@jengosmonkey
LOL this is a really important convo to be having! I'm honored that it takes place on my thread 😆 and yes, I absolutely agree with the points y'all are making.
People do need to know where their pups are coming from and whether they were responsibly bred. To think of it coldly, I wouldn't buy a house without looking into its history and possible problems, or I might face ridiculous stress, expense, and emotional trauma from subsequent issues that come up later. As a consumer, one should do their homework not only on the breed but on the breeder.
A breeder who produces puppies carelessly is basically a horrible human being in my book. It was a huge, thoroughly thought out moral decision for me not to adopt but to buy a purebred puppy, as I've worked with rescues before. I took this step with the possible goal of being a custodian. If a breeder is irresponsible in all the aforementioned ways, not only are they producing dogs with a higher possibility of suffering, muddying this ancient breed, and swindling people, they are needlessly taking potential homes away from dogs that need one AND frequently causing dogs to be abandoned! If there weren't any PMs or BYBs, imagine how many people would get schooled by rescue folk and responsible breeders into taking dog-parenting seriously before they ever took one home!
Sorry for the rant; I COMPLETELY understand the internal screaming that happens within some of you when you find out a pup is from a mill or crap breeder. If people like you and I keep yelling about it, we will change a few minds, which make all the difference to a few dogs which is better than no dogs 🙂
Hello from Seattle
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Hi All,
We are Max and Sherri from Seattle. We have a new member of the family. His name is Shaun. Shaun is a five month old Basenji with red and while coloring. Shaun's parents are owned by two of the better known breeders in the Pacific Northwest.
We are going through all the new Basenji puppy madness but its (well mostly all) great fun. We have learned to "child proof" our home as best we could. He has destroyed a few rolls of toilet paper, countless napkins and attacked some house plants. He loves tearing the covers off of magazines. We call his sudden crazy energy bursts the "Basenji 500".
Before Shaun we used to own a wonderful Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Catahoula Hound. This time around we decided to "downsize". Shaun might be smaller but the craziness is larger than life of course.
We love his "baroo" greetings.
For grins I have started a website just for Shaun. The site is called Basenji Shaun and can be found here: http://basenji-shaun.com/
I have added one photo of Shaun taken on his "red chair".
Cheers,
Max
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Welcome to the forum Max, Sherri and Shaun!
Edit: Love your website!
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Welcome to the forum - lots of great info here.
Your pup is adorable and your photos are really nice. I love your (or should I say his) website too! -
Welcome to all of you.. Shaun is adorable. Your website is lovely too.
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Thanks!
Family and friends kept asking for more photos etc, thus the website seemed like a fun idea.
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Welcome! That's a sharp looking website you've got indeed. And an absolutely cuddleable pup.
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Welcome to the Basenji-pack-forum.
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Thanks!
I added a link to the Basenji Forums at http://basenji-shaun.com/links.html
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Welcome
Our dogs are family several of our dogs go directly back to your breeders' dogs…I can see a family resemblance for sure with Shaun He is adorable! Enjoy...and as my first Basenji's breeder said, as we pulled out of the driveway..don't say we didn't warn you 
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Welcome to the forum
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Welcome to the forum - I'll be checking out your website when I leave here. He looks very sweet!
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Hey, welcome. I live in Silverdale and do basenji rescue. Can I ask who your breeder was?
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Shaun's dad is owned by Katie Campbell (Taji Basenjis) and the mom is owned by MaryK Quinnett (Platinum Besenjis)…
As it turned out we have mutual friends with Katie. We have met about eight or so of Shaun's older relatives and they all seem like awesome dogs.
This is our first Basenji...
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Oh. great! I am friends with both those gals. In fact we were at the dog show in Yakima together this last sat.
You picked great breeders with good health behind their dogs.
I hope to see you at the basenji specality in Auburn Wa in Aug.
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I know Im a little late to jump in and say WELCOME. (Been away for awhile) We have one of Sharron's rescues named Sheba. Anyway my name happens to be Shaun and we live just around the corner in Gig Harbor. So I guess that makes your Shaun officially my second favorite Basenji just because of his cool name! Hope to see you around.
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Thanks!
I think we will be more out and about with the local Basenji activities this summer…
