@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 Iowa.
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My Basenji is GoGo he is 13 years old.
He has been very healthy.
He is just starting to have some trouble
With his back right hip. He takes his
medicine very well.I found our GoGo at our local
Animal rescue league.Thanks, Teresa
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We're in Cedar Falls with our 2, Franklin and Eleanor. I introduced ourselves in 2009, and then promptly forgot about it. I need to get better about being on this forum, obviously!
Franklin was just diagnosed with low thyroid; we think he's about 7 yrs old.
Have you had a basenji before?
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Go Go was our first Basenji. He passed away on April 26th. He is missed but he had a good life.
Thank you for your reply Randy.
We will be adding a new family member. Yes, he or she will be a basenji. With our family vacation coming up I am thinking it would be best to wait. -
Hi mommyhon1, sorry for your loss, welcome to the forum lot's of info on here. Are you thinking of getting a puppy or another adult dog? My boy Kaiser is today 10 months old and I just love him to bits.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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I would prefer to rescue a younger basenji. It will be a little difficult because I do have cats. Which I wouldn't have a problem training any dog with my cats. My cats love dogs. I have already trained two dogs around my cats.
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Cats well that's one of the reasons I got a puppy, had two cats both used to our last dog, sadly one recently passed now only have the one and he was scared of the puppy at first now if pup wants to play the cat tells him when to stop and if pup doesn't cat always wins, always watch their interactions to make sure pup doesn't push his luck but he is gentle and cat knows to go high when he gets too frisky. Most cats I know of are the boss of their dogs, it just takes time and patience bringing the two together. It is always exciting getting a new family member.
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Yeah I agree on the cats being the bossy ones.
When I first got Go Go I had a cat that we called Miss Thing. She was a bit older but was always the boss of the house. She actually chased Go Go into the bathroom and he hid from her in the shower. It was to cute. My cats are inside cats, fixed and declawed on the front paws. I guess Go Go just pushed her last button that day.
However the Basenji rescue team will not allow a rescue dog go to a family that has cats unless they were previously with cats.
Right now we have a welch corgi mix named Dexter and he had never been with cats his curiosity was hard to slow down. Now his best friend is one of ours cats named Nala. Any way Nala bugs him until he cleans her and she wants lots of licks. They cuddle and sleep together. Dexter is missing his buddy but he is also loving all of the attention. Too cute. -
@Randy:
We're in Cedar Falls with our 2, Franklin and Eleanor. I introduced ourselves in 2009, and then promptly forgot about it. I need to get better about being on this forum, obviously!
Franklin was just diagnosed with low thyroid; we think he's about 7 yrs old.
Have you had a basenji before?
Low thyroid is pretty common in Basenjis (and many other breeds). Easy to control with Soloxine
