It's been my experience that sometimes my basenji just gets it in her head that she doesn't like another dog, and for seemingly no good reason. I have been able to mitigate her behavior, but this is not a cure….
First, an excited basenji is a biting basenji. Make sure he's calm. Make him sit. Exert your dominance. Stand over your dog, look him in the eye. You need to snap him out of his mindset and remind him that you're in charge and he doesn't need to be aggressive.
It will take time and patience, but he can be made more comfortable...
I've also found that walking together as a "pack" helps. The two humans in the middle, the dogs held on a very short leash to either side, and you ignore your dog's aggression, focusing them on the walk itself. After a short while, they should just about forget one another. But this also acclimates them to each other. Good luck!
Clown dog of mine
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last winter I was walking my Basenji mix? "Dutchess" with a friend and his 5yr old daughter we were at the top of a small sloping hill
( snow covered) when suddenly,
my dog starts to rub her butt on the ground (like dogs do on the carpet) , THEN ,DUTCHESS LIFTS HER FEET UP AND SLIDES DOWN THE HILL ON HER BUTT ABOUT 20 FEET ! WAS THE FUNNYEST THING IVE EVER SEEN A DOG DO.
THIS YEAR IM GOING TO TRY TO GET A PICTURE, IF SHE DOES IT AGAIN. -
Seriously?? That's too funny! Mine are too "delicate" to allow their precious posteriors to come in contact with snow…or ice, water, dirt, sand, wet grass, cold floors...etc. Try to get a VIDEO this winter!
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That's so funny!! My girl has been known to want to lick the snow - icky cold wet thing - off her paws, so she sits… with her butt in the snow. D'oh!
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When he was a puppy, Butu used to crease me up because, if he was tethered out when it was snowing (say while I went into a shop…) he would let himself get covered in snow - just stand there and let it settle. I used to come out after about 5 minutes to find a snow dog! He seems to be shaking it off recently, but if he does it this winter, I'm taking pictures....
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Sounds like Dutchess needs a snow saucer!
Would definitely need pics of that. -
That would be so funny to see,
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Have you seen a dog climb a tree?
