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Ocean here awaiting the arrival of a new boy Zell.

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  • I am one of the lucky ones who is getting to adopt one of these adorable Colorado rescue puppies this Thursday. We already have a female rescue , Tessie, approximately 8/9 years old. We haven't had a basenji pup since we got our Lance, who passed away at age10 . So I am very excited and may be requesting help on the forums., I am new here, so hopefully I did this correctly.

  • @gloriajean53:

    I am one of the lucky ones who is getting to adopt one of these adorable Colorado rescue puppies this Thursday. We already have a female rescue , Tessie, approximately 8/9 years old. We haven't had a basenji pup since we got our Lance, who passed away at age10 . So I am very excited and may be requesting help on the forums., I am new here, so hopefully I did this correctly.

    Go back to the Member Introductions page and click on "post new thread" Congrats on adopting.

  • This is an obvious response, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in:

    An adult can make their own decisions when choosing how they wish to proceed…. However, I am so grateful that my breeder had done all the health testing...because when something like sudden, unexplained incontinence pops up, or you think you see a cloud in their eye....that health testing automatically rules out anything that might be "scary". It gave me huge piece of mind at times....when I just being a little neurotic. I can go online, to this day and physically see [even after I had already seen the OFFA health tests before getting him] the results from the parents, yes…it would be impossible for this dog to have PPM, Fanconi, etc.

    Everyone deserves a second chance though....if they're willing to change.

  • So I've done my research, and checked out on both parents health of my newest member of the family Zell. Everything has checked out perfect. This is Zell again at 6 1/2 weeks.
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  • Oh, very cute! I think I'm in love! :)

  • Don't think I've seen a puppy so young look so regal!

  • That is a very pretty pup!

  • Did you check out the health results on OFFA.com?… Hope so. Pleas do not take any breeders word that health testing was done when you can see for yourself.... There is nothing so horrible than Fanconi for Basenjis and/or blindness....

  • @tanza:

    Did you check out the health results on OFFA.com?… Hope so. Pleas do not take any breeders word that health testing was done when you can see for yourself.... There is nothing so horrible than Fanconi for Basenjis and/or blindness....

    Yes Pat. I sure did check out everything. I've been doing research on this specific breeder ever since my first post of this thread.

  • I wonder why they don't have their full names, a contact phone number, or any information on health testing directly on their webpage. I always thought a legitimate business would have that information?

    I'm sure you've already seen this since you've done the research, but for anyone else who stumbles upon this page in the future, this is a link discussing how these people (at one point….albeit awhile ago) were charging extra money for health testing...too much money for basic health testing....which was pretty strange :

    http://www.basenjiforums.com/showthread.php?4973-Hello-everyone-this-is-my-first-time-in-any-computer-forum

    I'm glad they've changed their ways though according to you. I'd maybe encourage them to change their website…as it gives people the wrong idea in my opinion.

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