@daureen Thank you! I was reading in one of your posts that you were getting neutered and had to wear a cone, I have a cone on right now because we were attacked by another dog when we were going for a walk on the sidewalk! I have had it on since the 28th and still have another 10 days! It is very important they don't lick the wound, even if you think it is good for them because their lick is like a scrape lick and it opens up the wound. So I take it off when he is calm and I am able to watch him but if he starts to get too wild I put the collar back on, it has become almost a training method, he knows if there is no biting or licking then no collar. Good luck!
@zande - Totally agree, Tris are different, the clowns of the Basenji world... All Basenjis are wonderful but I have always been smitten with Tris... I have had 2 all Tri litters!
@zande thank you so much! I just sent you a e-mail with the info I have!
I have received a reply already, Sky Hunter. My correspondent is contacting her co-breeder and is confident she will be able to help ! She will come back to me and as I will have your email address we can email about the pedigree and hopefully we will soon have something concrete for the database and that you can share with the forum !
@donc 
This is almost the closest I have ever gotten to the shore, back when I was a puppy (5 months ago) and mom would let me run free on the beach. The only other time was when she held me and tried taking me in with her! If you see the pictures of the waves that day oh boy! My mom is just like me though, very persistent so I probably will end up going in the water at some point!
@sky-hunter said in Sky Hunter is Happy to Meet You!:
This is almost the closest I have ever gotten to the shore, back when I was a puppy (5 months ago) and mom would let me run free on the beach. The only other time was when she held me and tried taking me in with her! If you see the pictures of the waves that day oh boy! My mom is just like me though, very persistent so I probably will end up going in the water at some point!
You'll need to tell your mom that this is not going to happen so she can get used to the idea. LOL Would be great though if we had a surfer boy Basenji! That would be a hoot.
You are a beautiful dog as your picture at the beach shows. Be proud of you who you are!
I have a photo that is only 1.24mb and I get this message
Error Request Entity Too Large
It shows my 2 b's (one happen's to be a tri boy) in the Pacific ocean at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Don't know why it
won't let me upload that photo. Course my dogs were on a leash as they have never ever been to Oregon before and I just wanted to make sure that I didn't loose them and would have to return to California without them. We will be going back again hopefully next year; but I think my red and white boy Zak is 15.5 right now, may not like the long trip. We will see. I'm sad that I couldn't load the photo.
Sky Hunter is a beautiful tri.
@basenjimom2 said in Sky Hunter is Happy to Meet You!:
I have a photo that is only 1.24mb and I get this message
Error Request Entity Too LargeIt shows my 2 b's (one happen's to be a tri boy) in the Pacific ocean at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Don't know why it
won't let me upload that photo.
Because it is too big! Try downsizing it. For reference, the picture at the top of this thread is 421 KB, and the one on the beach is only 32 KB. If you get the file size down under 500 KB it should load.
@basenjimom2 Oh we would love to see it! I took a screen shot while the picture was horizontal holding my phone vertical so it would be smaller but visable then cropped it. That worked for me....good luck!
There are many ways of reducing the size of the file. You can do it with most photo or graphics programs, of which there are lots of free ones available on line if you don't have one on your computer. If using a phone, just email the photo to yourself, choosing medium or small as the size to be sent, now you have a downsized file to upload. Easy peasey. Or you can use something like this. Just one of several solutions readily available.
Thank you eeeefarm for the link to resize!!
Ok. This is at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Red and White is Zak and he was 13.5 and Mr.T (tri) was 6. T likes to wade in the water on "his" terms! Zak however has never ever gotten in a mud puddle, let alone the ocean, so this was first for him. You can tell by the look on his face that he was NOT happy!! But we had fun!!!
This is at the same beach in Oregon. Zak DID NOT want to go into the water! So as I was pulling, he was backing away and his gentle leader slipped off over his head! It was a heart stopping moment for me as he is semi deaf and can't hear me, and certainly not over the roar of the ocean. Yes, he beat feat back to dry ground but I caught up with him and the other photo of them in the water is the after effect of the leader coming off.
My Basenji femle does not like the water at all, that's why I take her to the vet office for her baths. Charles
You BATH a Basenji !?!?! Poor creature ! You will be taking all the natural oils out of its pelt. They are self cleaning dogs -
Mine - up to 8 for years and now down to two through natural progression over 39 years - have had a total of fewer than the fingers on both my hands between them all. Hoover, now 12, has never had a bath. Her recently deceased older half-brother had one back when he was about 2. But no more in his 13.5 years.
I have to ask about the ethics of your vet - to agree to bathing a Basenji. Must be in it for the money unless there is some underlying condition which you haven't told us about and which warrants frequent bathing ?
Basenjis are all over the map when it comes to water. Of my five, two would go swimming voluntarily. The others would swim under protest. I do think if you are going to be around water, in a boat, or a swimming pool for example, it is good to give your dog the experience of swimming so that if he does inadvertently fall in he won't panic. Not all dogs are natural swimmers. Of my two that swam without protest, one would leap off the dock in pursuit of water skiiers! She could have competed in dock diving if I could find a miniature water skiier to tempt her. 
Mine hates the water, except to drink, He does not even like wet grass.
Glad to hear your comments about bathing because I was wondering. I only bathed mine when we got home from breeder because of that "kennel" smell. He is now 7 months and he keeps himself clean. I see him kitty cleaning his face and legs and feet. I may have to board him this fall, and the kennel does have a "bath policy" where they bathe the dogs before coming home. Don't know yet if they will forego this because of the breed or not. My vet did suggest using non-scented baby wipes to wipe him off if he got smelly.
I think over here there is often a bath-before-going-home policy, Daureen. And as a one-off it isn't going to hurt him as long as you don't make a habit of it. In fact I think I would give a once-in-a-lifetime bath to a Basenji after a sojourn in boarding kennel.
If the kennels has no experience with Basenjis, do make sure they are taught the rudiments - Basenjis clean themselves like cats so NEVER use any preparation externally that can't be safely ingested.
And I should be very surprised if he became smelly - they hate to be dirty. Mine can get flthy in the woods but by the time I get them out of the car at home, they are pristine ! Try not to use more than a damp towel on his feet if he has been in mud.
I only bathe my Basenjis before shows... and after that when "shedding" season as warm water will help to remove dead hair... that would be maybe twice a year
