New here and new to Basenjis

[monpaezp]

Hi everyone. Sake and I are new here. Hope I can find some good advice and share my experiences. Sake is three months old, very energetic, sweet and learning lots of new things everyday.

[Kembe]

@monpaezp
OMG! So sweet! An adorable basenji! Welcome to the Forum! ️🥰

[JENGOSMonkey]

He/She is really cute! Love the blaze on the nose and the socks too. Very good looking Basenji. Let’s see the tail! Welcome to you both!

[monpaezp]

@kembe Thanks!!!
I am sure we (Sake and I) will be checking the posts and asking some questions.
▽ ･ᴥ･ ▽ﾉ”

[monpaezp]

@jengosmonkey hehehe I'll have to get better pics, but here is one. ; )

[JENGOSMonkey]

Ok, ya gotta tell us more about him/her. What's it in to? Like to walk? Like to run? Pulling? Chewing? Snuggling? Good appetite? I love that you have it in your bed... under the covers. LOVE THAT! I know it's not everyone's thing and that's ok. I like my critters with me. Tell us more more more!

[Zande]

@jengosmonkey And about her family ! Mom, Dad, birthday, registered name, siblings ? let get them all into the database as soon as we can so everyone can explore their ancestry !

[monpaezp]

@jengosmonkey

He is pretty much into everything! He has lots of energy and wants to chew a lot, climbs all sorts of chairs, desks, etc., plus he is into digging every single thing, so... so far my sofa cushions look more like if I have a cat rather than a dog with all the threads hanging. ( ﾟ^_^ﾟ). He hasn’t got his all-vaccination scheme so he is still at home, until mid-Jan.

Right now, I am also dog sitting for two weeks an older dog, Nilo (a mix of a Belgian Shepherd, I guess), who has been great teaching Sake a bit of bite inhibition, and just standard doggy social skills.

About appetite... Sake wasn’t into eating regularly, but the presence of the old dog (Nilo) has made him anxious about sharing his food or I guess just afraid that the other dog will eat it. So is eating better, but… now I am trying to figure it out the anxiety about food and trying to eat the food of the others.

I am located in Bogota, Colombia. I will ask the breeder all the info, so I can share the info about his parents.

[elbrant]

@monpaezp said in New here and new to Basenjis:

trying to figure it out the anxiety about food and trying to eat the food of the others.

I think that, in part, it is a survival skill. An "If you wait for everyone else to eat, you might not get anything"... kind of thing.

[Zande]

@elbrant That's how all my 8-some learned to catch.

If food dropped on the floor - you lost it ! So they all stood on their hind legs and it was like feeding a nest of fledgling sparrows. A gentle toss of the treat and someone caught it !