Getting my first basenji

pacificNWbasenji · wrote on 5 Mar 2013, 04:41

I remember how excited I was when I got my first basenji, best day ever! Life has never been the same and I couldn't imagine life without my best friend(s)! Congratulations!

kjdonkers · wrote on 5 Mar 2013, 09:30

Great news! Apart from all the practical stuffs (lots of toys and chews!) you'll need a lot of patience and consistency.
Our Lela was house trained in a week or so, and she loved a cardboard box: it held all her toys, and she would take them out, play a bit, and then went to sleep in it… http://tiny.cc/icvgtw

tanza · wrote on 5 Mar 2013, 14:49

I know Denise very well and most of her Basenjis…. congrats!

sebaserge · wrote on 8 Mar 2013, 06:20

Congrats!!! Your first day together is coming up soon right? You must be so excited!! I am getting my first boy within the next two weeks also, so it will be great to see someone else enjoy the puppy phase!! Definitely post pics as soon as you can :)

SaboCatGirl · wrote on 11 Mar 2013, 23:25

Here are pictures of my new puppy. Her name is Dopamine or "Dopa" for short.

She came home yesterday evening and is quickly getting the hang of things in her new home.

QuizBasenji · wrote on 11 Mar 2013, 23:36

Lovely - I especially like the Big Brave Girl in Picture 2…

agilebasenji · wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 00:50

love that name - what a cutie!

lisastewart · wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 13:18

Love the wrinkles, congrats on a very pretty girl

? This user is from outside of this forum · wrote on 12 Mar 2013, 20:46

Wow girls are so pretty, she is such a cutie. We got our boy at 10 weeks and gave him a few days to settle in with the cats and us then started training. They are so smart and pick up things quickly so have fun and enjoy as everyone will tell you they grow so fast.

Jolanda and Kaiser

? This user is from outside of this forum · wrote on 13 Mar 2013, 16:52

I got my puppy from Denise as well past weekend. She's great! A warm basenji, is a happy basenji.

? This user is from outside of this forum · wrote on 14 Mar 2013, 17:55

We picked up our puppy from Denise on Saturday as well.

? This user is from outside of this forum · wrote on 17 Mar 2013, 00:04

Good luck & sounds like your basenji is a lucky dog. One thing with a basenji you need to stay one step ahead of them. Keep that in mind when you take your basenji to work with you….
Welcome to the forum.

Shaye's Mom · wrote on 19 Mar 2013, 16:17

Oh she is SO cute! wrinkles everyplace. Reminds us all of how adorable our big girls were when they were tiny and we really believed we knew just how to raise them - of course that was before they taught us how they would raise us. LOL

SaboCatGirl · wrote on 20 Mar 2013, 18:33

I've got some new pictures of Dopamine after she has settled in to her new home with me. She's really living it up in the sun in a few of these.

QuizBasenji · wrote on 20 Mar 2013, 18:45

She really is Adorable!

TMartin · wrote on 20 Mar 2013, 21:51

The last one is m favorite. She is adorable!

SaboCatGirl · wrote on 21 Mar 2013, 18:48

I can't get over how much happiness she has brought me. She is ridiculously funny, smart, and affectionate (at least towards me and my roommate, she tends to just want to sniff other people). She is practically all the way potty trained by 11 and a half weeks. I love how curious she is about everything, even if it does mean a lot of cleaning up and keeping a close eye on her. I feel like a proud mom of a baby genius. Hahahaha…I'm sure my friends are going to get sick of me bragging about Dopamine all the time, but I just can't help it.

I love breeds like basenjis that think for themselves and figure things out. The only other dogs I have had were jindos and they are similar in character. My jindo (her name is Sequel, and I guess she is really my parent's dog but I claim her because I found her in the pound and trained her and she is really attached to me) lives with my parents. I wanted a dog that was similar in character but small enough to be under the weight limits that a lot of apartments have on pets. I've always wanted a basenji, and Dopamine is the perfect dog for me.

MrBaRooampBitty · wrote on 22 Mar 2013, 13:26

It's so cool that you know and love a Jindo, our Sami crossed the Rainbow Bridge just over a year ago and we still miss her. You understand how rare and incredibly intelligent they are, the main reasons we started fostering and adopting Basenji's. The 2 breeds are similar but B's are so totally awesome at figuring ways to do things we dont want them to do. When we adopted our 'Baroo' boy it took him only one day to figure how to open every door in the house. Have fun with little 'Dopa' and her love more every day.

ownedbyspencer · wrote on 22 Mar 2013, 17:40

Congrats on your new pup! She's adorable and sounds like a really good girl.

I have a friend who had a Jindo and another with a Shiba. My last B (Spencer) and the Shiba were great pals, but neither of them got along with the Jindo. It was so neat to see them together– three similar, but different, dogs, each whip-smart and unique in their own way.