with him popping the object out once in a while.

    He has me trained to give him a treat in exchange for the tiny object.

    If I try to get it from him he runs away, I can't catch him, if I ignore him he eats it.

    He tried it with my wife, she totally ignored him, he just dropped it and walked away. I tried the same and he ate it!

    Remember consistancy is key, they know this as well.

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  • L

    Wow, our dogs love cellophane too. Especially the little windows from envelopes.

    Roo, Lion and Tigger

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  • tashaT

    Whenever Corky is in trouble for going in the garbage, grabbing something off the table or whatever, he instantly does his 'show me your belly' trick. He has us trained to stop lecturing him because he's so cute when he does that, we just can't help but rub his belly. :)

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    @Elscodobermann: Tilly does the same trick. Only she smacks poor old Humphrey dobermann on the head repeatedly if he is (in her opinion) closer to the fire than her - and only stops when he moves… Good job she wasnt around to try it with some of my previous dobes - we would have had basenji mince... Maya does that too! Except we dont have the luxury of a nice fire (i miss that! :rolleyes: ) so its usually when someone is sat where she wants to be, or if she has scoffed her chews down too quickly and decided she wants someone elses, that sort of thing. The labradors just give into her but Delilah the pug is very much top dog (noones told Maya that though lol) and has put Maya in her place on more than one occassion! Thank god for Lilah, i'd actually have to TRAIN the basenji if it wasnt for her :eek:
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