I take Blaze into the senior's lodge to go visit Grandma (in a town of less than 300), sure enough, there's a gentleman there that knew what Blaze was. He was an archeologist back in his day. His last dig was in 1976 deep in the Congo, and he stayed with villagers and witnessed the hunts and the lives of the basenjis in the village.
He told me about one hunt.
The basenjis chase antelope into huge nets that are strung up in the forest like barriers. The nets are handmade with ropes and vines. Some of the hunters stay near the net and hide, the majority of the hunters take the basenjis to the water hole and wait. When the antelope arrived, they release the basenjis and chase behind almost soundlessly. You can really hear the gourd bells, which are mostly around the loins. The antelope hit the net and are shot with arrows. The basenjis have to get beaten off… they get a little too excited.
He has some amazing pictures. I'm trying to borrow his album to scan, but he's not comfortable with that idea.
He loves Blaze though and he knows the african word for the breed which I can never remember or pronounce.
Not a Basenji, but WOW!
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I would be amazed if anyone could get their Basenji to do half of this…...not that they couldn't, but to get this level of cooperation is amazing in any breed. This guy is phenomenal!
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WOW WOW that is so amazing, what a bond he must have with his dog, has me inspired to teach Kaiser a new trick we start tomorrow, better stock up on treats otherwise he won't comply ha ha.
Jolanda and Kaiser
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That is amazing!!
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Great find and thanks for sharing with others also. Fond lots of other links while watching the shared link so will watch after this post.