There is no way I am going to use any negative training when he does this (not that we ever do with any dog). Or suggesting that any one here is suggesting so.
I really feel bad for him , but we are both very happy with each other. He saw a baby and just had to stop and look at him. People actually have stopped mowing yards or come over to meet him. He is very sweet to people and most other dogs. Definitely a gentle soul that must be treated with care.
He had to learn Togo up stairs , sleep in a bed, play with a dog toy, tear up tissues, go on a walk, ride in a car. Even getting used to being constantantly petted.
It's a brand new world for him and he is the most appreciate, non destructive basenji I ever met. We love him to death.
He has horrible claustrophobia issues from being crated most of his life. We tried crating him once while we were at work. We have a heavy duty metal bar crate with big springs. We locked in the crate and put up baby gates in the kitchen. When my wife came home he had bent the bars of the crate and door. Ripped the springs of the crate, uncoiling them. Cut his mouth all up, knocked the locked baby gates down, and pooped all over our house.
I talked to a very nice lady at Brat. She told us that he had spent enough of his life behind bars and we need to give him a chance and let him free. We reluctantly did so and he had multiple potty accidents in the house, but was non destructive for the most part.She said we needed to just get our schedules together and he would be fine. We took him to a vet and they said he was in perfect health and very well behaved.
As the Brat person told us he straightened out in a month. It was hard, but he has turned out to be the best basenji we have owned. He is a gentle giant.
