Bring your paperwork that the breeder gave you to your first visit because they will want to know some things like birth date, always (in the first year or so when lots of shots are administered) bring the vaccination record book Pam and Sheila gave you and ensure they make a copy of it and not just write it down..you will also want to update your copy as your pup receive shots so like I said..bring it so they can fill it in for you. Any questions you have regarding vaccinations I highly suggest asking your vet but also getting in touch with Pam to ask her opinion, she knows her dogs and her lines and she is better equipped than the vet to give you an honest evaluation on which to give. Also try to follow her guidance on neutering and spaying (if you plan to). I know with Oakley I followed their advice. It might be true or not but in my opinion basenjis tend to mature slower and I find they need more time for the growth plates to close before castrating is a wise choice.
What does your basenji like to rip?
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Tayda never really destroyed much… except her crate tray when I first got her and she was not happy about being in her crate after I went back to work after a 3 week road trip with her. Lenny on the other hand has destroyed a t.v. remote control, and my work cell phone. Together they have conspired to dig old chinese food out of the garbage, but they were nice enough to bring the whole container into their crate (40 feet from the garbage) without leaving a DROP on the carpet. I still don't know how they did that!
Overall, they have destroyed a minimal amount of things... relatively speaking!
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When my previous beastie was alive, we met a horse groomer/blacksmith one day. This guy wanted to give my dog some trimmings from the hooves. A - I didn't like it that he didn't ask me first and B - the thought of hoof trimmings and what horses step in made me ill. I got that hoof away from wizard as fast as I could - yuck!
I have't tried the bully sticks yet with my current beastie - EL D - but I'll have to get some and see. I don't really like giving him regular rawhide. -
My dog is really good with most things but if we leave the house any tissues are shredded everywhere and if we forget to move the TV remote that gets destroyed (we are on the 4th remote now and we have only had him for 7 months)
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Miles has chewed toilet paper, Q-tips, napkins, and underwear recently. I think your best bet is to get a squirt bottle and shoot them when you find them mid-act.
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THANK GOD Jack isn’t the ONLY one who chews Q-tips!!! GROSS…and other..."things" of that sort that you might find in the bathroom trash...EW, WHY?? What can POSSIBLY be appetizing about USED Qtips ???!!!
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B's are suspose to clean up the "camps.
so, anything dirty or "full of scent" needs to be removed.
That is why they eat what smells of us.
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The person who had EL D before me said he pretty much destroyed his house but EL D has been a little angle for me. He doesn't tear up much - his toys are gutted within minutes of course; if I leave the cabinet door open by accident he'll grab the bag of napkins and parade around the house while shaking the living daylights out of them; and plastic plant pots and plastic packaging (he's great for opening those hard plastic covers that come with phones, lights, etc. that you can't open with scissors). What's with the plastic anyway? There must be something in the plastic that is particularly attractive.
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Can you imagine how much fun it is to try and pack up all of your belongings in cardboard boxes with a basenji underfoot? mmmmm…..not at all......
"Jack, no, don't eat the cardboard, please!"
"Jack, that is for wrapping the breakable stuff- no don't eat all of the newsprint!"
POP,POP,POP- "Jack no- not the bubble wrap, that is plastic, leave it alone!"The great news is, I just drop all of the junk mail on the floor and he shreds it for me! LOL
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My Kaycee hasn't done anything as drastic as that, however i used to have a 10 yr old german shepx and a purebred staffy. The first day we bought our new home the staffy had chewed the carpet on the sunken louge room while we were out cleaning the old house.
Not long after this my lounge suite was feeling a little saggy every time i sat down. I had my suspicions???
One day while i was at work i decided to set up the video camera to get proof.
As it turns out, My 10 yr old was the one on the lookout while my staffy decided it would be really, really funny to pull all the cushions off the lounge,dig and chew her way thru the stuffing and run up and down INSIDE my lounge suite. If i hadn't laughed hysterically at the footage later on that day, those two would have been in big, big trouble. -
Jackpot LOVES to rip the tags off of everything (toys. pillows. blankets. etc)
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That would be OJ when he was young…. at his age now, he really doesn't have the teeth for it any more... but he was the king of tags rippers... and he was the only one, the girls had no interest at all...
