I always wanted a dog, but my stepfather was allergic. My husband grew up with basenjis in the 50's in New Bedford MA. They never showed, just had them as pets. They did everything wrong– let them run loose, bred them without planning, but he had great stories about them, particularly one girl named Congo.
His family had a rescue B named Rusty, who was a great character (also loose, but luckily a homebody) when I met him in the 70's. I liked Rusty's aloof confidence, and got my first B in 85-- Kenji. He was backyard bred-charming but turned very dominant and difficult at adolescence, but we worked with and had him until he was 13.
We got our second dog from Matahari B's, and Caddie was a tricolor sweetheart for 15 years.
Now I've got the gentlest, most outgoing B I've ever met. Sol was raised by someone else, and they did a great job-- thanks Eldorado!
I adopted him at 5, and after a few weeks of thinking about it, he decided to stay (he jumped the fence twice, but came when I called the second time). He's my best friend, and even goes to work with me in the winter. And sometimes I wonder if he's really a basenji, because he wags his tail so much-- but only for me.
Foods basenjis love
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Can we get a list of favorite foods for basenjis that is healthy and can be added to their regular food?
Mine love:
Boiled chicken
boiled eggs
pumpkin pie filling
watermellon
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Mine absolutely die for
lettuce
bananas
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Sweet potato's, skins and all
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But as I understand it, the skin is not the best thing for dogs?…. but yes, mine love Sweet Potatos too, of course all meats, 90% of all veggies.. and most fruits... and if you ever have a sick dog that needs to eat and doesn't want to... canned hash will do it every time....
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But as I understand it, the skin is not the best thing for dogs?…. but yes, mine love Sweet Potatos too, of course all meats, 90% of all veggies.. and most fruits... and if you ever have a sick dog that needs to eat and doesn't want to... canned hash will do it every time....
What is the consequence of letting them eat the skins. I never heard that.
Canned hash huh?:eek:
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are talking about raw veggies or cooked?
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They'll generally eat anything we consider gross-unedible-etc.
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are talking about raw veggies or cooked?
We cook the sweet potato, mash everything up and add it to the kibble….on occasion.......it's not a regular part of their diet......but they really do love them.
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Mine love:
tan bark (chew up)
dirt
cat poop
dead dried up birds
old food found around picnic areasNot necessarily in that order. Bon appetite!
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Mine love:
tan bark (chew up)
dirt
cat poop
dead dried up birds
old food found around picnic areasNot necessarily in that order. Bon appetite!
That's pretty funny, but just think of what the Basenji's in their native enviorment eat.:eek: :eek: :eek:
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What is the consequence of letting them eat the skins. I never heard that.
Canned hash huh?:eek:
You know, I don't remember, will have to look were I saw that.. I do skin them first and then mash them up….
Yup... canned hash....
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Please pardon my ignorance…but what the heck is "hash"???
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corned beef and hash comes in a can….it is in the spamalicious and vienna sausage family and is a camping breakfast favorite as well as some peoples' breakfast for those who enjoy salt in the morning.
a very salty meat, some variety of pork with bits of potatoe in it...heat it up and eat with eggs....
stinky salty maybe meat product that can taste really good at certain moments.....l
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Oh, by the way, I would not touch it with a ten foot pole… gggg But the smell makes my B's go totally nuts!
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I'm in hysterics, because we have always said there should be a dog food that is "cat poop" flavored.
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By the way, our little Juma will eat almost anything in front of her. However, boiled hamburger meat is fun to add a bit to her food.
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I'm in hysterics, because we have always said there should be a dog food that is "cat poop" flavored.
I'm sorry for anyone who likes canned hash-but, isn't that what it is? Canned "cat poop" flavoured sorta "meat"?
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AAAAAHHHHH Ok I do know SPAM..grew up on the stuff. Don't ask me why?? I can't even look at it now
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I'm in hysterics, because we have always said there should be a dog food that is "cat poop" flavored.
Here's my take on why dogs eat cat poop. The cat gets chased and terrorized by the dog. So the cat gets back at the dog by the poop having a magic spell on it that makes the dog hallucinate that it's a juicy steak hot off the grill. So the cat sits up on the fence having the last laugh watching the dog eat.
