Skip to content

Ear licking

Basenji Health Issues & Questions

Suggested Topics

  • Scooting and licking tail

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    22
    0 Votes
    22 Posts
    8k Views
    ZandeZ
    Stuffing something soft into it might well do the trick. Using the whole leg and foot, you could locate the stuffing in place inside the stocking by tying a knot each side of it and then using as much of the leg as you need to fix it in place around her. I was thinking more about protecting the area she is attending to. But try anything - poor wee girl !
  • Compulsive licking?

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    6
    0 Votes
    6 Posts
    4k Views
    eeeefarmE
    My guy gets into "lickfest" mode from time to time. I find I can often distract him, or failing that just tell him to quit it. Sometimes I offer my hand and he licks that for awhile. In the fall, I find he is itchy much of the time, which results in more licking, groom biting, and scratching than at other times of the year. If he gets too insistent, I will put an Elizabethan collar on him for a bit, or sometimes just showing him the collar and threatening him with it will get him to cease and desist! :)
  • Excessive licking

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    13
    0 Votes
    13 Posts
    5k Views
    S
    Benedryl is heaven sent to my ichy boy… I keep plenty on hand.
  • Ear Rash. Dog Ear Vasculitis

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    6
    1 Votes
    6 Posts
    10k Views
    elbrantE
    @obi1 said in Ear Rash. Dog Ear Vasculitis: Do you know of better ear muffs? Obi, I saw a funny looking knitted cap that might fit over Basenji sized ears on etsy.com. I think it would help prevent the ear edges and tips from becoming frostbitten. The shop seems to focus on Cats, but the owner appears to be willing to do special orders. Worth a try....
  • Those Basenji ears?!?

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    8
    0 Votes
    8 Posts
    4k Views
    BarklessdogB
    Our red girl dog has the same problem. Freaks out when you touch her ears with a swab, but loves the inside of her ears rubbed when petting her. You know the two handed ear & cheek rub. That gave me an idea!. I found some real soft white - tight gardening gloves (unused), gave her an ear massage and cleaned her ears out. it worked well. I was extra careful not to push the dirt down her ears, but did kind of a wiping motion out and away from her inner ears. She loved it!
  • Big ears

    Basenji Health Issues & Questions
    5
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    6k Views
    BarklessdogB
    The dogs in the picture look so much wilder to me. I liked the smaller ears. also they talk about the dogs had short muzzles. Very cool pictures, thanks for posting the link.