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  • Help Please, We Are Within A Week Of Getting Our First Basenji 3 Month Female Pup. We Have Two–3year Old Peek-a-poos. The Female Is The Boss. They Are Both Very Active. They Are Used To Other Dogs In Our Home Or When Visiting Family. Don't Seem To Have A Problem With Large Dogs. Small Dogs Will Get A Growl And Then Be Dismissed For The Most Part. This Is All In The Home. On The Outside, They Don't Want Any Other Dogs Around.

    What Can We Do To Prevent A Problem From Happening, If Possible?

    Thanks A Million, Amey

  • Help Please, We Are Within A Week Of Getting Our First Basenji 3 Month Female Pup. We Have Two–13year Old Peek-a-poos. The Female Is The Boss. They Are Both Very Active. They Are Used To Other Dogs In Our Home Or When Visiting Family. Don't Seem To Have A Problem With Large Dogs. Small Dogs Will Get A Growl And Then Be Dismissed For The Most Part. This Is All In The Home. On The Outside, They Don't Want Any Other Dogs Around.

    What Can We Do To Prevent A Problem From Happening, If Possible?

    Thanks A Million, Amey

  • Amy, your bringing a female basenji into your female dog pack?
    I often advice against female to female placements as the girls can become dogs who don't want to be together.
    Who is your breeder? Does she/he run female/female packs???
    I am afraid I only know bad things about this type of placement..so maybe someone who has been successful can help you??
    I am hope you hear something more postive then this post…

  • I would not advise bringing a female into a female situation - in particular when your current females have a 'leader' - basenjis are typically the leader and it will be unpleasant once the jockeying for positions starts.

    Now this is going to sound distasteful but please follow along - basenjis are feral and have their own way of dealing with elderly dogs - or infirm dogs. It is unlikely in their natural habitat (Africa) that older dogs were tolerated. While I have seen some nice kind behavior - I have also seen something rather preditory in eliminating an animal that is unable to fend for themselves. While obviously in human care we must not forget that survival of the fittest is still a rule in the wild natural state of basenji.

    Your puppy may at first be willing to accomodate the girls (I don't think so but maybe) but at about 1 or so - you will have a problem.

    Diana
    MIJOKR Basenjis
    Since 1983
    MN

  • I do so hope you rethink the female addition to your family.
    A male would be better.

  • A basenji breeder should know this and not place a dog in this situation. I have found my basenji's really don't seem to like fluffy little dogs and view them more as prey.

    It's not too late to just get a male.

  • Ummm, sorry people, these are small, fluffy dogs. In a basenji word, prey. I wouldn't even want to think of introducing a B to these dogs. Maybe other people trust their B's with small, fluffy objects-but I don't. I have two female B's fighting right now-it's not a pretty sight. If you are dead set on having a B right now, I too would not advise a female, but a male. But, again, talk to the breeder-they will have more of a sense of their dogs and temperment.

  • Female Basenjis (in my experience) will NOT tolerate another female. We have 2 female Basenji mixes at the shelter I work at, and they have to be kept very far away from each other. I tried to introduce my female Basenji mix to one of them and I walked away with cuts from getting in the middle of the two. One of the ones at the shelter has killed an older female dog. To us it's horrible, to her it was getting rid of someone who was no longer a use to the pack.

    Every Basenji I've been around (5 females, but only 1 male) have seen anything smaller than them and fluffy as prey. They will chase it, bowl it over and chew on it. I've rescued several small dogs from the Basenjis because people let them get into the runs with the Basenjis. And in my own house- One of my neighbors has a chihuahua and another has a pomeranian that they let run the neighborhood. My Basenji wants to eat them. She's run the chihuahua around the yard but couldn't catch him because she's on a tie-out and she's attacked the pomeranian when it got too close.

  • our female goes for the kill straight away. She goes right for the neck of prey at it's over instantly.

    You don't want to cross that with something you love on the receiving end. It happens so fast you can never get there in time to save the poor victim.

    Not done in pain or in anger, just natures way at work. Don't hold the basenji responsible doing what it is hard wired to do.

  • I have two females and two males that live together without problems. I have another female that has to be separated from the other two females and can only be with her male buddy. So I've had to separate into two packs.
    I have a mutt(short legged basenji:D ) that has seen all the basenjis come into the fold, four of the basenji's I trust around her two I don't.

    They're all different IMO.

    Male and female pairings seem to just work out the best. Raising them together as pups up's the odds for success, but things can certainly change as they get older.

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16 Oct 2007, 17:57

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