Basenji, newcastle upon tyne, UK, looking for good home

[vwithers]

I am more of a border collie person!
Also my bitch and her have a personality clash so have to be closely supervisied which doesn't make for the easiest household although slowly improving…

[thunderbird8588]

Hi,
i am shelley that contacted you on ruffdogs and am glad you have put Mindy on here, i do hope a good forever home can be found for her.
It is great that you are taking care of her for the time being. They can be a challenge and if people don't fully understand what they are like it can fail. That said they are wonderful if they are the Dog for you.

[thunderbird8588]

bump…............

[Schouiffy]

I Facebook posted her– -longshot, but perhaps someone on my FB is keen on this little gal.

You have contacted the various Basenji societies in the uK right ? There are a few between Ireland, Scotland, and England and the isles..

[vwithers]

i have contacted a couple of different people for basenji rescue but they were not very hopeful that they could find anyone for her.
They did say they would email her details round.
From what i can gather the 3 uk basenji clubs all go through the same people.
If you have any other contacts would be grateful if you could email them to me at - mail@pawsnfur.co.uk or contact me on facebook via my business page paws 'n' fur

[Elscodobermann]

i may know of an experienced basenji home who might be looking - will be monday before i can contact them though.

[Schouiffy]

Oh yay Scott. Well I could post her to the French group - because they are more rare there, there could be someone looking…. Would you be willing to place her internationally ?

[vwithers]

I am not bothered where she ends up living so long as the home is a good one!
If they were from another country would need to collect her.
Prefer someone who is either experienced of the breed or used to strongwilled dogs.
she needs someone who will continue with her training and socialisation.
And most importantly give her lots of love and cuddles!:)

[Schouiffy]

Right well I'll get on that. The French board extends into Switzerland as well, so perhaps some from my old country will hear of her too. Keeping our fingers crossed for this little girl.. And perhaps that Scott has someone!

[vwithers]

fingers crossed we can find someone for her somewhere!

[thunderbird8588]

any news ?????

[vwithers]

not heard anything….
There has to be someone out there who can give her a good home.....surely someone has space for a little cuddly basenji ???

[Elscodobermann]

i emailed someone who i thought may be interested…hopefully will get a response soon.

[thunderbird8588]

brilliant, i hope things work out

[vwithers]

Still had no interest in this girl….

Few more details about her.... she was not very well socialisied in her original home.
However, since she has been with me (3 weeks) she has met lots of dogs (wearing a muzzle for safety) initially she can be on guard with new dogs and does try to bully them but within minutes she relaxes and is starting to play with some of the dogs she has met a few times.
She enjoys a good run around chasing one of my collies (and is nearly as fast!).
She is off lead now (she had very little off lead training beforehand and mainly when she was very young) with a long lead trailing and her recall is quite good....unless there are rabbits about then she forgets her name for a little while!
In the house she is very cuddly and affectionate loving nothing more than to curl up on my knee and go to sleep, we have not had any accidents indoors.

Anything else you'd like to know PLEASE ask....

[Elscodobermann]

I know that Stuart Bell has been asking around to try to find a home for her - i got another email at work earlier today. Im sure between us we will find a good home for her soon.

[thunderbird8588]

that's good news Scott. Whose Stuart Bell ?
Vwithers you sound as if you are working realy hard with Mindy, it's a good job she's got you to look out for her.
I'd be a bit careful about the off lead times and be very selective about where and when you let her off, the prey drive is very strong and Basenjis are very unpredictable.
We have worked very hard with our girls training and she has perfect recall if it suits, however there have been several times where she has totaly ignored me and put herself in danger.

[Elscodobermann]

Theresa - Stuart Bell is the secretary of the Basenji Club of Great Britain. i think there will prob be something on the dog papers about her nxt week too, so fingers crossed.

[vwithers]

Yes have noticed how strong her prey drive is….yesterday she pulled lead out of my hand and went off rabbiting....the lead got tangled in bush and i had to crawl through brambles and under a hawthorn bush (all in the rain) to release her!!

She is unpredictable with other dogs and ideally would be better on her own. Or with someone who has plenty of time (and energy!) to oversee her interactions with other dogs.

Unfortunately, i am a pet sitter so there are ever changing dogs in my house which she finds unsettling and depending on the other dogs and her reaction to them she ends up spending long periods in her crate which is not good and i don't like to do but obviously i have to protect the other dogs first.

Sadly there has been no interest in her what-so-ever which is very sad and i worry about her future as i know long term she can't stay with me.
Initially i had thought if necc would keep her but with my dogs she is not improving/calming down and i will not let her go to a shelter as I don't think with her issues/personality she will just get worse.

I have three dogs of my own, my old man she bullys, my bitch and her both want to be top dog and have to be closely supervised as they can suddenly erupt!
Then her and my young boy who is a month younger than her are absolutley fine together and have not had any issues at all....

To be honest am very annoyed by her breeder (who won't name) but who she was sold to were first time dog owners and not at all suitable for this breed of dog and completley unprepared for how to deal with her.

Oh Mindy what are we going to do with you (as i write this she is curled up on my knee being adorable!)???

[thunderbird8588]

sorry you have had no interest in Mindy. I did mention her to a couple at dog training but they have two bitches. Generaly the advice is for people to get Basenjis of the opposite sex if possible as same sex ones can fight. Basenjis can be a bolshy breed and even when play fighting can be quite rough and noisy. With the right owners and family circumstances i'm sure she will be fine.