Podcast about basenjis

[giza1]

You have a Basenji named Giza?! My very first Basenji I named Giza, and I've never heard of another one with that name because I thought it was so perfectly Basenji. I am a bit surprised that there weren't more with that name.
-Joanne

[kathyb]

I would
Love to hear about the history of
Basenjis.

[missmollilou]

@giza1 yes! Ours is a 3 1/2 year old tri color and he’s the sweetest! He’s a little old man at heart so we call him Giza the geezer 😂 I’m surprised it isn’t more common too!

[giza1]

Ha. When our Giza did something exasperating, we would always say, "Giz Louise"! Our Giza rode across Canada on a motorcycle when she was 9 months old. She lived to be 18.
-Joanne

[elbrant]

@giza1 said in Podcast about basenjis:

Our Giza rode across Canada on a motorcycle when she was 9 months old.

How did you manage that? What kind of carrier did you have her in? And how did you teach Giza not to jump off?

[giza1]

@elbrant said in Podcast about basenjis:

@giza1 said in Podcast about basenjis:

Our Giza rode across Canada on a motorcycle when she was 9 months old.

How did you manage that? What kind of carrier did you have her in? And how did you teach Giza not to jump off?

I had her in an over-the-shoulder type of bag that zipped closed along the top, and had a hole in one end for a dog to stick its head out; she rode between my husband and myself. I'd trained her to lay in the bag, and we'd stop every couple hours so she could stretch her legs. She wore a bandana and had goggles on, she was a great little biker!

Interesting fact; the first time that we rode across the county I had mothers pull their children away from me, we were bad bikers after all. The second time we rode across - same people, same leathers, same bike - we had a dog with us and people couldn't wait to talk to us! What a difference a little dog made.
-Joanne

[elbrant]

@giza1 said in Podcast about basenjis:

I had her in an over-the-shoulder type of bag that zipped closed along the top

oh, please post a photo of this! I'd love to see it and I'm sure you took one or two along the journey. :)

[giza1]

Y'know, I really don't think I have any pictures of just her in the bag, I'd have to look. Those were in the days before cell phones. I have pictures of her on the bike.
-Joanne

[helle devi]

@giza1 Oh, please post pictures if you have. Whatta bada$$ Basenji rider!!!! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[violaparkinson]

Nice post, glad to be here.