My first B started challenging at 16 months, we neutered him shortly after and it did seem to help a little. However it was only a small part of the solution not the whole solution. The closest thing to a magic solution is the excercise and mental stimulation. Basenjis are one of the most intelligent dogs and need more excercise and stimulation than most. I have generally found males to be much easier to work with and less aggressive than females. Correct discipline, structure, positive reinforcement, patience / stubbornness and enough excercise are the keys. Usually when people have problems with their dogs it is the humans which are the cause, not the dogs.
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Or, you could be like my dh and GRIPE and barely bare it. LOL
MOST of the people in our family have learned to keep things picked up –it's amazing how clean my house stays now that Basenjis live here, LOL --except my oldest dd, who at 20, insists on leaving the shoes she wears to work...to fry chicken... in the front hall by the door and then gets mad at ME because your dumb dog chewed them yet again. LOL Who's dumb?????
Ahh, well.. she's back to college in a few weeks.
And for all the griping, our Basenjis are VERY well loved and enjoyed. Really, the minor irritations {like losing your sandals, LOL} are nothing compared to the joy they bring. IMO, anyway.
So true. She has changed our life.
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And for all the griping, our Basenjis are VERY well loved and enjoyed. Really, the minor irritations {like losing your sandals, LOL} are nothing compared to the joy they bring. IMO, anyway.
Excellent.
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Abby like paper toilet papaer, paper towels, paper plates, wrapping paper, printer paper, mail, news paper you name it if it's paper she's on it.
We have to keep our shoes in confinement or she will eat them, she has eaten teeth, glasses, baseball hats, shoes, flip flops, stuffed animals especially beanie babies, blue tooth headset, cell phone and several remotes one of which belonged to the cable company, oh yeah and the latest she ate the leather pillow to my couch (i'll post that pic later). Here's the thing though, if she is left out of her bed and she knows someone else is in the house she will destroy stuff, but if no one else is home and we leave her out she is fine. Oh yeah she ate the screen from the sliding glass door and the woodwork from around the door. She has plenty of toys and bones it's just what she does. We love her all the same. 
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It really does depend on the dog. Jazzy never did chew much, really. Aside from my stuffed Santa that she killed, leaving poor Mrs. Claus a widow, I don't recall her doing all that much damage. I can put a roll of paper towels in her crate and it will stay intact. I can put her leather leash in her crate,and it will not be touched.
Then there's Keoki. We haven't found anything yet that he won't chew up. LOL – he's ruined two coolers, various shoes, ink pens, socks, pencils, kids' toys, lawn chair, carpet . . . I haven't time to continue. He's a busy, busy boy! -
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Nope…
Well OK, some slow down, with age.. but my oldest male that will be 16 on September 9th still will shred things are times... granted his teeth are not what they used to be.... whenever I thought that they had outgrown these things... they would do somthing to remind me that once a Basenji, always a Basenji and to expect the unexpected...Who did you get your Basenji from?
I checked my papers and found the name of our breeder: Kenrick Lamascus
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My 4 year old, Savannah, hasn't chewed anything for awhile. We can leave the remote control on the coffee table all day and she won't chew it. Well the other day, I was doing laundry and I guess I dropped a pair of cotton underwear. Anyway, I left and came back and there they were, on the couch–on her spot--and she had chewed a little hole in them.
I couldn't believe it. We leave shoes out, tee-shirts, and she doesn't touch them, but for some reason this particular underwear was too much of a temptation for her.
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My 4 year old, Savannah, hasn't chewed anything for awhile. We can leave the remote control on the coffee table all day and she won't chew it. Well the other day, I was doing laundry and I guess I dropped a pair of cotton underwear. Anyway, I left and came back and there they were, on the couch–on her spot--and she had chewed a little hole in them.
I couldn't believe it. We leave shoes out, tee-shirts, and she doesn't touch them, but for some reason this particular underwear was too much of a temptation for her.
We are about resigned to the fact that our Condoleezza will probably always chew things. I have so many rags and face towels with holes in them that I will never need to buy any rags for polishing my cars. LOL
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Ok here is the teeth story, my husband has a partial plate, and he had them in the bathroom (where they belong) and the cat jumped up on the counter and knocked them off and Abby took off with them, unbeknownst to me. Then I heard crunch crunch when I walked into the living room there was his teeth in a couple pieces on the floor. Needless to say our dentist got a big kick out of it.
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Welcome to the fourm…and to answer your question...I do not believe a Basenji will ever leave the TP alone. There is just some bizzar reason why they go crazy for it. Even paper. All they want to do is shred it! You have to admit...ho can you get upset looking into those eyes.
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Just thought I'd share a glimpse into how different life is with Keoki as opposed to Jazzy:
Here are the beds they sleep in at night – everyone is good; no one chews their bedding.
This is why Keoki doesn't get to have his night-time pillow when he's crated during the day. Note Jazzy crate looks just the same, no matter when or for how long she is crated.
Keoki's on the other hand… well, this is what is left of a brand-new, first time ever used little bed that was in his crate with him for two hours this morning. :rolleyes:
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Sahara is a chewer also, but she likes to chew only my things. She has never destroyed a single one of her toys, or bedding. She likes my furniture, hairbrush, toothbrush, glasses, new Bible cover, plastic anything, underwear, bras, anything that is not hers. I can live with most of it being replaced but I hate that she likes to dig her teeth into my furniture. Any suggestions?
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Yes, LOL never buy anything of high quality,
LOLsorry, other than putting things up high and watching like a hawk, I am useless…...
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Yes, LOL never buy anything of high quality,
LOLsorry, other than putting things up high and watching like a hawk, I am useless…...
Along with all Basenji owners… you learn quickly to "protect" your stuff...:D
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Yup, my 10 yo son learned to NOT leave his glasses on the coffee table. Fortunately, there are just a couple of tiny teeth marks in the edge of the lens which do not impair his vision because he can't get another pair {per insurance} until Feb.
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If my Garrett chewed things up I would never be able to take him anywhere! for the Holidays we go to my parents house and stay for a week w/my folks my mom would freak out if he chewed her things, so I always bring some of his toys with us. My brother and sister in law would not be to thrilled with that ether, we visit them too, they are corgie people.
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My boys hardly ever chew things when I'm home, but if I come home after my husband has been home alone with them I invariable find something chewed. They really do take advantage of him
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Mine seldom chew anything when I am home; it's when dh or the kids are "watching" them. I don't know if the people are less attentive or if the dogs know they can get away w/more when The Mom is gone though.
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I guess it could be that. They know that they can get away with more. The problem is they can be tearing up one of my blankets and my husband sits their watching them cuz they are so Adorable. Yet, when they get to something that he really cares about then its a whole 'nother story.
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Norm,
My b will chew almost anything allowed he has gotten better i've had him for 2 yrs he's 3 yrs the shoes are no longer allowed in the house they go in the hallway otherwise they are his lol any remotes, phones, and anything else that has any value that i need i always put up high so he can't reach it Mine is addicted to bottles if he see's a empty bottle anywhere he doesnt stop till he gets it and can put his little love bite in it lol If he see's a full bottle he leaves it but not a empty one anyways all i would say is just put things where he can't touch them that pretty much the only thing i have figured out that will work with his little addutude and the bolting i got phoenix to wait for a treat before he thinks hes going out so he doesnt bolt unless he sees a animal or something outside other then that he just sits and waits for his yummy lol the only bad thing about it is that i always have treats in my pocket lol
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