Sharron is sooo right. I dont know if we will ever have a puppy again. Older rescue dogs just seem more our style now. Everybody loves a puppy but our older girl is just a joy and has not caused as many stresses yet.
Youngandtired, I am sorry to hear that you may have an affected Basenji. I know how devastating it can be when they start spilling sugar. Our Marley was 5 when she was finally diagnosed. Our vet sent us to a specialist who was not very optimistic at first. But once she realized that we were going to do everything we could including learning as much as we could she really turned around and was very helpful. Once you start treating Fanconi it just becomes a routine. It was fairly easy and you start to appreciate every day you have with your pooch. The only hard part was the days leading up to the blood testing which we did every 3-6 months. We just didnt want any of the lab values to get worse but if they did we knew we would just deal with it and keep on moving forward. We treated Marley for 7 years. I wouldnt have changed a thing.
Hello from Shelley UK
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Hello everyone,
i would like to join your Basenji community.We have had a Basenji for 11 1/2 years. Very sadly we lost him aged 14 1/2 in February of this year. I feel as if there is a great big gap in my life now despite having several other pets.
In time i hope we will have another one. Meanwhile i will enjoy hearing about other peoples Basenjis. Will post some pics of Benji when i work out how to do it, lol. -
Welcome to the Forum…. sorry to hear about your loss... always hard to let them go
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Hello from Shelly UK, and welcome to the forum. I'm sorry for your loss. I just lost my third one at 15-1/2 a week ago.
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Hi and welcome, I am so sorry that you lost your Benji, I look forward to seeing pictures of him, who was his breeder (or what was his affix)?
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Thank you for the welcome, Dan i am sorry to hear you lost your Basenji.
Benjis breeder was Mrs B Farlam (Brimsan), his full name was Chief Yogel. DOB 17/09/94.
I am going to try putting some pics of him , still getting used to this forum.
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T-bird,
You are replying just fine. We look forward to seeing pics of your Benji, and maybe reading some stories of Basenji mischief.
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Hi, not sure how to do pics, do i start an album?
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Welcome to the forum!
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thank you for your welcome
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Hello and welcome to the forum:D
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I am so sorry about your loss and look forward to hearing about Benji. We all look forward to hearing all about it when you do feel ready to add another basenji to your family. You mention other animals…what else to do you have?
Pat
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Hi Pat,
thanks for the welcome. We have a very large Dog called Max, he's a bit like a giant Labrador and weighs 8 1/2 stone, he's 11 years. We also have two tabby cats who are brothers Tom and Jerry -
Great shots of Benji!
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Welcome to our pack - sorry to hear about your loss. Visit our gallery for some great pictures and tell us more about the one you had please (if you don't mind bringing up the memories).