I take Blaze into the senior's lodge to go visit Grandma (in a town of less than 300), sure enough, there's a gentleman there that knew what Blaze was. He was an archeologist back in his day. His last dig was in 1976 deep in the Congo, and he stayed with villagers and witnessed the hunts and the lives of the basenjis in the village.
He told me about one hunt.
The basenjis chase antelope into huge nets that are strung up in the forest like barriers. The nets are handmade with ropes and vines. Some of the hunters stay near the net and hide, the majority of the hunters take the basenjis to the water hole and wait. When the antelope arrived, they release the basenjis and chase behind almost soundlessly. You can really hear the gourd bells, which are mostly around the loins. The antelope hit the net and are shot with arrows. The basenjis have to get beaten off… they get a little too excited.
He has some amazing pictures. I'm trying to borrow his album to scan, but he's not comfortable with that idea.
He loves Blaze though and he knows the african word for the breed which I can never remember or pronounce.
Basenji like rare breed dogs
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Anyone familar with Telomiun & New Guinia Singing dogs. The singing dogs are really cute. The Telomiuns are the spitting image of basenji's. Reading about them, they seem like the same as basenji's in character.
http://www.thebreedsofdogs.com/TELOMIAN.htm
http://www.canineworld.com/ngsdcs/
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Interesting dogs. Their faces look a bit like Akitas to me.
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Yep, the Telomian project here in the states was centered at Bowling Green University just south of us. We run into quite a few people that had dogs placed with them; they say there were something else as far as 'wildness'. I just recently talked about it with a vet/client that I have, she had one ANCIENT one in her practice a few years ago.
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Yes, Akita, Chows, very much square faced dogs!
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There was a show on TV about these…we were convinced they had to be related to basenjis...except no curly tail
To me they look like a basenji/shiba inu mix. Very similar to basenjis though especially since they're very much like wild dogs.
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NGSD are pretty cool dogs, I know a B owners that has gotten involved with them pretty heavily
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Not as cute as the Basenji
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Hello. Does anyone knows about the way to adopt a NGSD. I'm interested in this breed for som years, but in france there's nearly nothing about it. I read about on a blog but the NGSD was deceased at the age of seven and the owner mail me that he has found his dog in new guinea and back in france with the puppy hidden in his bag. The only clue about NGSD in france.
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Hello. Does anyone knows about the way to adopt a NGSD. I'm interested in this breed for som years, but in france there's nearly nothing about it. I read about on a blog but the NGSD was deceased at the age of seven and the owner mail me that he has found his dog in new guinea and back in france with the puppy hidden in his bag. The only clue about NGSD in france.
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It looks like they have a longer coat too
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that's funky… My Basenji mix looks like that Telomian. She looks like a Basenji for the most part, but is more muscular, has a boxier head and her tail doesn't curl. There's no way my dog would be one of those since they're so rare, but that's weird seeing a dog like that.
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sSo…..Do they sing? I tried to find a sample on the web site but didn't see one.
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sSo…..Do they sing? I tried to find a sample on the web site but didn't see one.
They make weird howling noises…
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Than a Basenji!!!!!!
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As far as adopting a NGSD, here in the states, first priority on any born goes to zoos/research facilities. Our vet is on the list to get one this year - they think her odds are good that one may be available. Like Basenjis, they only go into season once a year… She's anxiously awaiting news.
Terry
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Great video and very interesting animals.
Only a 100 animals in the US
Sounds like a recipe for genic flaws to come out
